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    Thread Bump: I'm sure this pic has been posted either here or on another thread, but I've never seen the quality of this pic like this one I just got permission to share; enjoy!
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    Well known picture, great quality. It´s nice to see the Lloyd Loar without broken scoll, gouged peghead and with a strap tied to the headstock.

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    ...or this one

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    Again great picture post barber shop.

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    ..OK so I lied, had to post this classic!
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    The propeller inlays give this away as the F-7. Where may that one be now? And where may that Gibson ´36 Jumbo be? Great guitars.
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    So the headstock scroll was broken sometime between Stringbean and Scruggs.?.
    "I play BG so that's what I can talk intelligently about." A line I loved and pirated from Mandoplumb

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    Quote Originally Posted by FLATROCK HILL View Post
    So the headstock scroll was broken sometime between Stringbean and Scruggs.?.
    I wouldn´t know. Here´s what we know:

    Stringbean saw the F-5 with the scroll intact.

    Earl saw the F-5 with the scroll broken off.

    It could be that...
    - the scroll broke off when String was in the band,
    - it broke off when Earl was in the band,
    - it broke off inbetween.

    I think I read somewhere that Mr. Monroe kept the broken part until it got missing in action.

    What I do know (trusting Sonny Osborne´s tale) is that Big Mon scratched the finish and gouged the inlay out when Sonny Osborne was a Bluegrass Boy (being around 16 years of age back then and having recorded Pike County Breakdown).
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    Nice seeing those old pictures...documentation of an era in bluegrass history. Could be put into book format with some notes and commentary.

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    You know, I somehow got away from this thread for a while, those last three shots are so great! From both the historical and photographic standpoint. The last one, just shows how much styles have changed, I actually think there is no more “interesting style” of dress that Mr. Monroe ever “Owned” more. If the boots weren’t so blasted expensive, I’d outfit my band that way!!
    I suppose I’d need an F-7 to better carry it off though wouldn’t I?
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    Been meaning to scan and post for a while. I combined a couple of photos from one of the Redgate festivals just north of Knoxville from the late 1970's. J. D. Crowe et al. Brings back some memories.Click image for larger version. 

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    Here you go

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    That’s a FABULOUS shot Darryl! Where? When? There is a whole generation out there that probably has no idea who some of those guys are!
    How young James is!
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    not sure when or where Appears late 60's
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