Gibson F5 Mandolins: New David Harvey builds

[DataNick]

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Brent Truitt of The Steel drivers, who is a Gibson Artist endorsee, picked up the F5 Goldtop and it is now part of his arsenal!

[Jeff Mando]

....more like 50...

Cool pic! Looks like the opening credit sequence from Game of Thrones...........

[DataNick]

Thread Bump: Hot off the presses; Custom Blue F9

[DataNick]

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Per David Harvey "Sam Bush inspired 1931 Gibson F-5 Fern"

NFI or intended builder bias on my part...

[FLATROCK HILL]

Always enjoy these thread bumps Nick. I'm not a big fan of the '30s block inlays, but I have to admit the Sam Bush inspired F5 is a beauty.

Oh and I believe the NFI part. Not so sure about your lack of builder bias.

[9lbShellhamer]

That one looks incredibly beautiful. I'd love to see it in person....and...ummmm....play it too.

[Austin Bob]

I'm not sure that i'd go for a Gold Top myself,i like to see the wood,but,the back & sides could make up for a whole lot of Gold paint,it's incredible !. I don't really like 'cut off' fingerboards either,but the fit & finish look perfect.
Ivan

Yeah Ivan, mine has the chopped fingerboard as well, and I it's not my favorite by far, but I don't like the Florida either. I'd much prefer the Doyle Larson style of fingerboards. I think they are an elegant alternative to the chopped look, and can't be much more expensive to make.

[Drew Egerton]

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Brent Truitt of The Steel drivers, who is a Gibson Artist endorsee, picked up the F5 Goldtop and it is now part of his arsenal!

Saw that in person at Mountain Song Festival in Brevard, NC a couple weeks ago. Not really sure what it was, but I felt like there was no tone whatsoever. I wasn't sure if it was just the sound guy or the pickup or what, but I just did not care for it. His playing was pretty good otherwise.

[Tom C]

For the colored topped mandos like the blue, I am not fond of the entire mando being 1 color. Only top being blue fits more my preference. but if the back was to be colored, I'd leave the sides with a traditional color. All one color makes it look K-Mart-ish.

[JAK]

Every time I've seen Brent Truitt play with the Steel Drivers he was playing a Gilchrist F5.

[Charles E.]

I got to meet Dave Harvey at last years IBMA. He was manning the Gibson booth and answering questions about the new mandolins on the table. A super nice guy and some nice mandolins too. I must admit that I thought the binding around the scroll was not as well executed as I expected on one or two of them. I look forward to seeing some new ones this weekend.

[DataNick]

Thread Bump: new tribute model of Monroe's Loar F5....all I know is what Dave posted to Facebook below. I will say this though, that based on a conversation I had with him months ago, I figured it was coming down the pike; just couldn't say anything about it!

Dave Harvey: "This a tribute mandolin project that started with Ricky accidentally breaking off the peghead scroll off his Skaggs model, distressed Gibson F-5 mandolin.
We are thrilled with the results, hope you like it! It looks, and sounds 94 years old!"

[dschonbrun]

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Per David Harvey "Sam Bush inspired 1931 Gibson F-5 Fern"

NFI or intended builder bias on my part...

I like it a lot, particularly the wood and staining, but the pure white binding (because it's under NC lacquer) somehow doesn't fit my vision of an acoustic mandolin.

[J.Albert]

"the pure white binding (because it's under NC lacquer) somehow doesn't fit my vision of an acoustic mandolin."

It's there because that's what the originals had.

[George R. Lane]

I myself prefer ivory colored binding.

[Ginzodude]

For those who don't remember, Gibson made 2 Gold Tops some time ago. One went to Sam, one was for sale on Reverb (might still be). Something different.

I recently purchased #7 Gibson Gold Top and love it!