That's about as odd as it gets.
That's about as odd as it gets.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
For anyone unaware that was made by luthier and cafe member Bill Bussmann and is on the Cafe several times. His user name is Old Wave Maker. Here's one thread where it makes a brief appearance. It can also be seen on Bill's website at www.oldwavemandolins.com under Photos and Styles/Fun Creations.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
I love that fish-shaped Portuguese machete at the Met. I once asked a luthier friend of mine if he would make me a mandolin version of that.
Jim
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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'd buy Bussman's fish-shaped mando, but I'd swap out the tunas for Waverlies. I'll bet it has a great bass response! I'd love to see it perched on a stand in my music room, where I'd have a whale of a time playing it. Probably costs too much, so I don't have a ray of hope of getting it.
Well, time to clam up...
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
Something is very fishy about Allen’s post. Shell we all ignore it and go back to playing our scales?
Jim
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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 would like to play it just for the halibut.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
Stop it!
I am getting a haddock reading these inane posts!
It is so bad I might have to see a sturgeon!
(Continuing the Marxian direction of the thread)
didn't Bill Bussman make a fishy-lookin mandolin called the Lloyd Lure?
Play it too much and you might get hooked!
How could we forget that one!
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Pheffernan turned me onto this Woody Williams, um, "mandolin".....
https://shop.gryphonstrings.com/prod...mandolin-45823
Nfi
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
Jim
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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
On L.A. Craigslist:
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ws...846399715.html
It needs strings . I have the bridge . Its built well , built to play . Its a acoustic instrument . Semi hallow . Different woods . See pictures for condition , its in good condition , darkening of finish , probably vintage . $425 obo
That is a Tahitian ukulele. Read more here.
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'm surprised that I haven't posted this one to this thread before, but here it is...again....my 4 stringer that I made out of concrete. It's recently been signed by both Gibson's David Harvey and the great Mike Compton. I lost Don Julin and Billy Strings' signatures when I re-topped it awhile back and put a pickup in it.
It ain't gotta be perfect, as long as it's perfect enough!
Actually, I remember the original thread you posted about this mandolin.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
I don't even know where to start with this one, I am speechless.........
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Man...ry!32080!US!-1
Never seen a backwards fret job.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
Last edited by Jim Garber; Apr-22-2019 at 4:26pm.
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
Makes this infamous instructional video as close to correct as it will ever be (start at 47 seconds):
https://youtu.be/BccifzVxQwk?t=47
Thanks,
Baron
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I love the frets on that Grey Neck beauty. Easier to play the farther up the neck you go! Nice color, too. Great for noodling around in the duck blind.
Baron, that video is a revelation.
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