"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
For posterity:
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
There's a mandolin for everyone. That one is just not for me :D
Yo Mike, I beat you to it by about nine hours.
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...rtist-Mandolin
Missed it, follow the link in my post if you want to see the others that have been here.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
I love the case.
Mick
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Wow. I can honestly say I have never seen one more like that.
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I would love to have a modern maker make a non-all birch one that probably sounds good. I love oddballs, as you all know. And I bet this one would sound quite funky and to my liking. OTOH... take a look at that top—someone must have loved it and played the son of a birch.
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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
Ever tried, ever failed? No matter. Try again, fail again. Fail better.--Samuel Beckett
______________________
'05 Cuisinart Toaster
'93 Chuck Taylor lowtops
'12 Stetson Open Road
'06 Bialetti expresso maker
'14 Irish Linen Ramon Puig
Thanks Mike, now how do I get that image out of my head?
If I wanted a "fish" mandolin, it would be one Bill Bussman designed some years ago. His instruments are legend, even the conventional ones.
http://emando.com/builders_active/Old_Wave.htm
a local country music mini star asked a lutheir friend of mine to make him a lobster shaped guitar. (we are on canada's east coast where we have much better lobster than maine lobster--the colder the water the better the taste). so my lutheir friend said, if you pay me i'll make it. look up frasier newcome and his lobster guitar.
the body isn't very big to accomodate the lobster claws and tail, but with the pick up and plugged in it doesn't matter for the local novelty crowd.
A little Duck-esque
Heard that bussguy makes an entire family of fishy instruments, musta just scaled up from mandolin. Appropriate only for marina gigs, IMHO!
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I'm still debating with myself as to whether or not I like the fish bass - but, I suppose that if I saw it hanging in the pawn shop for $100, I'd buy it . . . .
If you ever see that one in a pawn shop that cheap and you decide to pass on it please send me the location
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
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
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