Greetings. I'm new to the Mandolin Cafe and new to mandolin. This is my first post.
I've played guitar and dabbled in banjo for years but have never owned a mandolin until one week ago when I spotted a Gibson Army Navy AN-Custom reissue from the mid 1990s at a local guitar show. I looked at it for a few minutes, told the seller I needed to think about it, and walked away to do some Googling. I was kind of surprised at how little information there was about these Montana made pancake reissues from the mid-90s. But seeing "The Gibson" inlay on the headstock, the super clean condition of it, I went for it kind of blindly and left with my very first mandolin.
I had actually never even heard the term "pancake" or "army navy" used to describe a mandolin until I Googled this one. Up until then I thought there were only 2 kinds of mandolins: A-style and F style
So far I am thoroughly enjoying my first mandolin. However, if the right F-style comes along I don't know that I'll be able to resist. I recorded Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass off PBS back in the mid-90s, watched it dozens of times, and have loved the look of a well worn F-style ever since.
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