Stanley A5 #46

[Don Grieser]

Snagged this one from Fiddler's Green. It's the one Don Julin used to play.

[Bill Baldridge]

It sounds mighty fine. Enjoy!

[Don Julin]

Hey Don, you make it sound great! It's a good mandolin for sure. Glad is has a good home.

[Svea]

That's a great sounding mandolin with a little bit of seeded mojo, and owned by two Dons. Cool!!!

[goose 2]

Every Stanley I have played I wished that I owned. i have not played that one, but I wished I owned that one too. Sounds terrific,

[Don Grieser]

Thanks, guys! Seems like Stanleys had a little buzz on the cafe for awhile and then disappeared. I took a chance on this one (after watching Don Julin's videos) and it paid off big time. Very fun to play.

[Veikko]

I had a chance today to try this Stanley A5 mandolin at Kitarapaja (Helsinki). Very nice (and loud) sounding mandolin. Too bad I have this thing for scrolls, otherwise might have bought it.

[John Flynn]

Too bad I have this thing for scrolls...

Have we discovered a new mando-disease? ATFS: A Thing For Scrolls? As in, "The patient has severe MAS, complicated by ATFS. Prognosis is poor. May lead to bankruptcy, divorce and severe depression."

[Larry S Sherman]

Great playing and nice sounding instrument.

That mandolin taught me a lot in my lessons with Professor Julin.

Larry

[Cheryl Watson]

That Stanley mandolin sounds remarkably similar (well, best I can tell from a video) to my former Kimble A--crisp and powerful with great projection. Congrats on your new mandolin, Don.

[Canoedad]

Have we discovered a new mando-disease? ATFS: A Thing For Scrolls? As in, "The patient has severe MAS, complicated by ATFS. Prognosis is poor. May lead to bankruptcy, divorce and severe depression."

Now THAT is a keeper!

[Jim Garber]

Man, I get all you Dons confused... and now! I played a Stanley F5 a few years ago and it beat out a few other high end F5s that dealer had. Nice instruments.

[dan in va]

Chris' mandolins seem to consistently have that great tone in spades. He says that happened around the time he made #30 or so. What pick and strings are you using? And what's the date on the label?

There's another ? that i PM'd to you also.

Thanks so much for posting this, Don. The tone in that video is my favorite of all time, along with Mr. Monroe's on the Kenny Baker plays Bill Monroe album. Beautiful playing.

dan

[grassrootphilosopher]

Snagged this one from Fiddler's Green. It's the one Don Julin used to play.

That´s a nice mandolin. How does it compare to your Hilburn and the Duff A-5 you have (or had) tonewise, powerwise and else.

I´ve been at TAMCO in Brighton (UK) last year. They had a Hilburn A-5 which was a very fine instrument.

[sgarrity]

That Stanley has the tone!

[Don Grieser]

Dan, it's got J74 strings and I'm using a Blue Chip TAD50. It's dated March 30, 2009.

Grassroots, the Stanley is 5 years old, and from the wear, it's been played hard. The Hilburn is less than a year old, so a comparison doesn't really mean much. I wanted Jim Hilburn to give me a voice that was different from my Gilchrist Model 5. He succeeded and really built an outstanding mandolin for me; it's up there with the best of them. The Stanley is dryer and more midrange focused than the Hilburn. The Stanley=traditional sound, Hilburn=more towards the modern sound with a bigger and richer bottom end and really richer throughout. The Stanley is perhaps more suited for Monroe style, perhaps a bit louder. At this level, they're just different. I enjoy both of them.

I don't have the Duff anymore so I can't really comment on it.

[Don Grieser]

Dan, it's got J74 strings and I'm using a Blue Chip TAD50. It's dated March 30, 2009.

Grassroots, the Stanley is 5 years old, and from the wear, it's been played hard. The Hilburn is less than a year old, so a comparison doesn't really mean much. I wanted Jim Hilburn to give me a voice that was different from my Gilchrist Model 5. He succeeded and really built an outstanding mandolin for me; it's up there with the best of them. The Stanley is dryer and more midrange focused than the Hilburn. The Stanley=traditional sound, Hilburn=more towards the modern sound with a bigger and richer bottom end and really richer throughout. The Stanley is perhaps more suited for Monroe style, perhaps a bit louder. At this level, they're just different. I really enjoy both of them.

I don't have the Duff anymore so I can't really comment on it.

The Gilchrist still has that extra quality to the tone and can do it all. But again, it's 13 years old and it's been played pretty hard too.

[jasona]

Nice mandolin Don! I really love the tone those Stanleys deliver

[OldGus]

Great playing Don.

[Clement Barrera-Ng]

What a great sounding Stanley, and wonderful playing Don.

[darylcrisp]

Don

I loved the sound and the playing. That is a very cool song. I want to learn that song! Where do I go to find tabs for it?

thanks so much for posting-that's the kind of mandolin music I like to hear.

d

[Don Grieser]

Managed to get this one back from pheff. Thanks!

Started learning this Monroe classic. Not there yet, but a good workout on the downstrokes.



Daryl, here's the tef files for Monroe. http://www.mandozine.com/music/searc...rder=A&submit=

[Don Grieser]

It plays pretty too.



A slow version of Father's Hall by Nancy Blake.

[jasona]

Sounds really great, and well played as usual Don. Glad you were able to be reunited with that instrument! I love the way it sounds