Most recent sighting I can identify was back in March of 2017 by Steve Ostrander:
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/s...AT-IS-IT/page2
We know these are rare, but are they so rare as to go almost a year between sightings?
Most recent sighting I can identify was back in March of 2017 by Steve Ostrander:
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/s...AT-IS-IT/page2
We know these are rare, but are they so rare as to go almost a year between sightings?
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Earlier today someone had posted a broken fretboard for one in the classifieds but it sold immediately and the ad is gone now.
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I heard there was one at Davos this year, but then I hear a lot of things.
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I've seen a memo that contains a lot of details about these mandolins. A lot of details.
That Schmergel lacks a certificate. I don't know, but that's what people are saying. I sent some investigators to find out, and when their report comes out, I think folks will agree that it's really a PacRim instrument. Sad!
There have been some reports of fake Schmergels showing up on Ebay. One way to tell a fake instantly is the headstock inlay says "Schmergle." It's a small typo but it speaks volumes....
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There's no "c" in Shmergel.
One was recently reported near a secret government facility outside Roswell
Wasn't he that creepy character in Lord Of The Rings?
So that's where most of the MacArthur Grant money went.
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Are you saying that I've been had? But the guy from Nigeria that sold it to me was so nice...he said he was a prince....There's no "c" in Shmergel.
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You guys...
First, it's Shmergel. No "c," as pointed out above.
Second, you don't get Shmergel "sightings." You get "adorations."
Third, none of the tiny, close-knit fraternity/sorority of Shmergel Devastator owners, would be foolish enough to admit ownership publicly, much less bring the ultimate mandolin out into general view, where it might be exposed to the elements, jostling from hoi polloi, and other risks. When you have the real Holy Grail of plectral music, you guard it jealously, protecting it from the vicissitudes of actual musical performance. The guy busking in the subway doesn't bring his Stradivarius, now does he?
Keep hoping, fellas, but don't expect to see or hear one in your lifetime. There are an impossibly small number of real Shmergels anyway; Gibson Lloyd Loar F-5's are commonplace by comparison. Closest I've come is meeting a guy who knew a guy whose cousin thought he'd heard that some other guy had seen part of one once. Frustrating, but it's hard to approach dazzling pure mandolin perfection, without a stepladder and sunglasses. Keep hoping.
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What is that a reference to? The post has a bunch of "thank you's" on it already, so the phrase must ring a bell for people, but I don't recognize it from anywhere. Is it something from pop culture (movies/TV/music) or from politics or ??? I Googled that phrase (except for the word mandolin), complete with quotation marks, and got nothing useful. What am I missing?
Eoin
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He's all about the tone, the risks of playing one in public do not outweigh the benefits of such a supremely superb instrument. And who brings a camera to a radio show anyway?
You and I can tell the difference from an FM radio performance, but the average Joe is going to think it's a Loar. Gibson probably owes him royalties for recent sales!
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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
I thought I had one once. Got a good deal from a guy who said he found it in his grandma's attic. But the finish started flaking off the headstock. I rubbed a little bit and pretty soon I could see a big capital K. Total ripoff. You gotta be careful. They look enough like a Kelvinator that you can be easily fooled.
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There is a three step approach to that.
#1 you sit in front of TV and practise.
#2 you find the chatter of people on TV distracting from practising and turn off the sound.
#3 you find the sight of people on TV make you look at your fretboard more often. That's when you insert that fireplace DVD you haven't seen since christmas.
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