Ok let me start by clarifying - I'm sure this was the exception not the rule. But this was the first time I'd ever seen him play a different mandolin. I've read in interviews that he also plays his signature F-5, but this doesn't look like that either.
Obviously it's some kind of Gibson F-5; anyone have any other info (or educated guesses) regarding the instrument he is playing here?
At first blush I thought maybe it was a Gold Rush, but I thought they had fern inlays instead of the flower pot. Then I thought maybe F-9, since there doesn't seem to be back, fretboard, or peghead binding. But there's the "The" in front of Gibson, and again the flower pot.
Also, anyone know if he's talked about this mandolin anywhere? I guess it might not even be his, could just be something he was handed for this session.
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