A talk about tone
A talk about tone
A new standard..
One thing nice about the F-5 journal in book form is you can see how batchs and serial#s work much easier. Nice Virzi listing Dan!!
Chris
Here's a few shots of 73005 undergoing some cleanup
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Thanks for posting the brochure Dan. That's one of my prize items. I've only seen or heard of 3 of those
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I'll work on the middle page
Nicely defined grain. Well on the quarter. Minor seam repair
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Huge Image.. sorry if any neolithic computers out there are still on modems..
If your screen isn't immense, a right-click and "view image" will stop it being resized..
I think we need to establish a new rule: A new post on this thread at least once every 3 days!
Following are 3 shots of a tailpiece cover from a Fern Loar. I noticed, and am curious about, the two notches on the bottom of the tp. Apparently there are a few of these floating around. Any idea about the purpose of the notches, and how many there are?
Another view....
Front of tp......
Those covers are for the K-5 mandocello. #This is the second time I have seen one on an F-5. #The mando that Dan and I have for sale has the same thing only in gold. The tailpice base is a modified F-style, the rods you see are simply silver soldered to the modified base on the top side next to the string tangs. Consequently, the cover needs the two notches.
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Perhaps the notches were so the cover would fit over a trapeze tailpiece.
When 'good enough' is more than adequate.
A little better perspective
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Thanks Darryl. You are the man!!!
As an aside to the notched cover, I purchased two complete mandocello tailpieces about 18 years ago. They were "New Old Stock". Now to my knowledge, the mando cover on a trapeze only came on the K-5. The mount portion that screws onto the tail end had the requisite patent stamp on it, but the mando-like cover (with notches) had no engraving nor stamping of "The Gibson". The cover itself was unquestionably original to the 20's. But again, it was totally plain. So, this may suggest that Gibson did the engraving and stamping "in-house"
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So, I guess we can assume that there was a small surplus of these notched tailpieces (probably demand for mand-cellos was even smaller than anticipated!), and they were used for mandolins. I know of one other notched tp-also gold-plated. This as opposed to F-5's missing their original tp and replacement tp's being found and used.
Yep, K5 for sure. I know a July 9 with one of those on it. Silver, of course.
I agree that they are probably factory original on the F5s that way. I would assume that what was at hand would be used, so if they needed a cover and there were some k5 ones available, those covers would be there for the taking. Variety and deviation from the standard or spec is actually fairly common when you really look into these!
Great shot of some old wood.
You been to visit Brian? (and how did you get 73485 that Dan and I have for sale?..just kidding, the 30's Fern is a ringer for it.
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Darryl: Just helping a techno-challenged friend.
As a side note, we have reprints of the Loar articles shown above available at the Gibson Showcase. They even were printed to look old. They are very very cool. They are available for $10.00 each if you are interested. You can get them by calling 1-615-514-2200 x 3. Not really trying to sell anything, but if you want something really cool it is available to you now...and from Gibson!
Have a Great Day!
Joe Vest
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