This is what real wear looks like. The headstock is approaching the Reischman headstock look.
https://cartervintage.com/collection...ter-model-2002
This is what real wear looks like. The headstock is approaching the Reischman headstock look.
https://cartervintage.com/collection...ter-model-2002
2010 Heiden A5, 2020 Pomeroy oval A, 2013 Kentucky KM1000 F5, 2012 Girouard A Mandola w ff holes, 2001 Old Wave A oval octave
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Timeless look. I thought this was at least 80 years older than it is.
Wish I knew who the player is though, I'd show them how to change strings without giving blood...
the finish on my '04 Derrington master model is not the most durable. it is not the distressed model. more like the stressed model now.
i'm really careful with string changes but it's so easy to scratch/put real wear on. it does not like to be wiped off too vigorously.
those weird splotches like on the back of the one at carter's have broke out on my mandolin too.
i tend to forget that i've had this delicate flower for 15 years already.
Jim
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I like real.
Mike Marshall's F5 practically has a hole worn in the top...
you've got to appreciate someone who "works the box"
all the dings and scratches in my mandos are from clumsiness.......
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Got no compassion, thinks its a sin
All he does is sit around an play the Mandolin"
This Gil's got some pretty good wear going on.
Leslie's mandolin is another one that has substantial facial scroll wear, like Dawg's old fern. How in the world does that occur?
Funny to say, but that’s a pretty good value for Carter’s given the price of new Master Models:
https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/135187#135187
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2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
To whom do we address the issue of mandolin ABUSE?
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That one has some mojo! Never been a fan of the “lemon drop on a brownie” finish though. There’s some beautiful grain in that back!
Shaun Garrity
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2010 Heiden A5, 2020 Pomeroy oval A, 2013 Kentucky KM1000 F5, 2012 Girouard A Mandola w ff holes, 2001 Old Wave A oval octave
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I sometimes find the wear and tear on my instruments quite distressing.
Allen Hopkins
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Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
When you are on stage you are not worried about what the pick or your fingers are doing to the mandolin, but what the mandolin is doing for the sound of the music. After you may go oop's, but at the time focus is somewhere else.
I spent a decade playing old time with one mandolin, hardly any wear except the back of the neck, playing dances and lots of hours.
A decade playing different music was another story, lot's of play wear and much distressed. Not just a little wear on the back of the neck, but no finish and almost all the color are gone just from playing. Different kinds of music and different distressing on the mandolins.
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Mandolins: Northfield 5-Bar Artist Model "Old Dog", J Bovier F5 Special, Gibson A-00 (1940)
Fiddles: 1920s Strad copy, 1930s Strad copy, Liu Xi T20, Liu Xi T19+ Dark.
Guitars: Taylor 514c (1995), Gibson Southern Jumbo (1940s), Gibson L-48 (1940s), Les Paul Custom (1978), Fender Strat (Black/RWFB) (1984), Fender Strat (Candy Apple Red/MFB) (1985).
Sitars: Hiren Roy KP (1980s), Naskar (1970s), Naskar (1960s).
Misc: 8 Course Lute (L.K.Brown)
My mandolin is developing finger plant wear, but the one I am trying to change my technique to avoid is where I am chewing up the F-Hole. I think it comes from an overly exuberant Chop and letting my little finger fly out when I am going all in on the E string. Hopefully I can reign it in before I end up breaking off part of the F-hole. So far it is just wear through the finish, and a bit of the wood gone.
Is there something I should do to protect the exposed wood?
I like having wear, but maybe there is something that can protect the bare wood, and maybe tone the color down so it is not so bright against the dark top finish.
Mandolins: Northfield 5-Bar Artist Model "Old Dog", J Bovier F5 Special, Gibson A-00 (1940)
Fiddles: 1920s Strad copy, 1930s Strad copy, Liu Xi T20, Liu Xi T19+ Dark.
Guitars: Taylor 514c (1995), Gibson Southern Jumbo (1940s), Gibson L-48 (1940s), Les Paul Custom (1978), Fender Strat (Black/RWFB) (1984), Fender Strat (Candy Apple Red/MFB) (1985).
Sitars: Hiren Roy KP (1980s), Naskar (1970s), Naskar (1960s).
Misc: 8 Course Lute (L.K.Brown)
My 2002 MM is getting more worn every day. It is subtle, but i like it.
'02 Gibson master model #70327 02-01-02
'25 Gibson A-4 Snakehead #82626
'06 Hicks #1 and #2 F-5 still not done
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Yes, the MM is looking might fine, like a worn shoe.
I love that crackle on the headstock, like an old J-45.
Mitch Russell
And if there was not a finger rest (erroneously called a pick guard) there might be wear from fingernails. Does the pick ever touch the top beyond the e-string?
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