Heres a few fine examples
1924 A1
1921 A2
1921 F4
hiding in the back row is 84 Dawg
Heres a few fine examples
1924 A1
1921 A2
1921 F4
hiding in the back row is 84 Dawg
Michael Lettieri
What's with the script on the snake A-1? #A true left handed oriented "The Gibson"?? ..or an optical delusion
Darryl G. Wolfe, The F5 Journal
www.f5journal.com
just an optical delusion. Its one the them stenciled on logos.
Michael Lettieri
OK Gary & Michael, I need serial numbers and more photos for the archives!
ps - that includes virzi serial #s and neckbock stamps
works mo' better than my digital instamatic!
Wiens in the middle, a gorgeous Stan Miller on the left ....the same one for sale in the classifieds. Two nice old Gibsons and a Givens Legacy on the far right.
Jamie Wiens
http://www.wiensmandolins.com
oops ,forgot to attach the pic
Jamie Wiens
http://www.wiensmandolins.com
Jamie:
A nice concise collection. I had owned and am somewhat nostalgic for a whitefaced A3 (my first Gibson) and currently own a nice F4. Which one do you turn to first to play?
Jim
Jim
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19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Here are my acoustic Gibsons, as promised:
L to R: '23 Ajr; 23 A2(Z); '16 A with aluminum bridge saddle; '24 F4; '37 K1 mandocello
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Here are the non-Gibson carved mandolins:
l to r: 1940 Martin 2-15; '83 Flatiron A5-2; '85 Monteleone Grand Artist mandola; '21 Bacon Artist; teens Lyon & Healy A.
Jim
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
I think I've posted this before..'25 "A" (fully bound though), '23 A2, 1917 A, 1914 A, Lloyd not pictured
Darryl G. Wolfe, The F5 Journal
www.f5journal.com
jgarber...let's seee some more of that Bacon....that is incredibly cool
Darryl G. Wolfe, The F5 Journal
www.f5journal.com
Here are 3 Mandolas I once had at the same time ( 2 x H-2 + 1 x H-1)...wished I could keep them all
Carl Martin - Everyday I have the Blues
My gear : 1927 A0/Ajr , JM-11 , Fender 346 white XH
Jim...Alas, none of them are mine
Jamie Wiens
http://www.wiensmandolins.com
Loar, Gilchrist, Master Model.. Brent Truitt's Gil & Master model, posing on thte couch at his Nashville Studio..
Nice... I logged quite a few hours in that studio back in my BM days (Before Mando). I saw it go from slab to studio and even helped paint. Brent's one hell of a mando player. Wish I had picked his brain then... better late than never though. So here's my grouping:
Laura Ratcliff #21, BRW #44 and Rose #10...
some of you guys are truely mando sluts.
stroke survivor
www.myspace.com/dtbtunz
Double vision..
And here are the two boys in duelling pistol formation..
One of them has the best tailpiece cover I've ever seen..
Dan,
Is it an opical allusion or is that tail piece photo engraved?....G
Gavin Baird
http://www.sheba.ca
It's stamped, just unusually clear. needs a tiny bit more gentle rubbing to get the fingerprints off!
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