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June 1921?

Remembered that I asked this same question of the cafe back in 2004 - Charlie was nice enough to respond!

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?5840-A-5L-Question

Thanks to all for the responses - I think Michael's idea of continuing to practice on scrap " that you prepare the surface just like you would on your real instrument" will be the best way for this...

Just experimenting with freshly made shellac + stew mac water based color tone dye - good idea? Hope any experience you might have will save me endless permutations of experimentation - and I am a...

I found Eddie Collins ASAP Bluegrass Mandolin to be super helpful. I liked the way the CD's would play the tracks through more than once to help keep the flow, which also meant less time to have to...

Here's a couple Gibsons! 124951

I know that there are a ton of old Gibsons out there without truss rods that are still in fine working order, Just wondering if the early (1983-1984) Flatiron A5's should be expected to hold up the...

Mr. Siminoff - I often wondered about the statement "Loar tuned it to Eb, C, F, Bb and Eb (treble to bass)". Is this something you found in his notes, was it the way it was tuned when you discovered...

No clue as to what you would play, however... this does sound like an excellent opportunity to be the first human being to smash a mandola on stage! You might consider bringing the lighter fluid with...

I want to thank you to all for responding. Love the Cafe. I knew somebody here would help . These are some really good thoughts / pieces of information. I think I will call Gibson tomorrow to see...

Howdy. I recently contracted poison ivy at a music festival here in Utah. I have been cleaning everything as to not reinfect myself and I was wondering if anybody had any advice for cleaning off my...

Interesting fingerboard extension for an F5G... looks like a new style for Gibson altogether... It would be pretty cool if they went back to the style "z" extension. Anybody know why Gibson dropped...

I would recommend Gail Hester too! I just received back my 1913 F2 from her for a repair of the "standard Gibsonitis". I couldn't be happier! The ribs had started to push out on the back by the...

Hey, Trying to conduct a survey here and I am curious if any of you fine pickers would be willing to to measure with feeler gauges the height between their mandolins first fret and G string, first...

Try Greg Boyds....NFI!

I own the Gibson made Flatiron oval F with the F5 neck and it's a great mandolin - X braced, great sound and oval tone, blonde, tortoise binding…kind of like a modern F2 without the vintage worries....

Not to hijack this thread, but do tell more about the late Eldon Stutzman... As a fellow (but previous) Rochestarian I'd love to know more...And on that note, if you care to comment, it seems like...

I at least like the Handel buttons. Does anybody know if the buttons are Mike Blohm replicas or something different? I don't suppose that they will start selling these? I guess it does say that this...

Thanks Bill and Allen.... I think I am off to the local shop after work to see what they think.

If anybody else has $.02 please chime in. Thanks!

Howdy,

I just came into a 1915 Gibson H-1 that seems to be in pretty good condition for its old age. I still have a few days to decide on if I am going to keep it. Looking at it today I noticed a...

Pretty cool! Didn't know if this should go in the vintage section (NFI);

<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1916-Gibson-A4-custom-12-string-mandolin_W0QQitemZ320283586667QQihZ011QQcategoryZ10179QQss...

Vivi-tone Inspired?

I have the "true" f-4 kit from IV - I ordered replacement tuners from Siminoff - They look and fit great! I did have to get machines with the inverted assembly with round gear below worm gear, but...

Nice mandolin! - what do you base your body shape off of? It looks similar to an old Gibson A. Is it, or is it your own?

Hi, I just bought a 1995 Gibson A-5L mandolin by Larry Burg (at least that's what the Ad description stated - could this be correct?). Anybody out there know how long he was in charge of things down...