Ken Ratcliff Silverangel #358 heavenly.
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Ken Ratcliff Silverangel #358 heavenly.
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Going into a Pava Pro Oval
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Ol #10 visiting for some set-up work and TLC --
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Steve
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The back of my Arrow G5 5 string. Quilty goodness.
The photo is adding a lot of red. The sunburst is actually more of a tobacco colour.
Daniel
Here is the back of my Pava A5 Pro:
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It looks nicer with the Tone-Gard removed, but sounds a lot nicer with it on.
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Driftwood #5 (pre-Poe) - this is also for Sale if anyone is interested!
Here is a shot of my A’s back.
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Girouard A back
I sometimes get the impression that in the USA you seem to care more about looks than anything else, no-one else is going to see the back of your mandolin so why bother ? I've got a Gibson F9 that frankly looks like cheap rubbish but it plays and sounds great so I'm happy with that.
Dave H
I have a highly figured Mandolin because I love the look but if it didn’t sound good I wouldn’t have it. Tone first and if I can have looks as well I will. So in the end it is purely for my own benefit. Where I live I don’t see other Mandolins nor do I get to play with other musicians, any sort the tone and looks are strictly for my enjoyment. Why single out Americans I can’t imagine the enjoyment or desire for figures Woods is limited to that region. I would think it has more to do with the number of builders in this country and how the choose woods for their shops. Just more available maybe?
Here is my mid 30s Fern
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Here is my Dec. 1st 24 Loar F-5.
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1960s Portuguese shape domeback mandolin, most likely from an East German maker. Missing labels. The light wood is definitely flamed maple. The darker one might be plum or pear. A luthier said it's not cherry.
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Steve
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This is not a current pic, but one Ken Ratcliff took just after finishing my Econo A... cant say it's changed any in the last 8 month though.
Spencer, that's a beautiful 'burst....did Ken give yours the "mildly" distressed treatment?
Yes, I asked for a mild distress on what he called the "old violin" finish I saw on another instrument he had posted here in 2016 or 17. It also has an satin oil varnish over top of it.
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...lverangel-Fray
My new Buckeye florentine from Pete Hart.
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