Im thinking seriously about buying one tell me about yours, yes I know its all about individuality and taste/tone but ...Post em Please.
TIA
Im thinking seriously about buying one tell me about yours, yes I know its all about individuality and taste/tone but ...Post em Please.
TIA
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I’ve got two!
The first is my Hester A5, built by Gail as a tribute to the Mrs. Griffith Loar (#74003). It features red spruce over red maple with a varnish finish that combine to produce a Loarish tone with basically unlimited headroom. You can lay into it with a heavy hand, and it just keeps giving more and more without ever breaking up on you.
The second is my Passernig A5, designed by Stefan with a more modern silhouette, like an F5 without the points and scroll. It too has a red spruce top and red maple back with a varnish finish, but here those same ingredients yield a darker tonality and more dynamics. It has volume if you reach for it, but it is unusually responsive to a light touch with note clarity and definition.
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
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
Scott
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ˇpapá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
My Rigel A ( a recent find) is my current favorite A model.
Old Hometown, Cabin Fever String Band
2018 Girouard Concert oval A
2015 JP "Whitechapel" tenor banjo
2018 Frank Tate tenor guitar
1969 Martin 00-18
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Collings MT with torrefied Sitka top. One of the best mandolins I've had my hands on, does everything very well. Love the look, the easy playability, and the deep tone. Very light in weight.
Collings really did some neat things on this lower cost model-kept the back/sides satin, glossed the top and the headstock veneer, and did a very pretty thin double white/tortise binding/purfling mix. I think the burst is more a Cremona tone vs the standard MT. Its a real sweet package overall.
I removed the last few frets that I never use, and scooped the fretboard. I play over that area and really like the tone it gives. I have really low action so this gives my pick open range without hitting the board. in time, I intend to inlay something in the scooped area, just haven't decided what, yet.
No photo at the moment - just this quick 30-second video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeBMkN5YcC8
Thanks for the pics folks, Im getting some good ideas looking at these beautiful "A"s.
MAS Fund.......Up and running again
I really wanted this one. The look and the sound are exactly what I want. It's an MT2 I think although the video says it's an MT. No funds, so no mando but I'll always remember this one.
Girouard Concert A5
Girouard Custom A4
Nordwall Cittern
Barbi Mandola
Crump OM-1s Octave
www.singletonstreet.com
1920 A model. My first good mandolin and still my favorite.
Silverangel Fan here... I love my SA Econo A (#429). I custom ordered it with a W. Red Cedar top over a one piece Maple back. The "sunburst" is Ken's old violin finish topped with a satin oil varnish. It has loads I've deep dark warm tone and volume.
I also love my Jacobson Nautilus Oval Hole prototype, but I don't have any decent photos of it. I recently put D'Addario Flatwounds on it and have really been enjoying it a lot. I'll try to snap some photos when I get a chance.
aka: Spencer
Silverangel Econo A #429
Soliver #001 Hand Crafted Pancake
Soliver Hand Crafted Mandolins and Mandolin Armrests
Armrests Here -- Mandolins Here
"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage
to lose sight of the shore, ...and also a boat with no holes in it.” -anonymous
Kirk, To the contrary-- that Givens is to be admired for its warm brown stain and great trim. A looker, in my estimation! I would certainly love to hear her played or play her myself.
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