Kimble A #266
For a long time I had heard wonderful things about Givens mandolins. This one made me a believer. '77 A5 with a custom golden red finish. I had the Robson tuners and Allen TP put on. It plays up to the Givens reputation.
A5
My main two. 1935 Gibson A-50 with elevated fingerboard on the left. 2018 Collings MT with gloss top and pickguard on the right. Both are special to me. The Gibson has the low end I love and a nice full sound that is great in my duo. The Collings has the modern sound that cuts through. Perfect for my larger band where I have to be heard over others.
Both are better instruments than I deserve as a player and am lucky to own them. Not sure I could easily pick one over the other.
Brentrup Model 23, Boeh A5 #37, Gibson A Jr., Flatiron 1N, Coombe Classical flattop, Strad-O-Lin
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Jim
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Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
2011 A special that Tom Ellis built for me , with the first Ellis double-flowerpot headstock inlay. Tom cut several and chose this one. Great sounding mandolin & a special one. Case by Bill Collings
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Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
"Scrollish" now there is a useful word!
Sorry about that link above...trying to do this from my phone and I’m technologically challenged...
‘92 Givens. Story is that the original owner played the snot out of it - but strung it for a lefty. Second owner had the top refinished as a black top to cover up the dings and pick marks that were above the strings when returned to right handed playing.
Nice mando - I’ll try to post more pics later.
Kirk
Maybe this will work?
On the first page of this thread I posted the '70's Givens mandolin (A5) that I have - it's number 131.
This black top Givens (A6), as I said above, is from '92 - it's number 631.
Significant tonal differences between the two. The A5 has a very cutting, dry, straight-up bluegrass tone. The A6 has a more complex tone...hard to describe.
Both different but good.
Kirk
My Northfield Model M, which I've had for about a month now. Love it love it love it! It has a unique (for this model) burst and top binding. Single piece back. I don't know whether someone else ordered these custom options and then backed out, but this was what they had available when I inquired. On Northfield's Instagram page, they said the look was inspired by a pre-war Martin 000-18 they'd seen. Which, as a big fan of Martin 18s, appealed to me in a big way. It's a nice companion to my 00-18! I can't get enough of it.
Have a brown '22 A & another '22 A4 borh Gibson , + a black Carbon, Mix, A5
.. all favorites..
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