Danny Ferrington

[Boge Quinn]

I ordered the book/CD used on Ebay last night!

[MikeEdgerton]

It appears there was more than one Ferrington F5. It also shows where Charlie might have picked it up.

I met Danny Ferrington in Nashville back in the mid 70's. He was working as a builder and repairman at Randy Woods old shop 'The Old Time Pickin Parlor'. He and I hit it off really well, and formed a friendship. He had just finished a F-5 copy and had strung it up when I came to town. I played it and instrument lust bit me hard. Of course that mandolin was spoken for so I asked him to make me one. He obliged, and about a year later I got my mando via the UPS truck. At first I loved it. It was a deep honey colored instrument fading into black around the edges. It had a curved fingerboard with wide frets as I asked for. Most importantly it sounded just like a good F-5 should sound like.

http://www.mandozine.com/media/CGOW/ostroushko.html


And more here.

[Petrus]

He likes mandos so much even his guitars look like 'em.

[Boge Quinn]

Thanks! I have been looking for that article.

It appears there was more than one Ferrington F5. It also shows where Charlie might have picked it up.




http://www.mandozine.com/media/CGOW/ostroushko.html


And more here.

[darylcrisp]

there's a real neat article with lots of pictures in an issue 31 of Fretboard Journal:

http://www.fretboardjournal.com/issue-31
http://www.fretboardjournal.com/feat...nny-ferrington

[Dacraw54]

Time to resurrect this old thread. There's a 1976 Danny Ferrington F5 on Ebay - actually two listings for the same instrument. Ships from Japan. Seems that there are some major instruments being offloaded from Japan: A givens F5, a Gibson Goldrush, A Gibson Sam Bush etc. - all for major bucks. The headstock has an ornate "F" only, whereas Charlie's Ferrington had the full name on the headstock.
I have requested pics of any labels or signatures.

[Boge Quinn]

Wow, that's WAY cheaper than mine was, and less than half of Gruhn's appraisal of mine.

[mrmando]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1976-Danny-...AAAOSwStdbJ2BE

That would be Ferringfun to try and Ferringflip.

[Dacraw54]

Way to put the FUN in dysFUNctional, Martin...