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My 5 year old son has a mandolin in his room. He is very careful with it and always wants to take it out of the case and clean it. My little girl is 4 and has a guitar out leaning against the wall...

If I had 1500 - 2k for my only mandolin I would be searching for a Collings A or Flatiron F on the used market.

We don't watch the news!

Love the café, pick on

I'm grass so looking like 1 out of 18

Like the common cold, there is no cure for MAS.

I would like to blame this thread for the recent purchase of; Givens A model and Gibson F5 Steffey model.

I just had MAS, this photo might make me fall of the wagon AGAIN!

Just last week I was thinking back on what fun the thread/journey was when Demetrius went on the hunt for the Gil/Givens, believe he ended up with both?

Fifteen-ish years ago (were getting old)...

So a trading friend of my fathers called him this week and said. "Hey there is a guy that called me that had an F5 he wanted to sell. He wanted 10K so I okay bring it by. Then someone else on in...

I like the sound of guitar capo-ed in in A - B. (using the G cord)

I just don't like the sound of the mandolin with a capo, sounds thin.

The reason I learned not to use a capo was a deal I...

Good stuff. Thile is the best mandolin player on the planet. We all know that best way to have a million dollars at the end of the year playing bluegrass is to start with 2 million. He is...

26 Gibson F5 at carters would do

You forgot about sblock that seemingly stepped down from heaven to enlighten the OP with such valuable wisdom.

PLEASE!

Don't feed the trolls.

Kennard's A3 looks awesome

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Have you tried an Ellis?

Wondering if Tom does/would do a Engelmann top?

Used Collings MT

Let me say ALL of these F5s are exceptional in sound and playability. Only after playing them back to back and really listening did we start to hear the differences. NONE of them were weak in any...

The tone guard stayed on. Im not sure about the frets, but the difference in thickness of the pick cfever vs what I used would have (BC TPR 45)

It was a blast! Tone is so subjective as well as personal tast. A few things I found interesting is the difference in tone collingsfever and I pulled from each mandolin. When I was playing both...

If you have 14K to drop on a mando, take some time and save up another 2k. I'm sure you can find a used, beat up F5 gil for 14 - 16k.

Both are top notch guys and builders.

Don took time out of his day to help us with a finishing question we had (called him on the phone) very nice guy and super cool to give us (strangers) info....

I liked it and glad he did it. Why so much hate?

His cloths are very nice, If he shopped at banana republic his pant would be over 200 bucks and the shirt 100 but he is a superstar so neimans is...

Anytime I have my mando out or take my case to the car, my 2 yr old gets his mando out or take his case to the front door. His next question to me is "wheres the pick at?" So in his case and now in...

FYI -The quick search has NEVER worked for me.:crying:

There is nothing wrong with :mandosmiley: with a capo on it. Some will look down on it others will not, I could care less unless it makes...

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