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May-21-2020, 11:28pm

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson A-5 in Vintage Instruments

post your serial no. here and we will date if for you free of charge.

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May-21-2020, 11:25pm

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson F4...1924....1925...?? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Gruhn not only uses Spann's book for reference, he also uses Spann himself for reference as his office is just down the hall from Gruhn.

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May-21-2020, 11:21pm

f5loar replied to a thread Gibson F5 custom 1966 help advice in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I have looked at this one pretty good in the photos. It's got that either/or serial no. of being either a 1966 or a 1969. Without an actual dated...

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May-21-2020, 11:02pm

f5loar replied to a thread Concerning Loar copy mandolins in General Mandolin Discussions

I can understand the Loar copies, but it's those Loar fakes that get me upset. Early builders (names withheld to protect IDs) would use the Gibson...

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May-21-2020, 10:53pm

f5loar replied to a thread C E Ward Mandolin in General Mandolin Discussions

Ward made a lot of mandolins from late 60s until he died in 2009. A good friend of mine, and former bandmate, he was well known for his A5, F5 style...

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May-21-2020, 5:25pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread 50's Kay Jumbo Restoration in Builders and Repair

Nice! Sorry I sure don't. I have parts for old Harmony guitars around here some place. I seems almost certain that somewhere there has to be a...

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May-17-2020, 12:03am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Are All Lloyd Loars Dropping In Price? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Very little chance of that IMO. And really what reason is there to expect it? Look at old violins. Besides even now MANY people do choose to buy...

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May-16-2020, 4:57pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Are All Lloyd Loars Dropping In Price? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Humans won't be here in 100 years. I hate to also be pessimistic but I have to say the odds on that statement are more likely to be TRUE than false....

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May-15-2020, 1:24pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Are All Lloyd Loars Dropping In Price? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

That is another thing. Almost every old classic violin from the 1700s has been taken apart and worked over numerous times and the value keeps going...

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May-15-2020, 1:21pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Are All Lloyd Loars Dropping In Price? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Why would that be so? It has been at least 2 generations already since the first Gibson Loar signed F-5s were made in 1922. The prices did not drop...

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May-15-2020, 6:34am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Are All Lloyd Loars Dropping In Price? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

OTOH the fact that very high end modern violin makers are producing instruments so good that in blind test they cannot be distinguished from a...

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May-14-2020, 10:16pm

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Are All Lloyd Loars Dropping In Price? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

That's pretty funny!! In fact he has two of them right? :)

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