All good advice above. Any of the three Breedloves linked to Reverb will check your boxes. I also play guitar, bass, uke, banjo (well, I own one and can play a few songs on it), and octave mando, so...
All good advice above. Any of the three Breedloves linked to Reverb will check your boxes. I also play guitar, bass, uke, banjo (well, I own one and can play a few songs on it), and octave mando, so...
Man, those are nice. And all with wide nut. I particularly like the 3rd one (sucker for a blond).
Yamaha
Yairi
Guild
Fender
PRS
EBMM
And my beloved Art and Lutherie parlor!!
I'd save a lot of $ and buy a Hogan F5 and get an accurate copy of a Loar F5. If I did buy one, I'd dig the name out of the headstock with a pocket knife just for their constant lawsuit threat...
Today is the 101st anniversary of Doc Watson's birth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNLXs_Y0FvA
Nice, Pat, but I only have a few Collings mandolins left. Although TME currently has my last and all time favorite MT2v there. I had COVID late last year and have now developed some issues with my...
Agreeing with Pheffernan, why Sam Ash or Guitar Center? There are good sponsors of this website who are excellent with customer service, advice, and inventory selection.
[QUOTE=belbein;1929518][... they seem designed to handle GDAE tuning on a 21" scale] “That wasn't my impression. I thought they were build for CGDA right out of the shop. A question I need to ask,...
Officially retired this past July and man has life been busy. Had decided to reduce the case clutter in the house 2 years ago but just now getting the time to start.
Super busy with so much I...
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I just wanted to give a shout out for DataNick who has this on Bluegrasstoday:
https://bluegrasstoday.com/california-report-san-diego-mandolinist-b-k-nick-nicholson/
I miss his quality posts...
Steve 2E, it was 14" scale.
pheffernan , Yes Indeed, you pointed me to it and I hope it is as good as I anticipate. I just wish I could play worthy of the instruments I own. Oh well, It is fun and I enjoy it. thanks, JC
thanks pheffernan, I looked, I liked, I am awaiting its journey to me. Thanks
We have witnessed young mandolin players rising thru the ranks and blowing us away with their talent. I just stumbled upon Muireann Bradley and her fantastic playing of fingerstyle ragtime and blues...
Well friends, I ended up with a mando rather ahead of my anticipated schedule! After playing a handful of Eastmans and Kentuckys locally, a Northfield Calhoun appeared on Craigslist semi-locally. It...
Note that in 1924 they went to worm over tuners as well. The OP's tuners might have been transitional for a paddle head as they are worm over and cut the right way. I honestly think Gibson was...
Two 1923 A models
Two 1924 A1's.
Just saw this on the Bernunzio website. Don't know how it sounds but it looks cool. No financial interest, they do get some unusual instruments in there from time to time
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Just came across this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtWkHESxglI&ab_channel=TomKimber
Enjoy.
Nigel
https://www.nkforsterguitars.com/instruments/tenor-guitar/tom-kimber-tenor-guitar/
You're welcome fox.
Very nice pheffernan.
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Blueridge and a 14-fret Size 2 Ibanez.
To be clear - That is an awesome burst. I had a mild panic attack that my meaning would be misunderstood.
After making many cylinder top guitar bouzouki, this last year I've had many orders for a Sobell style guitar bouzouki. The soundboards are much more in line with what I made with Stefan in the 90s...