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Oct-20-2019, 8:13pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread 1902 Martin Bowlback mandolin in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

That is about the price I might be interested in. Of course the seller would surely see it much differently? But I just wonder if there is ANY...

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Oct-20-2019, 10:18am

Bernie Daniel started a thread 1902 Martin Bowlback mandolin in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

This Martin bowl back mandolin is very clean and the original leather case is amazingly well preserved. Not sure about whether the price is "right"...

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Oct-10-2019, 10:52pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread My Gibson Master Model Story in General Mandolin Discussions

Hi Lisa, I know several individuals who have David's email address but might be reluctant to give it out on a public forum like this. I suggest...

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Oct-10-2019, 8:02am

Bernie Daniel commented on article The 1978 Bob Givens Interview from The Guitars Friend in Interviews

That sounds like the same article I am thinking about.

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Oct-10-2019, 7:39am

Bernie Daniel commented on article The 1978 Bob Givens Interview from The Guitars Friend in Interviews

Interesting for sure and a trip back to the 70s and 80s -- a time warp. But there is another long narrative story about R.L. Givens that exists too....

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Oct-09-2019, 12:49pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread But it said it was a Gibson! in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

But fortune-at-lee, beauty is in the eye of the beholder....speaking of fortunes

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Oct-07-2019, 10:02pm

Bernie Daniel commented on blog entry Mandolin Monday #197 w/ Special Guest Abigail Hartley in dbmandolin

Yup great group!

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Oct-07-2019, 9:06pm

Bernie Daniel commented on blog entry Mandolin Monday #197 w/ Special Guest Abigail Hartley in dbmandolin

Fine job and great styling!

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Oct-07-2019, 8:58pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Sierra Hull and Billy Strings, Grey Fox June 2019 in General Mandolin Discussions

Hot pickers and unlike some of the premier pickers in the previous generations these two can play it hot and still hold on the the melody of the tune...

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Oct-06-2019, 12:13pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Your average $150,000 guitar in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Two of them! Well hush my mouth then! So I can only imagine that those guitars must be outright killers. What do you think the value of them is on...

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Oct-06-2019, 7:49am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Your average $150,000 guitar in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Ha ha. True there were Western dragons -- in Christianity often used to represent Satan for example -- along with the snake. But it seems to me...

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Oct-06-2019, 7:41am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Your average $150,000 guitar in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

For sure! I would take one of those first re-issues of the Advanced Jumbo that he made -- this was in the mid-late 1990s. They had Brazilian...

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Oct-06-2019, 12:29am

Bernie Daniel commented on article Amid Constant Change The Mandolin Store Flourishes in Interviews

Great story! It would be wonderful if Dennis and the Mandolin Store returned to Washington Court House, Ohio!!!

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Oct-05-2019, 7:47pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Rubner tuners are back in Equipment

Thanks for that link! Those are beautiful mandolin tuners for a very reasonable price -- and the shipping is very reasonable too! I was about to...

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Oct-04-2019, 5:49pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Fiddolin ?????? in General Mandolin Discussions

I was thinking the same thing.

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Oct-03-2019, 9:36pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Your average $150,000 guitar in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

True but dragons really are not much of an American or European thing? Oriental yes very much so. Allen brought up Antonio Tsai (or whatever his...

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Oct-03-2019, 9:24pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Your average $150,000 guitar in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

But its like a Gibson Loar -- you are not paying just for superior sound quality -- in fact there are some modern high end mandolins that might be...

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Oct-03-2019, 6:50am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Today the Music Died in General Mandolin Discussions

Perhaps there is a lesson to be gleaned from this curious string? To wit, when you see a video that could be an extinction level event (aka ELE) it...

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Oct-02-2019, 8:01pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Your average $150,000 guitar in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

You are correct not done by Ren. "This one-of-a-kind carved masterpiece was built by the great master luthier Bruce Kunkel at the Gibson Custom...

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Oct-02-2019, 10:40am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Your average $150,000 guitar in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Of course you can compare a Pontiac Fiero to a La Ferrari too but..........yeah there is the price. BTW most of those other custom/designer Gibson...

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Oct-02-2019, 7:50am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Your average $150,000 guitar in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I believe that this is just one more example of probably maybe 20 - 25 (that I know of at least) of special commissioned Gibson J-200s. L-5s and...

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Oct-01-2019, 9:36pm

Bernie Daniel started a thread Your average $150,000 guitar in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Well it's a Gibson so sure it's worth it. Still....

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Sep-30-2019, 12:12pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread One Gibson L-model I have never seen before in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Thanks for the info -- never came across that one before!

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Sep-29-2019, 9:00pm

Bernie Daniel started a thread One Gibson L-model I have never seen before in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

No idea what is going on here?

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Sep-29-2019, 8:05pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread New five course mandocello in CBOM

Beautiful instrument! Could you also mention how wide you made the nut? Any radius to the fret board? Thanks! Did you try 0.074" strings for the C...

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Sep-29-2019, 7:42pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Today the Music Died in General Mandolin Discussions

The planet will continue to orbit the sun. There must be more then dozen videos of Rice and Grisman around?

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Sep-28-2019, 10:59pm

f5loar replied to a thread Loar Picture of the Day in Vintage Instruments

Sounds like you got the "golden ticket" to get past the door into the world of Banjothon/LoarFest. I'd say most of your questions can be answered...

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Sep-28-2019, 10:46pm

f5loar replied to a thread Did you catch the Ken Burns Country Music series opening? in General Mandolin Discussions

The final episode did give us more Monroe. Overall it did have more Monroe than I expected. I'd say Marty, Vince and Ricky made sure that it would....

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Sep-28-2019, 8:54pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Did you catch the Ken Burns Country Music series opening? in General Mandolin Discussions

Yes, same thoughts. For sure I never ever should have sold my '60/61 Hummingbird, the '65 Dove and the '65 D-28 -- but when I got hooked on mandolin...

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Sep-28-2019, 4:49pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread This must be a joke in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I think people that are watching might want the neck? But not at that price. The case, neck, tuners and bridge might be worth $500 max?

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