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If it's any help, here's some pics of my 1990 Gibson H-5 Carlson Mandola that was posted on another thread. it's a 17" scale.

I bought this one from Gruhn in the late '90s and could swear there...

I could swear that I submitted an addition to this Gibson Master Model list a couple years ago, in any event I don't see my SN# on it.
I've got SN# V70342 approved on May 29th, 2002 and signed by...

I've got one of the Bulldog F-4x long neck oval hole models. It's a great sounding mandolin, fun to play and you can't beat the price.
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You might want to try Don Young at National Resophonic in San Luis Obispo, CA. I've bought a few sets of the spiral pattern stamped aluminum tricones from Don, they're identical to the orginals. I...

I have a Bulldog F-4x, had it for a little over a year and it's an outstanding mandolin. I can't get over the quality of the workmanship and the price.
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USPS does an excellent job IMO with musical instrument delivery. I've shipped quite a few instruments over the last year, and I'm becoming increasingly impressed with USPS, and unfortunately less...

Gibson pulled the plug on dealers showing images back in 2004 if I remember correctly. There's a extremely finicky market for their Les Paul Historic model, and most of them were sold solely off of...

I read prior to installing a James tailpiece that the angle of the housing should be adjusted parallel with the string break angle. Is this same adjustment of any benefit to The Gibson tailpieces on...

I'd like to see Saga, or whoever is building "The Loar" model mandolins add a K-4 traditional Gibson scroll mandocello to their product line. Seems like mandocellos are becoming more popular these...

I recall Players Vintage having two of the Kentucky K-4 style mandocellos at the same time about 3 years ago on their website. They looked like exact replicas of the venerable Gibson K-4 and were...

"The one thing nobody has mentioned is the construction technique. The OP says H5 which means bound guard. If the binding was not installed with Duco cement it just might all fall off, along with the...

Thanks for this technique, Paul, it sounds safe for the pickguard. Have a question: After the pickguard softens is the slab or tile supposed to be of enough weight to flatten the guard right there in...

This pickguard is probably no more than 20 years old. The Mandola was one of the H-5 built by Steve Carlson during the early days of the Gibson Montana facility. Thanks for all the excellent advice.

The pickguard on my Gibson H-5 Mandola has developed a slight warp. It's one of those
bound pickguards that Gibson has used for many years on their scroll mandolin instruments. I took it off the...

$1800. gives you quite a few options when it comes to Martin Guitars; I guess the question you have to ask yourself is would you buy a D-35 or one of their other models. If it's a Brazilian D-35,...

Was that the one that was in a car that went into one of the canals in Florida? I heard the story from a friend who has a couple of music stores out in Hawaii.

Those Guardian cases are very decent quality for the money. I bought one of the rectangular Loar knockoffs, they even included a canvas case cover with it. The construction and material selection is...

That picture of Jimmy Page with all those Les Pauls, is from when he was autographing and checking out his run of "signature" Gibson Les Pauls. This is a part of the Gibson run, where JP actually...

I guess you always run the risk of bringing on Gibson's legal team. The "Gibson" engraved James TP that I have came with a used. Gibson mandolin. The original Gibson TP was still in the case pocket,...

I've got a silver James TP that someone had engraved with the '30s style Gibson logo. It's in my parts box, but looks very cool.

It is different being in an environment where you have to be very aware of the ground around you, even in your home. I'm from back East originally, and we moved to Arizona about 17 years ago, so it's...

Comparing the quality of a stamped vintage Gibson style tailpiece to a James is like comparing a Yugo to a Porsche. James tailpieces are high quality components, easy to use, and one of the added...

I'm not sure whether a tarantula will help with the situation you describe. It's possible and I'm sure asking the same question on a forum that caters to people who have them as pets or breed them...

Nice mando! I'm sure you will enjoy it. Back during the past summer I went up to The Mandolin Store to buy a case, and was enthralled by the LM-600, it's tone, features and price, ended up leaving...

I've owned a couple of Gibson F-5L models that were made during the '90s that has Gibson Master Model labels affixed; two of them were dated early '90s and signed by Steve Carlsen. I believe, during...