$345K, How about that! I've already got five dollars saved up!
$345K, How about that! I've already got five dollars saved up!
Where are U seeing this, Max?
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What's that old saying "A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush"?? That's what I've always heard about the price of the A5. It's worth the price of 2 F5s. Pretty darn close!
It should sell pretty quickly into a collector's vault.
Mandolin Cafe home page carries the news. I know the owner of the Mr Griffith F-5, and it's a wonderful mando. He and I were talking about putting our resources together on this last night. I think we could beat your bid, Max, but only by a little bit...
I would like to applaud the owner of the A5 for his incredible generosity over the years, lending the instrument to at least 3 builders I know of to make drawings, Hacklingers, etc. etc.
If it does go into a vault, it'll at least be highly documented for others to make copies...
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One of the ads about Kentucky mandolins says that their newest A model, KM-900 series, is a duplicate of the A-5 Loar, I would just love to hear the two of them side by side and compare them...I have searched for a Kentucky dealer here where I live and found one but they don`t have the KM-900 in stock right now....345 grand compared to 1 grand for the Ky, can it be 300 times better? It`s all in the mind of any person that wants it I guess.....I know I would love to own it but not at that price....
Willie
The ultimate snakehead. One of a kind. Loar F5's are in a unique club unto themselves but this mandolin is the club.
Yep.
Best sounding Loar I ever played....(sigh).
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"Overhead At Darrington"
"Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
Wow. That says a whole lot. I pretty much had my snakehead craving under control and this may have triggered it again.
It is indeed remarkable. Played it yesterday and it's about 50 feet away at the moment. May have another wack at it.
I am seething with envy right now. Go play it again for me.
Add me to that club. I spent a fantastic afternoon with it, all nerded out with the calipers and hacklingers with another big name builder sitting right next to me with huge smiles on our faces; 'great mandolin. 'Seems like a waste to lock it up in a vault....
j.
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Wonderful! Serious mandolin with a serious history. Glad to hear that it is being appreciated by you folks.
Jim
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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
The price is definately reflective of it's one of a kind uniqueness! I would love to be able to pick it.
and they say the fancy bits make 'em more expensive...
Hereby & forthwith, any instrument with an odd number of strings shall be considered broken. With regard to mix levels, usually the best approach is treating the mandolin the same as a cowbell.
I too got the play the Loar A the third time....haunting tone.......Just picked up a Kentucky KM900 and it is very nice......as close to a copy of the Loar as I have played. Red spruce top and Michigan maple back and sides.....the sunburst is very nice also.
That is one mandolin I'd give my eye teeth to get to play for a few minutes!
Shaun Garrity
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I have a feeling Gail will be re-creating the legend and glory of this mandolin for years to come... and at the highest level of perfection possible.
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Hi' Scott.....................We want to see photos of you and this mandolin........Please show us!!!!!!!!!! Stevie.
Yes, just amaizing.I would like to applaud the owner of the A5 for his incredible generosity over the years, lending the instrument to at least 3 builders I know of to make drawings, Hacklingers, etc. etc.
Thank you so much, I'll be trying for as long as I can.I have a feeling Gail will be re-creating the legend and glory of this mandolin for years to come...
I love everything about that mandolin, the sound, the way it was conceived, and its beauty...
Gail Hester
Anyone know of any recordings featuring this mandolin? I saw the Youtube videos but was looking for actual recordings.
Tone Poems #1.
John Hartford - Aereo-Plain & Steam Powered Aereo Takes.
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Free downloads of my mandolin CDs:
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"Mangler Of Bluegrass"
"Overhead At Darrington"
"Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
What makes the Griffith Loar tone special over other Loars? "I Donīt Want Your Mandolins Mister" (East Virginia Blues) from the Tone Poems I (in D#) is great, but so is "Iīm A Pilgrim" from the same CD (just get the amount of dynamics in the "hot" recording). The Griffith Loar does not have a "Monroe" tone at all, no?
Olaf
Certainly tone can have nothing to do with the price of instruments in this range...
Once one gets to a certain threshold (and, based on what I've read here, that's a matter of debate...$5K, $10K, $25K, whatever) price is driven by collectability and provenance, and not by tone and playability, no?
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