I posted some photos of my '78 Sobell in another thread and am really curious what other 70s-early 80s era Sobells or Abnetts (was Joe Foley building then?) instruments might be out there.
I posted some photos of my '78 Sobell in another thread and am really curious what other 70s-early 80s era Sobells or Abnetts (was Joe Foley building then?) instruments might be out there.
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
Allen Hopkins
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
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
Looks like a young version of Brian McNeill to me...
Nigel
http://www.nkforsterguitars.com
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
Nice mandos. Fun glimpse through the years.
No matter where I go, there I am...Unless I'm running a little late.
You know, Brian generally thinks of himself as a fiddle player, but for me, he's actually one of the best bouzouki players of that generation - a feller who really understood the percussive role the instrument can play in a band. I saw a lot of folks play zouk whilst in Stafans workshop over the years. Brian stood out to me as one of the best.
Nigel
http://www.nkforsterguitars.com
Hi Nigel,
I imagine that you would have probably heard Brian's very early album Monksgate, which featured a lot of cittern. I liked it a lot. His cittern playing really swung, especially with Angus MacGregor's Northumbrian pipes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Hwxh5WVNo
The first time I saw the Battlefield Band was a trio - Brian, Jamie MacMenemy and Alan Reid (John Gahagan joined shortly after).
They were right into citterns (and actually at this point less into bouzoukis) and often played two at the same time, with the old pedal organ sounding great below it.
Brian also had a Sobell mandolin and I think Jamie had a Portuguese instrument of some sort. Anyway, there was a lot of nice fretted instruments, and I found it a very attractive sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dafmcv3Ptyo
Latterly Brian tended to use his cittern as an accompaniment to his singer/songwriter stuff, and seemed to move away from the style of playing I had enjoyed so much in his early work.
I haven't seen or heard of him for a while, actually.
David A. Gordon
Here are some pics of my Abnett bouzouki dated 1980. The pictures tell the story. I am lucky it is very well preserved and has needed only minor split repairs to the rosewood back. The good preservation is helped by the (unlabelled) Calton case. This one predates the time when Abnett started using neck reinforcement and has a little bit of bow to the neck. But it still plays well and the sound is, I think, unbeatable.
Kevin
Anglocelt
mainly Irish & Scottish but open to all dance-oriented melodic music.
Mandos: Gibson A2, Janish A5, Krishot F5, Taran Springwell, Shippey, Weber Elite A5; TM and OM by Dave Gregory, J E Dallas, Tobin & Davidson.
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
Roger Landes
http://rogerlandes.com
Lessons: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/199670#199670
The Hal Leonard Irish Bouzouki Method:
https://www.halleonard.com/product/v...?itemid=696348
"Dragon Reels" 25th Anniversary Reissue
https://rogerlandes.bandcamp.com/releases
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