Is that a guitar/mando he's picking?
Is that a guitar/mando he's picking?
Here's John 5's version (more inspired by) as he rips on Fender mandostrat:
It's an octave(high) guitar neck.
"it's not in bad taste, if it's funny" - john waters
Ahh, that explains why he switched to an acoustic mando and didn't play the other neck. Thanks John!
He had a mandolin carvin. But never play.
Speaking of which, what is that acoustic f-hole mandolin he was playing? Anyone have a clue? Doesn't look familiar to me as a regular line from any maker.
Jim
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At first glance it reminded me of the fancier epiphone mandolins from the thirties, but I couldn't find anything to support the notion that it was. Cool little mandolin.
"Mongo only pawn in game of life." --- Mongo
That would be cool.
Most teardrop-shaped D'Angelico mandolins I have seen were more in the proportion like Gibsons. This one looks kind of narrow and has rather thin f-holes and it looks like the sides have some sort of shading (you can see when he hands it back after playing it. Might be some sort of handmade instrument by a more obscure luthier. Other photos I have seen show JM playing a Gibson A-50.
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
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