Here are some pics of my Monteleone copy. It has a redwood top. Sweet tone, Woody dry bass, clear bell like treble! Alot of punch to the chop. Real complex tone on this one.
Here are some pics of my Monteleone copy. It has a redwood top. Sweet tone, Woody dry bass, clear bell like treble! Alot of punch to the chop. Real complex tone on this one.
Here's the back.
The peghead. I got the inlaid peghead veneer off ebay.
Here's the back of the peghead with a burled walnut veneer.
That looks great, Skip. I like that inlay.
Andrew Mowry
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Randy, Skip, very randy!
Stunning!
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Skip that is one classy mandolin. Da Bomb. Is Gretchen gonna let this one stay home?Lp
J.Lane Pryce
..very, very nice....you should be proud.
Wow!!! Just tremendous. I have always liked your finishes, and now that inlay....really great!
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That looks great Skip! Nice coloring and the burl is a nice touch too.
sweet....what's next?
LOVE that craftsmanship throughout! #That headstock is simply stunning! #Great job - keep up the great work! #
"The more I learn, the more I realize how ignorant I truly am..."
Thanks guys for all the compliments! This mandolin sounds better than I ever could hope for. The mandolin is as loud as anything I have played. It cuts through a jam with no problem and the redwood gives it a tone as though it is a real old mandolin.
looking good john, er, i mean skip!it's a dead-ringer for a monte
Wes
"i gotta fever...and the only prescription is more cowbell!!"
'87 Flatiron A5-JR/'25 Gibson A-JR
Now that's how you do it Skip !
IT's great seeing something other than Gibson clones.
Differant strokes for differant folks, but i personally always thought the G.A. was a much better looking Mandolin.
GREAT JOB !!!
A++. A real beauty!
Jason Anderson
"...while a great mandolin is a wonderful treat, I would venture to say that there is always more each of us can do with the tools we have available at hand. The biggest limiting factors belong to us not the instruments." Paul Glasse
Stumbling Towards Competence
Agreed.Originally Posted by (Mandoborg @ Nov. 12 2006, 09:52)
Elrod
Gibson A2 1920(?)
Breedlove Cascade
Washburn 215(?) 1906-07(?)
Victoria, B&J, New York(stolen 10/18/2011)
Eastwood Airline Mandola
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Guild D-25NT
Vega 200 archtop, 1957?
Skip- Aw Heck ! You might as well post a picture of "MY" A-style you almost have finished. Mark told me how wonderful the Monte style was. Man, I love the looks of that thing!
Tony
Life is short - Pray hard - Pick fast !
Skip was this from either Bruce Wei or Antonio Tsai and does it look as good in person as it does in the pictures.
Bill Snyder
Bill, the inlay was from Antonio. It is very nicely done.
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