Just want to point out that even on an inexpensive Gibson acoustic guitar (G-45) the website indicates "hot hide glue" in the neck to body joint.
Have not played any of these current Gibson...
Type: Posts; User: Eric Platt
Just want to point out that even on an inexpensive Gibson acoustic guitar (G-45) the website indicates "hot hide glue" in the neck to body joint.
Have not played any of these current Gibson...
Per Paul Fox's book "The Complete Guide to Gibson Mandolins" page 151, the price shown on the tag was current for 1952. Didn't change until 1956.
That seems to agree with the single line Kluson...
That's wrong. Which is strange. I trust them for having more accurate descriptions most of the time. (Am a long time customer so I have a positive bias here.)
If the binding had been replaced,...
Haven't purchased one from this run. Have two earlier ones that fit my 7 3/4 size head just fine.
Guess I'd look at it as what are you trying to accomplish? Sound just like Bill, or Dawg or??? Then it's probably going to be tough to get a new, modest priced factory instrument to sound like that....
Love the wavy wide grain top. Always interesting to see Gibson not using a center seam on the top.
Definitely is an early one with the worm under tuners.
IMO, someone got a good deal.
Another vote for a Flatiron 1N or similar, if you can find one at that price.
Otherwise, a Big Muddy is good choice. I think the MM-x or MW-x with mismatched wood get in just under that $500 goal....
That's odd. Does look like the back is slightly loose in one photo and maybe laminate cracks in the back in another.
No idea what the top is, though. Maybe mahogany. I don't see the grain...
Good tune. Seems like it may have been "played out" in the last few decades. Our band can do it, but we don't include it in our sets very often. I happen to like it and try to get us to play it more...
Been working on Sakkijarven for years and still can't get it anywhere near accordion speed. And that is the speed for dancing. Our band just played it during the instructional hour of a dance last...
It could be either. Looks like the headstock has a curved center instead of a point. The latter to me indicates 1950's (and 60's) SOL models. But it's so hard to say with certainty. Because that...
That's ugly, and maybe a bit sad. Don't think I've ever seen it around this area. Looks to my eyes like a poorly finished kit instrument with a fake headstock face. Not even good inlay work on the...
Have said this before on a few different threads, the KM-150 is a very good mandolin. Finnish musician Arto Jarvela uses a KM-150 as his main performing mandolin these days. (Look up the band Tallari...
That's awesome! Looks like it's a one piece top. Even cooler.
Those Flatiron models have a great sound, IMO.
It's a staple in our Finnish-American band. Also one of the tunes my wife usually sings.
We like it in A minor for the vocal versions. Some accordion players prefer it in G minor.
Here's my...
Yes, that's a 1950's. Have owned one with the Stadium label. Bottom of the line, IMO. All laminate mahogany.
That one has a neck angle problem. The fingerboard should be higher off the body and...
Hopefully it goes to a good home. Love the coloration of the top and back.
Okay, that's making me get my M11 out to noodle on today.
Yes, a very nice price. Paid more for the last one I had and it didn't have a hard case.
Not original bridge. And cut down. If you magnify the photo that includes the neck heel, you can see the glue line where the neck has shifted.
Definitely overpriced. I've had two like this one....
Peterson is still the best I've found. The Snark HZ is often adequate in full sun. But like pops1, I just carry the unitune (or polytune) in my case and make do.
Yes, the micro tuner does work but...
Ow. Looks like the strings are nearly on the first fret. Even though I usually like basket cases this one would be a hard pass. Even at $400.
Besides the Eastman 505, a Kentucky KM-150 would also...
It didn't come up for me just now in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Where it is +5f and we have a gig this evening.)
Felt the amber top of my new Boeh needed something else. An ebony McClung XL Plus fit the bill.
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Just wanted to add that sometimes nut width can matter. Passed on a nice instrument because it had a 1" nut. Felt that was just too narrow. Even though it's not that much narrower than 1 1/16"...
Maybe. But I just pick the instrument by how it feels and sounds to me. The 1930's Gibson models I've owned were fairly wide, same with the oval hole A models. And the 1930's and early '40's...