The price is in the same bracket as used OMI era Dobro mandolins typically circulate.
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The price is in the same bracket as used OMI era Dobro mandolins typically circulate.
How high can a speedneck go?
Hey Nick!
Did you decide to omit the traditional A4 fretboard extension for aesthetic or playability reasons?
Best,
Pat
I doubt I was being serious, only offering a playfully facetious remark to a buddy from the same batch of Mike Black ovals.
I’ve thought about different ways of reorganizing but lament the notion of disrupting the record of the order in which I met them.
Teak, we need to lobby Scott to add room to the signature line, as I haven't the space to list my Forster Big Celtic F and OMI Dobro. :cool:
While prices have climbed, I would think that one could still find a good flattop without a split top for less than $700 with patience.
Was Gibson using lacquer in 1921? I was under the impressing that varnish was employed until 1924-1925.
Tell us about that truss rod cover, Dan!
There’s no Mike Black in your signature . . . :whistling:
Do you think that the 19” scale contributed to it coming up short compared to your 22” OM?
I bought a used Collings MT from Guitar Center of all places a decade ago thinking that I would sample it for the 45 day trial period and then return it if the experience wasn’t overwhelmingly...
Interesting contrast. What value do you find in nice vintage guitars beyond fetish hype over the fanciness of the carving and inlays and historical value?
I was trying to be coy, but do you know if she’s building one for you? :mandosmiley:
What’s she building, banjoboy? :whistling:
Gail built an A5-z for Darryl Wolfe back in 2016 and an A5/H3 pair in 2017. I don’t remember anything since, although she may still be doing repair work.
Gail Hester https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/members/8571-Gail-Hester
I’m surprised that no one has mentioned Andy Statman, as few can match his technical mastery across a wide range of musical expression.
High-end instruments are built by established luthiers with reputations for paying attention to all of the small details that optimize a mandolin, details that a factory worker building for scale may...
While I recognize that our budgetary sense of what constitutes "moderately-priced" is a sliding scale, I would point out that the OP joined in July of 2023 and only has 35 posts to date.
The...
While I understand that everything is relative in the marketplace, I don’t think that $1995 OBO is what the OP had in mind when introducing the term “moderately-priced mandolin.”
Have you tried the Wegen TF120 or TF100? That’s what I typically use on my lighter strung instruments, such as the RM-1 with flatwounds or Poe with medium-lights.
I’m just curious because one of the loose aphorisms around here holds that you should expect to pay twice as much for an archtop mandolin as a flattop guitar of equivalent quality. So a $1K mandolin...
What guitar(s) do you play?