This is my 1920 f5 handed down to me from my father who bought it about 1960. Sorry, couldn't attach pics. I'll try again later.
This is my 1920 f5 handed down to me from my father who bought it about 1960. Sorry, couldn't attach pics. I'll try again later.
Please attach a pic because the F5 wasn't created until 1922. If it is an F5 and if it is from the early 20's uhmmmmmm, you should really post some pics.
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OK, Monte sent me a few photos. If this was acquired in the '60s, it was purchased new at that time. It isn't from the 1920s.
According to the serial number information here, this mandolin is from 1963: http://home.provide.net/~cfh/gibson.html#serial
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that's all I can muster up.
Hey, got us all excited for a minute! At least, it is a Gibson.
When I worked at a vintage guitar shop, people would call describing their ol' granddaddy's guitar they inherited...."I think he bought it in the 40's, of course it was used then, I think he said it was a Martin".........couple hours later, we've been waiting on pins and needles, OF COURSE, it's a Johnson or a First Act.....somehow got the time frame and the brand messed up! Oh well......
Another time, three gang members (not kidding) brought in a really nice vintage violin to sell. One guy tells us it was purchased at a yard sale, another guy said it was their grandfather's....then to cover their tracks they said their grandfather bought it at a yard sale, years ago. And to tell the truth, he wasn't sure if it was a violin or a fiddle!!!!! Gotta love it!
No need to laugh. It was an honest mistake. If you didn't know how a 1963 F5 differs from one made 40 years earlier, and if you didn't know that in the early '60s Gibson recycled a bunch of 5-digit serial numbers it had previously used in the teens and '20s, you could make the same mistake yourself.
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Cool time machine though! What a great pickup system! The mandolin was obviously played and loved a bit, no matter what year or make, I always have an instant respect for an instrument that was loved for a period of time and made some music. Fun post!
How cool is that?!? I wonder what kind of music MonteRock's father played. It looks like an early country or rockabilly machine.
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DeArmond "monkey on a stick" mando pickup.
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So, does anyone want to take a guess at a ballpark value for a 1963 F5? It has player wear and the pickguard was cut for the DeArmond, but seems to be in nice shape otherwise.
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4-5k if the right person was to come along looking.
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And if Duane Eddy were selling it, who knows...
Ah but there have been Loars surface from the darnest places.....try one used for a wall decoration in Clovis California ......so why this is "only" an early 60's F5 it still is a cool deal......not many of those floating around.....
Would go great with a bowtie banjo....OOPS!!!!!
It might go well with a bow tie, but leave banjos out of this.
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I think 4-5K is in Hollywood. People put these on eBay all the time with stupid prices but they never sell for that. You've got a few hundred dollars worth of DeArmond pickup there that could actually degrade the price of the instrument.
Just did a quick search. Two 70's F5's that sold, one for 2.5K and one on a best offer that was less than 3.5K. Honestly that 10 years isn't going to make a whole lot of difference in the value.
I'd put it on eBay with a reserve of 8K, start it at 2K and see where it gets to. It won't get to the reserve but you'd figure out what it was worth to the buying public.
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--J. Garber
All other things being equal, I'd pick a '63 over a '73 for certain. NFI here but Monte does want to sell this; I suggested he contact Gruhn for an appraisal.
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It looks so cool. And it was your dad's. Why not hang onto it? I so regret selling my dad's guitar even though it was too big for me to play.
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Hi all, this is Monte, I have to appologize for my ignorance on the year of this mandolin. I just pulled up the serial number on the internet and didn't realize they reissued them in the sixties. Anyway, my folks had a western band in Salt Lake City in the sixties. My father played the mandolin most of his life and my ma played the gut bucket then progressed to the bass guitar. I remember him buying this mandolin back in the early sixties and after communicating with mrmando and doing some further research found it to be a 1963. Their band played upbeat western and bluegrass. One female singer, Joyce Atkinson, was from the back hills of Tennessee and never wore shoes until she came to Utah. She was an awesome singer and guitar player. Their band was called The Wagoneers and my father is Stan Rock.
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