While at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion this weekend, we spied this very interesting mandolin. Look closer...closer...there.
I tried to find out a little more about it, but the folks at the antique shop didn't know anything.
FrankenMando (you need to see this)
While at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion this weekend, we spied this very interesting mandolin. Look closer...closer...there.
I tried to find out a little more about it, but the folks at the antique shop didn't know anything.
Eddie Blevins Mandolin Works
Hancrafted Acoustical Instruments
Blountville, Tennessee
http://www.ebmworks.com/
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
That is just pathetic,,how desparate do you have to be for a F model?
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
like a train wreck - can't stop looking
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
Hey, that's one of these!
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
BEAUTIFUL, finally a cure for MAS!
Big Muddy EM8 solid body (Mike Dulak's final EM8 build)
Kentucky KM-950
Weber Gallatin A Mandola "D hole"
Rogue 100A (current campfire tool & emergency canoe paddle)
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
Years ago I had a thought. I envisioned a scroll and points that could be attached to an A style via arm rest style clamps. Probably would cost a heck of a lot less than the markup of going from an A style to an F, and since the experts say there is no sound difference, one could assuage scroll envy for a lot less!
Don
2016 Weber Custom Bitterroot F
2011 Weber Bitterroot A
1974 Martin Style A
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
Makes me think of those "Rolls-Royce" fronts that those of a certain age will remember for VW bugs. I love goofy DIY solutions as self-expression, so I got a big kick out of seeing this!
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
The least politically correct revelation of what an F-style is looking like in its undies...
the world is better off without bad ideas, good ideas are better off without the world
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
It's not very often that i'm lost for words but.............................. !!!!,
Ivan
Weber F-5 'Fern'.
Lebeda F-5 "Special".
Stelling Bellflower BANJO
Tokai - 'Tele-alike'.
Ellis DeLuxe "A" style.
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
Just in case anybody's too young to know this:Originally Posted by JonDoug
the world is better off without bad ideas, good ideas are better off without the world
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
Ha-ha! Bertram, I haven't seen one of those in years!Just in case anybody's too young to know this:
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
Holy crap! I'm 56 years old and have never seen one of those. That's crazy, but clever.
Larry Hunsberger
2013 J Bovier A5 Special w/ToneGard
D'Addario FW-74 flatwound strings
1909 Weymann&Sons bowlback
1919 Weymann&Sons mandolute
Ibanez PF5
1993 Oriente HO-20 hybrid double bass
3/4 guitar converted to octave mandolin
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
They were common on the west coast. This one even has the fake Porsche rim style hubcaps.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
They also made a forty Ford kit for Volkswagensabout the sometime. At one point here in Va you couldn't drive 10 miles with out seeing a couple
Re: FrankenMando (you need to see this)
They actually made more sense
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks