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    Smile New competitor for ugliest scroll

    NFI - Found on Nashville Craigslist. I just don't even know where to start with this one, but I just had to share.

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    Check all the photos at https://nashville.craigslist.org/msg...241737423.html. I just wonder how it sounds.
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    Default Re: New competitor for ugliest scroll

    You should add that to this thread.

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    that is one ugly mandolin.

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    ''Custom'' built as well !. I applaud the amount of work taken to build something so 'not right'. I do however,like the bridge & tailpiece,
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    I almost laughed out loud when I read in the description: 'Not a kit'.

    Wow, could have fooled me! I would have sworn it came straight out of a Stewart-MacDonald catalog!

    Right . . . . . .

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    A true masterpiece of Vogon luthierie.
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    Nice "seehorse- holes"

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    Yes, they allow one to see the masonite back.

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    The broken-off headstock scroll seems to indicate what Bill Monroe thought about it.
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    For the sake of discussion, if you played that and were simply blown away by the sound, would you buy it and use as your main instrument on stage?

    I don't think I would. I might play it on a recording, but I don't think I'd take it out in public no matter how good it sounded. Even though 80% of the audience wouldn't know what kind of an instrument it was, I'd still be embarrassed by it.
    A quarter tone flat and a half a beat behind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Austin Bob View Post
    For the sake of discussion, if you played that and were simply blown away by the sound, would you buy it and use as your main instrument on stage?
    ...in that case, you can buy it, take it home, place it on a chair beside your bed, and when you wake up the next morning it will have turned into a beautiful Gibson F5.
    Either that, or you will have turned into Jabba the Hutt when you wake up.

    Me, I'd not take any chances and cover my ears when it's being played.
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    If it sounds good it is good. There are other Non-traditional F5 shapes out there that command really high prices. That said, this looks pretty rough. It really would have to play and sound good. I wouldn't pay a premium for that look either.

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    Some other forums clearly have the wrong idea about the best ways to promote their chosen instruments. They foolishly have rules against denigrating fellow musicians and builders, just in case the losers being insulted are members. They mstakenly think the best way to build a community is to be inclusive.

    As always, I applaud making fun of fellow mandolin enthusiasts, whether builders or players, who don't measure up to the Cafe's community standards. There's nothing better for driving away undesirables from this overcrowded community than open derision, and the beginners' knowledge that they might be openly mocked no matter how motivated they might be.

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    If either the builder or the seller are Cafe members, they should not be surprised, given the existing long running threads on scrolls and ads. I have built terrible creations myself, decades ago, and would not hesitate to publish photos of them here for your pleasure, but alas, they exist no more. It never occurred to me to sell any of them for real money, though.

    Experience says someone will buy it. They may even be Cafe members who would missed out on the ad without this thread. If I liked it, I would not be deterred by personal taste of others.
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    Gets my vote.

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    Mine too!

    (He says in open derision...)
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    Ha! Someone needs to give lumpy a home

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    Default Re: New competitor for ugliest scroll

    Quote Originally Posted by Explorer View Post
    Some other forums clearly have the wrong idea about the best ways to promote their chosen instruments. They foolishly have rules against denigrating fellow musicians and builders, just in case the losers being insulted are members. They mstakenly think the best way to build a community is to be inclusive.
    And heck, they even eschew banjo jokes all in the name of diversity and inclusion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Austin Bob View Post
    For the sake of discussion, if you played that and were simply blown away by the sound, would you buy it and use as your main instrument on stage? ...
    I'd be tempted to incorporate the odd-looking instrument into the act, make it work, turn it into a feature rather than a liability.

    Depends on what kind of stage though.

    Trad strict bluegrass, probably not, audience not likely to appreciate it since it's different than what they're used to.

    But something like punk rock or whatever, heh are there any rules about mandolin shape there?

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    I've posed Austin Bob's question on here a few times myself. Just how much 'non-conformity' to the norm could you put up with for an awesome sound/tone ??. I could put up with a bit,but this one's a tad too outre even for me - that scroll is an entity in itself !,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bertram Henze View Post
    A true masterpiece of Vogon luthierie.
    Only made to show the ugliness of the maker's soul into harsh relief!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ivan Kelsall View Post
    I've posed Austin Bob's question on here a few times myself. Just how much 'non-conformity' to the norm could you put up with for an awesome sound/tone ??. I could put up with a bit,but this one's a tad too outre even for me - that scroll is an entity in itself !,
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    In reality it's more of a knob than a scroll.

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    From Marty Jacobson - "Oh, there are uglier ones out there, believe me...". Marty - if you know where they are - keep 'em to yourself,
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    That ain't no part of nuthin.
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