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  1. Thread: Blonde Loars ?

    by dhmando
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    Re: Blonde Loars ?

    I got the blonde Wide Body Gibson F-5M, circa 1941 while playing with Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers around 1985. I used it on the now classic Sparks recordings Gonna' be Movin' and Silver...
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    Re: Gibson head luthiers

    I started signing Gibson mandolins in 2007 and I continue to do so!

    David Harvey
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    Re: Gibson? on eBay

    Judging from the binding and tailpiece, I think it may be a 50s or 60s F-12 conversion.
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    Re: New Gibson Bill Monroe Hall Of Fame Model?

    The labels are authentic and actually signed by Bill Monroe, not a photo copy.
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    Re: "New" Gibson Company: No More Mandolins?

    Hello fellow mandolin enthusiast,

    Please rest assured that we are still producing Gibson mandolins on a daily basis and are very excited about what the future holds for Gibson with the new...
  6. Re: New Gibson Master Models-- do they actually exist??

    rc56,
    Yes Gibson Master Model F-5s' are always in process an do exist! I have a beautiful Fern Master Model we just finished up and will post pics and a video, hopefully today, on my Facebook! It...
  7. Re: Grover replacement buttons for Derrington designed machines

    The square shafts are 1/8", 3.175 mm or 0.125", they do vary slightly. The square shafts in the button are 0.132 strong the other end, the screw opening, is a round opening 0.115".

    I hope this...
  8. Re: Grover replacement buttons for Derrington designed machines

    Mike,
    The gold Grover's are square, the nickel are flat on two sides and rounded on the other two.
  9. Re: Grover replacement buttons for Derrington designed machines

    I'm so glad we could help out Jeff!
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    Re: Gibson Pearloid tuner pegs

    Mike,
    Please have members needing buttons and screws contact me with a specific request, a picture of the Gibson mandolin, and a serial number, through my Gibson email below.
    I will try to help,...
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    Re: Vintage Gibson mandolin fret boards

    Pittsburg Bill, I have actually seen original radius fingerboards on Gibson mandolins from the Orville era, teens, twenties, including a Loar F-5, thirties, forties and just about every other era.
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    Re: Gibson Pearloid tuner pegs

    Mike, please do PM me with the those members. If they are Grover tuners they will be pearloid on nickel and MOP on gold, occasionally we use ivoroid buttons. A picture will help.
    I'm glad to help if...
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    Re: Gibson Pearloid tuner pegs

    Hey Mike, nickel or gold tuners, MOP or pearloid?
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    Re: Gibson Pearloid tuner pegs

    dopicker,

    What model Gibson mandolin is it?
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    Re: Thoughts on the Gibson F9?

    The F-9s are actually built at the Gibson Custom Shop by the same folks that build all the Gibson Mandolins, my crew and I!
    The thinner satin finish gives the F-9 a wonderful, open sound right out...
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    Re: Wow! Did anyone get to plays this???

    Hello all!
    The Gibson Koa F-5 has an amazing sound! The tone is very complex, warm, but not too dark, well balanced from the 1st fret to the last, a great chop with plenty of volume!
    These are...
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    Re: Gibson head luthiers

    Cool thread!
    I actually started signing Gibson mandolins in the middle of 2007.
    David Harvey
    Master Luthier
    Gibson Original Acoustic Instruments/Gibson Custom Shop
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    Re: Happy 70th Birthday, David Grisman

    David,
    Happy 70th birthday!
    There are musicians that work within a framework of a certain genre of music, and then there are artist that amalgamate everything they have heard to create an entirely...
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    Re: New Gibson A-35?

    Yes Shaun, the A-35s are adged varnish.
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    Re: New Gibson A-35?

    I have always loved the white faced Gibson A-3's of the late teens. I have owned a few and still have one. The A-35 was my brain child, combining an A-5 frame with the A-3 appointments and age...
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    Re: Sam Bush Enters 2014 Kentucky Senate Race

    Sam has my vote, or would if I lived in Kentucky!

    David Harvey
    Master Luthier
    Gibson Custom
    Original Acoustic Instruments
    Nashville TN
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    Re: What's up at Gibson Mandolins?

    Hello all, sorry I missed your last email Billy.
    It never ceases to amaze me how incorrect the rumor mill can be. No truth to this latest that Gibson mandolin production is down to one or less...
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    Re: Who signed this?

    Actually, Sam Bush signs the Sam Bush inspired 1934 Fern, Gibson F-5 mandolin.
    And by the way, we have a Ricky Skaggs in process!
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    Re: New F5G at SPBGMA

    Hey Scottie,
    First of all, thanks so much for being a friend of Gibson and taking the time to play the new Custom Shop F-5G at SPBGMA. I am so sorry you got the flu, as I and so many...
  25. Re: NAMM review: Collings, Gibson, Eastman, Breedlove, MorganM, e

    Hey Tony,

    There were actually three F-5Gs showing at NAMM, and very, very well I might add!!

    They are the first mandolins we've built since the flood and they are, IMO, great!

    Gibson...
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