http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-F5-Mandol...QQcmdZViewItem
It does not look like a Gibson, but I certainly am no expert.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-F5-Mandol...QQcmdZViewItem
It does not look like a Gibson, but I certainly am no expert.
Alan
Sorry about not giving you a live link to click - I can't get that feature to work using the buttons, and when I tried to do it manually, it didn't recognize one of the quotation marks I was using.
Alan
I don't know that much about this era of Gibson mandolins, but it looks like a Gibson I wouldn't buy. From what I do know, this mandolin isn't the from the great years for Gibson. With Gibson building such fine instruments these days, you could find a nicer used one for about the same opening price or maybe even less.
Here is a direct link.
Looks like it is from 1962 or so. Price is high but not completely out of line. OTOH that inlaid "The" is really lame.
Jim
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...not to mention the downside up truss rod coverOriginally Posted by (jgarber @ Jan. 24 2007, 14:24)
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Now, that thing just looks ugly!
I guess he wanted it to look like "Bill's" so added the "The" to the top. Pretty tacky. Other things wrong then just an upside down truss rod cover. What ever you think of it the early 60's were extremely low production years for the F5.
I'm having trouble getting anything other than a '67 out of that serial number. He's says it's right and is on the orange label and stamped on the back of headstock. Wrong Tailpiece for a '67. The case is not original for a 50's or 60's F5 Gibson. I'm not so sure it's even a Gibson case from what I saw. Looks refinished to me too at least on the top and headstock.
Not many all originals left due to things being done to them like this one and the many that were converted to Loarlike similiarties. Price is about double too much or less.
"The neck has been repaired. Body has crack around the curl. Plays, sounds great." hmmmm, sounds like it should answer to the name lucky...
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did anyone notice the seller is "banjo-dot-com"?
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