Hey there, I'd like to know if anyone has any experience with these instruments. I'm going to look at one later made in 1890. It looks to be in excellent condition. Any information would be great.
Hey there, I'd like to know if anyone has any experience with these instruments. I'm going to look at one later made in 1890. It looks to be in excellent condition. Any information would be great.
Well, they were made by the World's Greatest Musical Instrument Manufacturer. Here is every thread on the cafe with the name Bohmann in it (note the two n's at the end).
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Lol that's great!
My HERO. Great Label.
= The Loar, LM700VS c.2013 = "The Brat"
= G. Puglisi, "Roma" c.1907 = "Patentato" - rare archBack, canted top, oval
= Harmony, Monterrey c.1969 = collapsed ply - parts, testing, training, firewood.
"The intellect is a boring load of crawp. Aye. Next wee chune".
I've got an old parlor guitar made by Joseph Bohmann from around that same time. It's an excellent sounding guitar. It's a one of a kind.
Mandolin, Guitar, & Bass for Doug Rawling & The Caraganas
www.dougrawling.com
2008 Kentucky KM-1000
2014 Martin D-28 Authentic 1937
1964 Gibson LG-0
2022 Sigma SDR-45VS
Lets see a pic of that guitar Andrew.
Phil
Mandolin, Guitar, & Bass for Doug Rawling & The Caraganas
www.dougrawling.com
2008 Kentucky KM-1000
2014 Martin D-28 Authentic 1937
1964 Gibson LG-0
2022 Sigma SDR-45VS
Cool guitar. The mandolin turned out to to be non-playable. The top was caving in and two of the tuning machines no longer worked. Oh well, I'll keep looking.
The vast majority of the Bohmann instruments that I have seen on eBay over the last 10 or 15 years have been unplayable. Most of the mandolins had been stripped of their Handel tuners if nothing else. The good news is that their are plenty nice bowlback mandolins (if that is what you're looking for) out there and they are generally (with few exceptions) inexpensive.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
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