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  1. Re: What is the "Allure" of The Gibson Snakehead?

    I agree 100%. Other obvious examples are: Short left-over F4/F2 neck blanks were used on f-hole mandolins in the 1930s on models F7, F10 and F12 (which moved the bridge further towards the tail piece...
  2. Re: How Many Gibson Mandobasses are there?!

    There was a black one (I believe from 1924) for sale in Germany around 2021; no idea where it went. Here's Mike Marshall having fun:
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    Re: The Dewey Murphy Loar Mandolin Project

    Well, it's probably more like $60,000, since it's been refinished and renecked, but then again...;)
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    Re: Happy Birthday

    # 75319; would you believe it's a Gilchrist refinish and fingerboard?
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    Re: Natural / Blonde Gibson F5s?

    Old thread revived. Anyhow, has any of you ever played one of those (at least two) Koa F5s from around 2013?
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    Re: Metallic Sound

    What Doug said
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    Re: Classifides

    Certainty costs $$ – and the customer pays for it.
  8. Thread: Action!

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    Re: Action!

    "I don't think there's anything wrong with the action..."
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  9. Thread: Action!

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    Re: Action!

    The action would be definitely too high for my taste. The bridge base is so high, that I'd remove some considerable amount of wood from the bottom of the base, that is reshape it – provided there are...
  10. Re: What pick brand comes with new Gibson F-5G?

    Dunlop Primetone?
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  11. Re: the gibson master model 2001 signed by danny roberts

    Another real Master Model with Fern inlay:https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/108651-Gibson-2002-F-Derrington-Fern-or-master-model
  12. Re: the gibson master model 2001 signed by danny roberts

    Apparently, only very few "real" Master Model were Ferns. At least one – prototype III – from 2001, probably the one you have in mind, received its Fern inlay later along with a new neck due to...
  13. Re: the gibson master model 2001 signed by danny roberts

    You are describing a model called the "F5 Fern". It is a Master Model, since it says so on the label, but not a "real" "F5 Master Model" with the serial number starting with "V-....". Your Fern...
  14. Re: David Grisman’s Gibson F-5 “Fern” Mandolin

    If I understand correctly – and of course, I may have missed something – Grisman's claim of his Fern being a 1925 is just that, a mere claim. (The serial number points to a 1927 shipping date,...
  15. Re: David Grisman’s Gibson F-5 “Fern” Mandolin

    (double post)
  16. Re: David Grisman’s Gibson F-5 “Fern” Mandolin

    Grisman says it's a 1925, according to Joe Spann's research on FONs, it's a 1926 (while there were no F5s made in 1925). IMHO Spann's is the only serious research, while all other claims on...
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    Re: Uncle Don Brown's Loar

    Same impression?
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    Re: Uncle Don Brown's Loar

    Adrian, doesn't that slight bass side curvature look pretty much like on #75318?
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    Re: Uncle Don Brown's Loar

    I stand corrected, thanks!
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    Re: Uncle Don Brown's Loar

    Adrian, you know well what happened, the Florida is original, the scooping ain't. ;)
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    Re: Gibson F-5L low bridge height

    First thing I'd do is turn the whole bridge to its original position, as the "PAT..." stamp should face the tail piece. And there is no set-back for the e-strings, which should be the shortest of the...
  22. Re: Production of 1927 Gibson Fern total

    As far as I remember (being on vacation without Spann‘s Guide handy), and according to the mandolin archive and Spann‘s findings on FONs, there were no F5s made in 1927 (nor in 1925 BTW). A few were...
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    Re: Need suppliers in Europe

    FYI, ebony and other tropical woods:https://www.edelholzshop.de/us/tonewood/fretboards-necks/
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    Re: Which kind of Mandolin you play ?

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  25. Re: comparison: 1994 Gibson F5 L vs. 2022 Anton Krutz F5

    Robert, my choice would be the Gibson, as it sounds a tad overall brighter to my ear. There's an older (Carter Vintage) video, in which Chris Thile compares a few Loar F5s and talks about "high end...
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