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    Re: 1928 post-Loar snakehead neck profile

    Well I guess it comes down to definitions..

    The last snakehead (a quick image search tells me ) I have in the mandolin archive is 83001, so figure right around this serial is where that feature...
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    Re: Article: Sometimes the Case Tells the Story

    Some years ago I saw an ebay auction for vintage string packets. I ended up with about 2 dozen of the wax paper "The Gibson" strings from approx 1905-1915. I'm down to just a handful now, since...
  3. Re: Is Gibson Getting Ready to Roll Out Some New Models?

    Regarding these Loar F5 tributes...

    Brief history
    The "Gibson" most of us know and love was the original Parsons Street factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Orville Gibson was a lone builder, with an...
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    Re: Gibson launches Certified Vintage Program

    It sounds like the new owners just want to cash out what’s left of any guitars kept in “the private vault” when they bought the name..

    to me it looks like a cynical attempt to set their own...
  5. Re: Previously unknown Loar K5 Gibson mandocello shows up!

    I sit on the end of the inbox for the mandolin archive. Every so often it *is* a loar that folks are asking about, but it's just as much fun when it's an A2 or a jr or pretty much any other old...
  6. Re: Previously unknown Loar K5 Gibson mandocello shows up!

    Did the serial number pop up?

    and yes- banana, roger, darryl.. all those guys are very easily reachable, especially with mandolin-related malarkey :)
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    Re: Happy Birthday - Dan Beimborn

    Thank you guys!

    I'm way behind on the archive for sure- I still have good intentions for when my life gets less busy though :)
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    Re: Update on "The Irish Mandolin" - and other stories

    Good stuff Aidan. I've been hitting the Howl at the Moon in Hoxton now and again, let me know if you're up for one in a couple weeks
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    George Gruhn with his favorite guitar

    This is a great video- George describes his personal Loar L5, and talks about what makes it special to him


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoM1EC7I3w0

    I don't have any pictures yet, though it...
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    Re: 3 Point F-4 Torch and Wire

    Hey Vernon.. that's one of only 2 I've seen like it. What happened there to my eyes is a refinish job at Gibson around 1915-1924 or so, as that would be a time that such a color and such a case could...
  11. Thread: Out of my league

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    Re: Out of my league

    About 15 years ago (my my), I wrote this story about the experience of having time on a Loar:

    Loar Diary

    Have a look-see! As to what remains from that experience 15 years later..

    I...
  12. Re: Gibson threatening the mandolin and guitar luthier community

    In Honor of Mr Bill Monroe's 73987 (celebrating it's 96th birthday today!), I think this is an image worth sharing.

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    This scratched logo should remind us all something very important...
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    Re: 10 Questions for Dan Beimborn

    Hello Rush- I'd still go 1922 (ship date) for 70050. The FON looks like you could be right in the middle of Ajrs with similar serials.. here's a sampling (note lots of incomplete data!)
    ...
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    New detail on early Style O neck block

    "The Gibson" over the order stamp- this is the first one of these I have seen

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    Re: A little F-4 information

    13100 is also interesting for using the earlier scroll carving style (C-shape instead of S)

    There are a few more scattered that come after 11694 too.. some quite interesting ones to see in there!
  16. Thread: Gibson?

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    Re: Gibson?

    Good advice right here.

    The truss rod and adjustible saddles both let you fine-tune the set-up a bit more. I make little adjustments to mine when I travel, seasonal changes etc.

    Most...
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    Re: 1909 Gibson F2. Worth it?

    They aren't too rare, I bet if you check

    Elderly
    Gryphon
    Carter vintage
    vintage mandolin
    Mandolin Central
    Gruhn
    Intermountain Guitar and Banjo
    vintageinstruments.com
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    Re: 1909 Gibson F2. Worth it?

    The price is high compared to market that I've seen.. these can change hands around $3k-3500. Crack under scroll very common on these. The back appears to be maple or unusually figured birch. In my...
  19. Thread: 1923 F4 Blacktop

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    Re: 1923 F4 Blacktop

    does seem possible indeed :)

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    Re: Gibson Teens Serial Numbers

    I've never seen a black top A2z or A2- label
  21. Thread: Alec Finn RIP

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    Re: Alec Finn RIP

    I'm thankful to have had the chance to get to know Alec briefly on a few occasions. He was an inspiring musician and a gentle soul. My heart goes out to his family, friends, and to everyone who was...
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    Re: Mystery Gibson...What is this strange instrument?

    Regal Octofone is my guess

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    Re: Fern Loar F5 Attic Find

    I've got gibson branded strings from the 1900s-1930s.. enough to string up a Loar. Some years ago we pooled together and measured the gauges on them, there is probably an old thread.. they were...
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    Re: How many missing Loars?

    Documented Loars by Signature Date
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    Re: Undocumented Loar? Gibson Style H-5 Mandol

    Thank you James, very interesting to hear from you and thanks for sharing.
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