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Feb-19-2020, 1:53am

f5loar replied to a thread 1920's Gibson Tenor Banjo info in Vintage Instruments

yeap, early 1925 TB-3. It had the full floating ball bearing tone tube and a trap door. The list price in 1925 was $115.

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Feb-19-2020, 1:40am

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson Post Mortem in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Gibson is very much still building and selling mandolins. I have toured factory recently and I was most impressed by the process still being done as...

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Feb-15-2020, 3:08am

f5loar replied to a thread Is this Gibson A-5 model familiar to anyone? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

yeap, the old 70's lumpy scroll (some call them the mickey mouse ears model). This A5 replaced the previous A5 which had the 2 points on it with the...

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Feb-15-2020, 3:02am

f5loar replied to a thread Recommendation for an electric? in General Mandolin Discussions

My favorite electric is the Gibson EM200 Florentine from the mid 50's to late 60's. Hard to beat that old sound with the P90 pickup.

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Feb-13-2020, 8:49am

Rush Burkhardt replied to a thread Professional Mando Names in General Mandolin Discussions

And there we have it Louise and all, "and the wide two-drawer filing cabinet answered to Gomez." :popcorn:

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Feb-08-2020, 1:20am

f5loar replied to a thread Fern Loar F5 Attic Find in Vintage Instruments

for sure the Garcia photo Fern is not a Loar Fern. The inlay's position puts it in late 20's to early 30's. I'd say it's likely that one is out...

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Feb-08-2020, 1:07am

f5loar replied to a thread Kay mandolin identification in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I don't recall seeing kays with serial nos. or FON. Usually only the model style like K-XX So this looks to me to be the date the original owner...

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Feb-08-2020, 1:03am

f5loar replied to a thread Chris Thile's Loars in General Mandolin Discussions

More than one Loar? That's insane, but there are quite a few out there that are seriously inflicted with M.A.S. I suspected early on Thile has a...

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Feb-08-2020, 12:43am

f5loar replied to a thread Ibanez Buyer beware in General Mandolin Discussions

yes, it should be a 2 piece solid wood top.

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Jan-27-2020, 7:00am

Rush Burkhardt replied to a thread Newest Bulldog off the bench in Builders and Repair

Excellent, Barry! Rush

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