Thanks for the thread link. It seems that the consensus is that this one is okay, not a bargain, at the asking price. I don't think it was mentioned whether there was an original case or not.
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Thanks for the thread link. It seems that the consensus is that this one is okay, not a bargain, at the asking price. I don't think it was mentioned whether there was an original case or not.
Bill Gorby & the Musical Mercenaries, Old Hometown, Cabin Fever String Band
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Hi Jim,Originally Posted by jim simpson
I'm the OP from the other thread about this Gibson. No, there was not an original case, although it did include a modern hard shell case.
If you could get the owner to part with it for $1000, I would definitely jump on it. It's in beautiful condition.
How does it sound? It was fine, but with old strings and no recent play time, who really knows? Could be great; if not, it definitely has the nice old classic Gibson sound like any other.
If you buy it, I'd love to know how much it "opens up"....
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
New candidate:
http://williamsport.craigslist.org/msg/3982819013.html
The custom tailpiece cover doubles as a salad plate.
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Only $28K for a '53 Gibson F-5...............dream, til the day is through............dream, the whole night too. I'd love to hear the story on that tailpiece.....
Len B.
Clearwater, FL
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
I wonder how they came up with those prices. They are about 4 times the price of what these instruments might sell for. I guess you could chalk it up to "it doesn't hurt to ask".
Phil
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
The mandolin is worth the price alone for the tailpiece!
Bill Gorby & the Musical Mercenaries, Old Hometown, Cabin Fever String Band
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Ambitious. Mid/late 70s Gibson for $6,500.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1977-GIBSON-...item232e16c863
My first mandolin in the late 70s was a loaner almost exactly like this. I was thinking, gee, mandolins are kind of cool but they have no sound, no projection, can't be heard. Problem was that particular model. Once I got ahold of a decent instrument I understood. Not Gibson's finest period.
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Whoa, that price on the '53 F-5...it does have the cooleo brown/pink case, though.
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Here ya go ... $2,150 for a Fender FM52E:
http://medford.craigslist.org/msg/4052858914.html
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Damn, I just got hosed. I just sold my for $75.
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Sometimes when people don't know stuff they really don't know. This guy probably saw a '57 Mandocaster for 2g's + and thought he hit the jackpot -I mean,it is a Fender electric mandolin--aren't they all the same?
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Beat-up A-40N for $5K
http://asheville.craigslist.org/msg/4059486547.html
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Lyon & Healy • Wood • Thormahlen • Andersen • Bacorn • Yanuziello • Fender • National • Gibson • Franke • Fuchs • Aceto • Three Hungry Pit Bulls
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
For the person who has everything:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251330233893
bratsche
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Yes but your paying for the original "alligator skin" case ----and from the original alligator probably at that price!
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Kafka strikes again.
the world is better off without bad ideas, good ideas are better off without the world
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Those show up on eBay about every 17 years or so.
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Hey that cicada is playing an Embergher!
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
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Ah, yes, it's the rare 18 karat, 4-string mandolin with a half-inch scale, made by elusive Embergher elves! No wonder it's so costly!
bratsche
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Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VINTAGE-A...-/141063383205
BIN price not all that high, but sheesh it's a horror show
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.
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
"Mostly original" - just look at the tuners. This must have been repaired a hundred times since it was transported to Van Diemen's Land for offending ugliness...
the world is better off without bad ideas, good ideas are better off without the world
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Location is Indiana US.
If its going to be shipped down under to Van Diemen's land I ain't gunna be the one to facilitate it.
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.
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However it is a prime example of a rare faked grain finish...
Jim
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19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
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
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Did they find that thing 5 feet under the foundation of their house? It's either that, or they dug it out of a fire.
I live this part: "TO A GOOD LUTHIER, THIS IS RESTORABLE." I'd beg to differ. The top is wrecked, the back is wreck, I assume the neck is trash, the tuners, fretboard, frets, tailpiece, bridge, braces are all garbage. Restoring this would require replacing the entire thing piece by piece and at that point you really aren't restoring it, you're building a new one.
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
Normally I'd say it would be a better wall decoration than anything else, but in this case not even.
Re: This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer
OK, I want to know who the 1 person watching this auction is....
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