Agree wholeheartedly! I really wish that I had played mine more and probably will, but my index finger got to the point where I can't make four finger chords anymore ...... bar chords with two...
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Agree wholeheartedly! I really wish that I had played mine more and probably will, but my index finger got to the point where I can't make four finger chords anymore ...... bar chords with two...
I wasn't going to be punked" as there was no way in hades that I was going to sell my DMM for anywhere near 10k. I feel pretty sure now that the dude who suggested that as a value was trying to punk...
Dang ...... that was just outstanding. Would that have been Curly on the mandolin break?
Thanks Brad. I think you are spot on. I agree that what Gibson decides to do going forward with their mandolin department, which I assume is no more than a few people, will have an effect on the...
That's what I thought too, but I don't like to question a person's motive if I don't have all the information .... thus this thread. When I bought it new the retail price was around 25K and I got...
rcc56, you are correct ..... as all DMMs were the top of the line. Mine is a Distressed Master Model, and not an F-5L, so I think your price range (13-17), also as per KMaynard, is more in line what...
Someone recently told me that Bill knew and maybe at some point worked with Tom Ellis, or maybe just good friends, and that Ellis had some influence on Collings mandolins. I never have thought the...
I recently responded to an ad where a gentleman was wanting to buy a DMM to replace his vintage F-5. I bought a new one in 2005 (singed by Danny Roberts). It is very lightly distressed and since I...
That makes a lot of sense. Their price range certainly fills the void left by other makers getting out of the market. Also production numbers, I would assume, were pretty low at Collins, certainly...
Thanks Russ and others. I have no reason top doubt that the new ones are as good, but just noticed how many were for sale, especially Big Mons in the Classifieds, so I just didn't know as I have not...
When Northfield mandolins first came out I ordered a new traditional model and modern model ...... both great mandolins. I still have the traditional model and love it. Since that time Northfield...
Jeff, I think you missed my entire point. The point is not that I or anyone else was sold a great mandolin. It is a push back for their bullying that has been taking place for many years now and in...
I think you are mostly correct, but I have dealt with the state of Tennessee over the issue of using a professional term. In my case it was attaching the term "architect" with a modifier, much like...
As per a recent thread regarding a Gibson employee signing their mandolin labels as an "Acoustic Engineer" (which they are not), maybe it is time for all owners of signed Gibson mandolins to file a...
I wish your son the best of luck. One of my friends fro Houston just told me a story of one of his buddies son's being accepted to Harvard ..... but not accepted to Rice. It is a great school but...
Mike .... I went back and read just about all of the posts on the thread you linked. Excellent information. One thing that I may have missed is who signed mandolins from 1924 to 1970 .............
Mike .... that was an interesting link. I should have read it earlier. Now that I think about it I owned two Monroe F-5's, one signed by Steve Carlson and one by Bruce Weber.
Thanks Aaron. That is exactly the sort of thing I was talking about. An acoustic or acoustical engineer is a "real" engineer and not just a made up title. I think, as you mentioned, mechanical...
Excellent point Aaron. I think the point here though is not that someone is practicing engineering who is not educated, trained, and taken the professional exam. I think it is the fact that a...
Duh! It never dawned on me that I could look it up! Here is what I found. This is from the state of Tennessee code.
(c) A person is construed to practice or offer to practice engineering,...
I tell people the only criteria for being a golf course architect is getting someone to hire you! In a way that is true, as there have been some great golf course designers whose initial chosen...
Sounds like we go after the same kind of stuff. Only my friends buy stuff that increase in price. I love jewelry (or at least my wife does) and the only advice I give people paying retail for...
Good explanations guys, but the reason I asked is that a number of years ago I was working in the state of Tennessee as a "golf course architect". I got a call from the state licensing board (or...
I noticed a Gibson mandolin for sale in the classified that said it was signed by Danny Roberts, Acoustic Engineer. I had never thought about it, but my F-5 DMM is also signed by Danny as "Acoustic...
"All antiques are declining in price because of this."
No exactly the case. Certainly many stringed instruments have gone down considerably, including Loars, but many antiques have remained...