There are so many beautifully done headstocks. I was wondering if the folks could post closeup pictures.
What gave me the idea was the closeup picture of the Duff mandolin headstock. Just beautifully done.
There are so many beautifully done headstocks. I was wondering if the folks could post closeup pictures.
What gave me the idea was the closeup picture of the Duff mandolin headstock. Just beautifully done.
Steve Smith 10-string bouzouki
head stocks
"Mandolins are an Illness" Conrad Deislar
my beater (breedlove)
"Mandolins are an Illness" Conrad Deislar
This is my Brentrup 23V.
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
My Mandos:
1981 Lloyd LaPlant F5 #6
2001 Lloyd LaPlant F5 #57
2006 Lloyd LaPlant F5 #106
2017 Boeh F5 #27
2020 Boeh 2-point #31
2012 Grey Eagle 2-point #57V
Here is my friend Chad's Gilchrist.
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”
My Mandos:
1981 Lloyd LaPlant F5 #6
2001 Lloyd LaPlant F5 #57
2006 Lloyd LaPlant F5 #106
2017 Boeh F5 #27
2020 Boeh 2-point #31
2012 Grey Eagle 2-point #57V
Here's a little something different -- a century-old Martin Style 5.
Bob DeVellis
Rather pedestrian in comparison, but here's a ca. 170 year old Eulry:
My Alvarez A800 "Baroque"
Coleson #16
1998 Gilchrist 5
Here's my fav from a Gibson F-4:
2015 Chevy Silverado
2 bottles of Knob Creek bourbon
1953 modified Kay string bass named "Bambi"
Ibanez 524, circa 1977
Go Vandals!
Phoenix Deluxe #283
Weber Big Sky - 2002
Go Vandals!
Here is a '99 Gilchrist octave mandolin peghead modeled after a Loar mandocello peghead that Steve repaired.
'89 Gilchrist mandola peghead that was pictured on the cover of Steve's first brochure.
'97 F-5 black topped Gilchrist. One of the few (like Alan N's pictured above) that has "The Gilchrist" versus just "Gilchrist."
I love that Gilchrist 'cello-patterned headstock...reminds me, I need a haircut.
Here's a question - When did the practice of adding the word "The" to name of manufacturer begin and why. I have a Flatiron F-5 which bears the name "The Flatiron" and have seen this on Gibsons and the Gilchrist's above.
2015 Chevy Silverado
2 bottles of Knob Creek bourbon
1953 modified Kay string bass named "Bambi"
Hi Mandopete!
I am guessing that Gibson started this in the early part of the twentieth century. #The top of the line F and A models (F-4 and A-4 models, before the Loar F-5) had "The Gibson" designation in their headstocks. #I suspect that Flatiron carried this practice over for their best instruments but not sure. #Gilchrist only did this on 3 or 4 instruments, thus it is rare.
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