apache wrote in #79 above:
"I am merely a very fortunate custodian of this amazing instrument for hopefully the next few decades, and for the generations to follow"
In that case, I would suggest...
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apache wrote in #79 above:
"I am merely a very fortunate custodian of this amazing instrument for hopefully the next few decades, and for the generations to follow"
In that case, I would suggest...
A question I didn't see asked:
What is your budget (range) ???
Best place to "shop"?
I'd take a trip to Nashville, and visit Carter's, Gruhns, etc. ...
"Is this possibly one the Music Machine custom Gibson mandolins?"
No.
The Music Machine instruments were all "F-5 FB", which were F-5g's with some customized appointments:
- Red spruce top
-...
You might try getting over to the Jenny Brook festival, in Tunbridge:
https://jennybrookbluegrass.com
I bought a banjo from Ron 'way back in 2003, before there was much of an internet. Actually, he posted an ad in the usenet bluegrass newsgroup. I didn't know who he was.
A couple of emails and...
Some thoughts...
DON'T USE bluetooth. At all.
Do use a wired connection for the headphones.
The preferred connection (when recording while playing back pre-recorded tracks) is to plug the...
Try plugging the headphones directly into the Zoom recorder...
I'd leave it on -- an additional selling point.
The new owner can keep it or remove it.
I'm a man of few words.
That mandolin ain't "pristine".
Send it back.
OP:
You said you have a "MacBook".
Is it a MacBook (non-pro), or is it a MacBook Pro?
REASON I asked:
If it's a MacBook Pro, does it have firewire or thunderbolt?
(you can use firewire...
I hope you got this cheap.
If you want it fixed right, put a new neck on it.
You might try contacting Dave Harvey at Gibson to see if they'd be willing to do it.
If they won't, perhaps someone...
For that price, has "scam" written all over it...
Forget the flowerpot.
Find a good Goldrush and be done with it.
You won't be lookin' at the peghead much anyway, while you're playing it.
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I used -- and liked -- the Elixir coated strings.
Now that they're no longer available, what OTHER makers are selling coated mandolin strings? D'Addario is one, I believe -- are there others?
One more opinion -- you DO NOT want a Gibson from 1975.
Many better choices out there.
The varnish MF5 the OP links to at Gryphon is a little different from Collings' standard issue, in that it's "dark bound" instead of bound with white ivoroid.
Still a beautiful instrument in its...
There was a time when THEY ALL had "Gibson Master Model" printed on the label.
I used to have a 2000 Flatiron Festival F, produced at the Gibson factory in Nashville, with "The Gibson Master...
$1,200 might be more like it.
But I wouldn't even consider it at that price...
RE peter.coombe's post above:
How long before it becomes all-but-impossible for used instrument sales across international borders? At least not without a boatload of rigamarole and paperwork...?...
Agree with Luna Pick above.
IF you can back out, DO SO.
Then look elsewhere.
This one looks like it's been dropped.
There are better fish in the sea (at least ones that don't require...
That looks to be in spectacular condition for its age.
The price is about $700-1000 "on the high side" to me, but the condition may have something to do with it.
These will play and sound a...
Simply said, I'd avoid this one and look elsewhere...
Is that an electric bass I hear?
Sounds like the great George Shuffler playing...
That looks to be in very nice shape and the price isn't bad, either.
Ah, if only I could be young again!
I change strings ONE PAIR at a time.
Maintains "enough" tension and offers a little more "working room".