I was in Dusty Strings today (great acoustic music store in Seattle) and had to pick my jaw up off the floor when I saw both a Model 5C and a Model 4C in a case on the floor of the shop. Both minty...
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I was in Dusty Strings today (great acoustic music store in Seattle) and had to pick my jaw up off the floor when I saw both a Model 5C and a Model 4C in a case on the floor of the shop. Both minty...
Christie and Walter are great folks, and I wish them well in whatever they're moving on to.
Phil
Calling Mr. Wolfe........
Brilliant! Thanks for posting.
Beautiful rendition of Tennessee Waltz. I was fortunate enough to spend a while with #75317 (now called the John Paul Jones Loar), and can attest to the beauty and power that particular mandolin. ...
I'd look really hard at an A model from Will Kimble. The guy really builds great instruments, and has dialed in amazing tone.
The string height mentioned previously was a slight exaggeration. More correctly it felt like an inch.
Steve built #693 as his personal instrument, and banged away on it, opening it up nicely before deciding that he needed the proceeds from it to move his building project on Lake Gnotuk along. Flat...
Those dudes are awesome.
I agree with Tim's description/review of Andy Poe's work. I own an A that is identical to the one at Gruhn. I am amazed by the fit/finish and appointments on this mandolin, especially at the price....
Two marginally related nits: As a seller, it drives me nuts when I get endless requests for more information and lots more pictures, and then get no response back. Not even a courtesy "thanks". As...
Two great sounding mandolins! And, really impressive pickin'. I generally am a fan of the "traditional" bluegrass sound in a mandolin, and love the cutting highs and jangle of early vintage Ferns...
I have a Hoffee. Big dollars, but far and away the best case I've ever seen or owned. More room and lighter than a Calton, with much superior hardware. Don't put your precious cargo in a Yugo, get...
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A beautiful example of Steve's artistry from the late '90's. And it sounds FANTASTIC! Steve seemed to make a lot of Artist models in '98.
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Those are some cool tuners!
From what I gather there was a pretty long queue of folks wanting a Gilchrist guitar, and he's trying to build guitars to meet the demand. Seems odd to me, but then I've never played (or seen) a...
I believe both the pic of the Gil's in white posted above and the earlier posted shot of the stained backs are the same batch. Steve sent me both pics and pointed out 693 in each of them. Don't...
#693 is the 5th from front. And, yes, that's some beautiful wood.
Good point. He plays them.
My belief is part of what makes Gilchrist Gilchrist is his ability to select great tone wood then maximize what he does with. You know, carve away everything that isn't a mandolin. After almost 700...
Hey pjlama: I'm curious how the Heiden F5 and the Model 5 Gil compared tone and otherwise? I've heard great things about Heiden's work but have never played one.
My limited experience with tone woods in mandolins seems to point to the following: the harder the wood (both spruce and maple) the more ringing and complex the tone and the more responsive the...
That's 693 on the far right of that group shot posted above.
Actually, I'm not sure that's D-log. Christie at Gruhn's told me 693 was D-log, but Steve confirmed that it is a similarly hard, equally great sounding log he's been using for a while. This is from...
Mark:
I NEVER get tired of seeing that trio of Gil backs. Amazing, amazing image.