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Hi Mike and thanks for getting back. Also thankfully it's just an optical illusion..I looked at my two other mandolins...a relatively new RD24F and an Aleyas MF5 and they both do the same thing....

Dash Crofts' mandolin, as well as Jim Messina's on Loggins and Messina's "Be Free" are what enticed me away from my guitar and over to mandolin back in 1972 or so. Never looked back. And Glen...

It's either here: 183737 or its here: 183738 which is a habit of mine that predates BlueChips by decades

Thanks, Karl. Much obliged. Please mention this thread to the current owner...would be fun to get his/her input. As far as the "pilot" designation goes, its starting to look like all 25 of the Bush...

Gonna try once again to bring this thread back to the OP's original intent: to discuss the Limited Edition Bush Fern "Inspired by '34" mandolin.

I'm curious, like the OP, to know more about them:...

KMaynard: here's a shot of the back...I'll try to get some better pics for you when I get a moment.

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Cheers, Benski

To Brad's point above, here are two posts from Joe Vest who worked at Gibson alongside Charlie Derrington and Danny Roberts, among others, in developing and bringing to life the Distressed Master...

Hey TD: The mandolin to which you are likely referring is D70321 which I was fortunate enough to have purchased from HA in Germany a few months ago. For all intents and purposes, its my "Loar" (and...

OK...so, with Ted clearing things up for me, I went and purchased a couple sets of the XTM1140's (which replaced the EXP74's that I use on my Bush Fern) and a couple of sets of XTM11540's (which...

Did I miss something? Is D'Addario no longer making EXP74's?

I see EJ74's, EXP75's and EXP74CM's, but no EXP74's available from the online purveyors (Just Stings, Strings and Beyond, Sweetwater,...

I remember once reading somebody on the Cafe has having said: "The plural of anecdote is not data". Point worth considering in this discussion.

There's an old farmer in upstate New York named McDonald that I believe has prior claim to e, i and o.

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And they never collected my ticket..

So....50 years ago right now, I was sitting in the mud following the big rainstorm which stopped the music. After a while, the rain let up, the sun half came out and I was soaked. It was stinking,...

Then maybe its time to close the barn door.

Is the horse dead yet?

About this time is when my wife comes into my home office and sees me poking around inside a mandolin with a dental mirror and surely thinks to herself that I'm nuts. :-)

Hi Henry! Seems almost every mandolin that has been my main player for the past 50 years has either had a scooped, abbreviated or totally absent Florida. So, while I tried switching from a TAD60 to a...

I'm finding this thread very interesting and informative. I like hearing everyone's impressions and particularly appreciate the participation and input from D'Addario. One request: It would be more...

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An absolutely delightful Tiny Desk concert featuring Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers with tasteful, as always, mandola and mandolin from Mike Guggino, can be found here:...

Heiden A50 (one of the 15 Heritage models made in 2009) lives here in NJ with me. All I can say is that it just sings. Beautiful workmanship, wonderful balanced sound with that hard to find mix of...

A sample set of one is statistically insignificant.

"How come Roger Siminoff isn’t on the list?"

See posts #35 and #53. Cheers.

I'm under the impression that Michael Heiden only made 15 Heritage model mandolins, 13 being F5's and 2 being A5's. As such, I don't believe the $8K figure presented above is entirely accurate, at...