Found this kind of odd listed as "new" . I don't much about the Flat Irons but if it is new it could be a good deal. https://reverb.com/item/6372020-new-...tiron-mandolin
Found this kind of odd listed as "new" . I don't much about the Flat Irons but if it is new it could be a good deal. https://reverb.com/item/6372020-new-...tiron-mandolin
It looks like it is New Old Stock (NOS). The build date is 2,000"s.
Na that is before the 2000s. 2000s are Nashville. Can't tell if that Serial # means 96 or 91. One of the experts will know.
plus £798.43 shipping ? is it being shipped from Mars or Venus ?
Dave H
Eastman 615 mandola
2011 Weber Bitteroot A5
2012 Weber Bitteroot F5
Eastman MD 915V
Gibson F9
2016 Capek ' Bob ' standard scale tenor banjo
Ibanez Artist 5 string
2001 Paul Shippey oval hole
Its a '96 Flatiron Performer. I have one. Very fair price and great bang for the buck. It does have the integrated fret board. It also has a heck of a chop and lots of low end.
It's only $32 shipping. Not sure of what you are looking at as this is in American dollars.
If it is new as advertised I thinks it's a great deal if it stacks up to the early 2000 F9's somebody's gonna score ! Reverb is great place to buy as they will refund your money if item isn't as advertised. I bought a 2002 F9 it was listed as "pristine" it was far from pristine even had crack at neck joint. Seller wasn't happy when I sent it back Reverb refunded my money no problems. Too bad but because that F9 sounded great.
The first two digits of the serial number indicate the year it was made...hence, 1996. Have you tried to contact the seller to find out more about it? If it is NOS, it's a good deal. Performer series was Flatiron's entry model...a great sounding and playing mandolin! Love mine!
2007 Sumi F-5 Deluxe
1991 Flatiron Performer A
Martin D-35
It does say £799.80 or $1034 shipping. I could collect it from the US for less than that.
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In the advert I get, it says £1,799.46 for the mandolin and £798.43 shipping, obviously just for the UK market.
Dave H
Eastman 615 mandola
2011 Weber Bitteroot A5
2012 Weber Bitteroot F5
Eastman MD 915V
Gibson F9
2016 Capek ' Bob ' standard scale tenor banjo
Ibanez Artist 5 string
2001 Paul Shippey oval hole
$1290 shipping to canada, i guess they are going to hand deliver and fly
The shipping question aside, if this is a new old stock, I'd love to know the story of where it's been for the past 20+ years??? I think I'd need to know more about that if I were considering buying it...I'm not, just curious.
2007 Sumi F-5 Deluxe
1991 Flatiron Performer A
Martin D-35
I recently traded a 1996 Flatiron Performer with the intergrated fretboard (the one in my avatar) because it just didn't have what I was looking for in one. Volume was in the medium range and it just didn't have the sound I want.
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2003 Martin UMGF #24 00-18VS
It is suspicious that it's listed as new, but the truth is this is a more than fair price even used if it is good condition. I've seen them listed at 2500 or more used. Also suspicious that the description is so sketchy on details. And a private listing would be unlikely to be NOS. Wouldn't that be a store? Perhaps the lister used to have a store and hung on to this after the store closed. But more likely it is being listed as new because someone bought it, played it very little or not at all, and stuck it in a closet all those years. I've seen instruments listed as "new" under similar circumstances and as much as their owners want that to be true, they are used. Just like a car that takes the depreciation hit as soon as you drive it off the lot. Still, this appears to be a good deal. But I would want a lot more information.
Don
2016 Weber Custom Bitterroot F
2011 Weber Bitterroot A
1974 Martin Style A
Pardon my ignorance but, what is an "integrated" FB?
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