Results 1 to 23 of 23

Thread: Mike blohm # 20..

  1. Sep-05-2007, 4:22am #1
    frankenstein
    frankenstein is offline
    down south frankenstein's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    670

    Default

    mike blohm # 20.. quilted maple back and sides, sitka top. # ( i think ) .. 3 point f-5 body style. these are the things i requested from mike after much indecision.. i think he nailed it.. sounds great too !!
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version.  Name: board.jpg  Views: 260  Size: 22.6 KB  ID: 25936  
    mandolinosoarus rex
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. Sep-05-2007, 4:24am #2
    F5G WIZ
    F5G WIZ is offline
    Registered User F5G WIZ's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Georgetown Indiana, Across the creek from Louisville KY.
    Posts
    1,385

    Default

    How bout some mo' better pictures! #Looks great from that angle.



    Poe#5, Neely#72, Kentucky KM 150 (The Bagram Beater)
    http://WWW.myspace.com/easternskybluegrass
    http://www.myspace.com/darrintissandier
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. Sep-05-2007, 4:33am #3
    frankenstein
    frankenstein is offline
    down south frankenstein's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    670

    Default

    headstock..
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version.  Name: blohm_headstock.jpg  Views: 255  Size: 22.5 KB  ID: 25937  
    mandolinosoarus rex
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. Sep-05-2007, 4:48am #4
    frankenstein
    frankenstein is offline
    down south frankenstein's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    670

    Default

    back
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version.  Name: quilt_back.jpg  Views: 263  Size: 20.6 KB  ID: 25938  
    mandolinosoarus rex
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. Sep-05-2007, 5:19am #5
    danb
    danb is offline
    Cafe Linux Mommy danb's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 1996
    Location
    Norfolk, England
    Posts
    5,813

    Default

    Nice work Mike! Love the "third nipple" as a friend of mine calls the 3rd body point
    The Mandolin Archive
    my CDs
    "The wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead"
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. Sep-05-2007, 7:42am #6
    frankenstein
    frankenstein is offline
    down south frankenstein's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    670

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by (danb @ Sep. 05 2007, 06:19)
    Nice work Mike! Love the "third nipple" as a friend of mine calls the 3rd body point
    got a shot of the back scroll. it's got four points..nice huh !!
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version.  Name: back_scroll.jpg  Views: 215  Size: 21.3 KB  ID: 25939  
    mandolinosoarus rex
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. Sep-05-2007, 9:48am #7
    Spruce
    Spruce is offline
    wood butcher Spruce's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Orcas Island, Washington
    Posts
    6,172

    Default

    Nice!
    Orcas Island Tonewoods

    Free downloads of my mandolin CDs:

    "Mandolin Graffiti"
    "Mangler Of Bluegrass"
    "Overhead At Darrington"
    "Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. Sep-05-2007, 12:37pm #8
    Mike Blohm
    Mike Blohm is offline
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Location
    Laurel Montana
    Posts
    46

    Default

    I had posted these before. Hope It's OK to post them here also.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version.  Name: 100_0810__Small_.JPG  Views: 224  Size: 31.2 KB  ID: 25943  
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. Sep-05-2007, 12:43pm #9
    Mike Blohm
    Mike Blohm is offline
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Location
    Laurel Montana
    Posts
    46

    Default

    Back.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version.  Name: 100_0800__Small_.JPG  Views: 243  Size: 43.7 KB  ID: 25944  
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. Sep-05-2007, 12:53pm #10
    Lane Pryce
    Lane Pryce is offline
    Registered User Lane Pryce's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Asheboro,NC
    Posts
    2,281

    Default

    That is some crazy quilt!!! Lp
    J.Lane Pryce
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. Sep-05-2007, 1:47pm #11
    Philip Halcomb
    Philip Halcomb is offline
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Location
    NJ
    Posts
    577

    Default

    Looks awesome Mike! Nice choice of woods!
    Philip Halcomb
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. Sep-05-2007, 3:35pm #12
    BlueMountain
    BlueMountain is offline
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Hamburg, Pennsylvania
    Posts
    1,247

    Default

    What's with the Handel tuner buttons? I notice that you have them on your Sumi, too. Are they Handel tuners, or modern buttons, or what? They look nice.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. Sep-05-2007, 5:42pm #13
    pickinNgrinnin
    pickinNgrinnin is online now
    Registered User pickinNgrinnin's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Location
    Kansas
    Posts
    1,480

    Default

    [QUOTE]Are they Handel tuners, or modern buttons, or what?

    Mike makes these replica Handle buttons. I don't know of any other builder out there making such buttons.

    He does mighty fine work - beautiful all around
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. Sep-05-2007, 9:21pm #14
    MandoSquirrel
    MandoSquirrel is offline
    Registered User MandoSquirrel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    southwest florida
    Posts
    1,683

    Default

    All of the above!
    BEAUTIFUL
    Elrod
    Gibson A2 1920(?)
    Breedlove Cascade
    Washburn 215(?) 1906-07(?)
    Victoria, B&J, New York(stolen 10/18/2011)
    Eastwood Airline Mandola

    guitars:
    Guild D-25NT
    Vega 200 archtop, 1957?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. Sep-07-2007, 1:17am #15
    frankenstein
    frankenstein is offline
    down south frankenstein's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    670

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by (F5G WIZ @ Sep. 05 2007, 05:24)
    How bout some mo' better pictures! #Looks great form that angle.
    i'd rather buy mando's than cameras.. they sound better..
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version.  Name: blohm_scroll_front.jpg  Views: 215  Size: 22.5 KB  ID: 26028  
    mandolinosoarus rex
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. Sep-07-2007, 6:53am #16
    Bill Snyder
    Bill Snyder is offline
    Registered User Bill Snyder's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2004
    Location
    Central Texas
    Posts
    7,316

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by (frankenstein @ Sep. 07 2007, 01:17)
    Quote Originally Posted by (F5G WIZ @ Sep. 05 2007, 05:24)
    How bout some mo' better pictures! #Looks great form that angle.
    i'd rather buy mando's than cameras.. they sound better..
    The pictures actually looked like you resized them and did not keep the aspect ratio in tact. They look a bit smooshed. #
    But not everyone is into digital photography and I am glad you were able to post them. Nice looking instruments.



    Bill Snyder
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  17. Sep-07-2007, 9:11am #17
    Steve Perry
    Steve Perry is offline
    Registered User Steve Perry's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Elizabethtown, Ky
    Posts
    475

    Default

    Very nice! #I especially like the vine inlay on the fretboard. #I think the next one I have built will have just a single vine pattern centered around the neck joint similar to yours.

    Steve Perry
    Steve Perry
    Sumi SF5 Birdseye

    "Quit thinkin'... Just play"
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  18. Sep-08-2007, 6:25am #18
    frankenstein
    frankenstein is offline
    down south frankenstein's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Posts
    670

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by (Mike Blohm @ Sep. 05 2007, 13:37)
    I had posted these before. #Hope It's OK to post them here also.
    hi mike, just wanna tell you that i love this mandolin. you are a pleasure to deal with and what a mando.. glad we shared the vision.. next time you're at the prairie winds cafe eatin' breakfast think of me..... cookin' 'n'...wishin' i was home playin that mandolin.. cheers mate.. pete..
    mandolinosoarus rex
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  19. Sep-12-2007, 11:49am #19
    NoNickel
    NoNickel is offline
    Fret less, play more! NoNickel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    Bloomington, Illinois
    Posts
    489

    Default

    Mike do you sell those buttons?
    NoNickel

    Duff F5 #196/15
    Plays the "Irv Pearman" Signature Set

    All misspellings intentional. Even thsi one.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  20. Sep-12-2007, 5:09pm #20
    Patrick Bjorndal
    Patrick Bjorndal is offline
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Billings, Montana
    Posts
    66

    Default

    I had the pleasures of hearing/ seeing one of Mr. Blohm's mando's Monday evening. Man, I want one. Truly amazing tone.
    Hopefully Ed will be at session this evening and I can hear it again. You do very nice work, Mike.
    And you are close to home. I live just downstream from you, in Billings.
    PNB
    Sobell Cittern, Sobell Bouzouki, Guild OM-150ce, Epiphone Masterbuilt DR-500cme
    72 Guild D50, Guild 212 string, Guild F50, Blueridge BR163 Deering Tenor Banjo
    numerous sets of bagpipes- most for sale, email me.

    "When you have the music, you have the friend for life"
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  21. Sep-12-2007, 5:26pm #21
    dcoxmandolin
    dcoxmandolin is offline
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    denver co
    Posts
    54

    Default

    Ohhhhhhh MMAAAAAAAAAAAA Gooooooodddddddddddddddddd!!!! That's way cooooolllll!
    The joy is in the journey!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  22. Sep-12-2007, 6:41pm #22
    Mike Blohm
    Mike Blohm is offline
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Location
    Laurel Montana
    Posts
    46

    Default

    Thanks Pete. Thanks folks.

    NoNickel- The buttons go for $250 a set. Drop me a line if your interested. At Blohmmandolins@cablemt.net

    PNB- I'll have to go to one of your jams. We'll pick a tune..
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  23. Sep-13-2007, 10:19am #23
    amowry
    amowry is offline
    Registered User amowry's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Bend, OR
    Posts
    2,168

    Default

    Nice work, Mike! I just saw one of your F5s at Greg Boyd's, and it was fantastic too!



    Andrew Mowry
    Mowry Stringed Instruments
    http://mowrystrings.com

    Also visit me on Facebook to see work in progress and other updates.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Similar Threads

  1. Mike Blohm Handel Tuner Replicas
    By danb in forum Vintage Instruments
    Replies: 81
    Last: Jan-18-2018, 10:54am
  2. Mike blohm tuner buttons
    By frankenstein in forum General Mandolin Discussions
    Replies: 17
    Last: May-21-2008, 6:06pm
  3. Blohm Octaves
    By Mike Blohm in forum CBOM
    Replies: 12
    Last: May-15-2006, 1:02pm
  4. Thank you Jim and Mike
    By red7flag in forum General Mandolin Discussions
    Replies: 20
    Last: Mar-25-2006, 11:09am
  5. Laurel/Blohm Mandolins
    By Crowder in forum Looking for Information About Mandolins
    Replies: 10
    Last: Dec-28-2004, 3:40pm

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules