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i like watching these guys, looks like a nice shop as well.
would have enjoyed being there to take in the "aroma" as each case was opened.
i truly adore my F9, they have such a woody old style tone, look and feel great in the hand.
i'm going to look around, surely they did video of that old Gibson he mentioned in this video-if i find it, or anyone out there finds it, please post it here for us to enjoy.
thank you
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https://youtu.be/QkdYu9DnPaE
https://youtu.be/QkdYu9DnPaE
Very cool! :cool: Thanks for sharing. The fellow is pretty enthusiastic, eh? As well he should be. ;)
The F9 was fine. But then he brought out the F5G, with that lovely gloss finish and stunning figure in the back. And the sound was just - there. And then there was the Fern. Lawdamercy! What a fine instrument. These are going to bring some folks a whole lot of good times. :mandosmiley:
Interesting to see that they all were shipped tuned - and pretty goshdarned on pitch, to my ears. Perhaps this will settle that question once and for all - whether to slacken the strings for shipping. Perhaps. Doesn't seem to be a whole lot of 100% agreement around here on most matters. :whistling: But at least I think we'll get a high degree of concurrence about the beauty and quality of these instruments.
The sound starts around the 10 minute mark. Wow this is cool!
I really enjoyed the Gibson mandolin history presentation. I wish it was another hour and half longer :D.
The Acoustic Shoppe's Youtube channel is really fun. They also put on ~20 minute shows/skits that include musical guests. They ran one with David Harvey where they showed off a very cool mandolin/mandola/mandocello trio: https://youtu.be/dmUJ8AsO3vU?t=889
These weren't shipped. Around timestamp 8:20, he mentions that David Harvey hand delivered them.Quote:
Originally Posted by journeybear
Aha! Missed that. My bad. :redface: Probably too busy ogling that Fern. ;) Thanks for the correction. Though now the debate will continue ... :whistling:
The mandolin carved by Orville Gibson makes its appearance at about 17:30. :disbelief: Tune played on it starting at about 27:30. :mandosmiley:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Slim
thanks for posting this, i didn't have time to dig it out, it is very cool!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ky Slim
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I bought my Brentrup F5 from the folks at the Acoustic Shoppe. Easy to work with and very responsive and knowledgeable. NFI but highly recommended.