Re: Gilchrist Model 5 - how long to get it to open up?
Originally Posted by
sgarrity
While I've not played a Gil that I thought was a dog, I have played a few that I thought were exceedingly average especially when you figure in the price tag. When your'e dropping $20K on an instrument it better make you want to never stop playing it!
I had a Loar here for a while (and I'm not talking about an LM700!)... also a Kentucky KM-1500 at the same time.... and you know what? I liked the KM-1500 better. Quite a bit better, actually. It is enough to make you question your own ears (or sanity?), but there you go... price tags (and expectations) do not always align in the way you might expect them to.
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Ellis F5 Special #288
'39 & '45 D-18's, 1950 D-28.
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