I favor bling free instruments. No fancy inlays, gold hardware, and please... small or no logo .
I want the quality of design, materials and workmanship to be extraordinary and I'll pay the price. ...
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I favor bling free instruments. No fancy inlays, gold hardware, and please... small or no logo .
I want the quality of design, materials and workmanship to be extraordinary and I'll pay the price. ...
Northfield's wide nut is too narrow.
Honorable to advise them of the mistake.
Offer nothing to keep it.
It isn't a Gilchrist or a Nugget..
it's a Northfield made in China.
"$4.50 board prep + $11 to slot plus a $25 "small job charge" for less then 10 boards of the same scale = $45. Ouch."
$40.50,? but still "ouch".
And how much after LMI closes.?
There is the "right way" and every other way.
Reset the neck, replace the bridge.
Hi Steve,
1992 I was deep into classical mandolin and some side adventures into American style to include a classes with David Grisman.
I managed to put my right hand into a shaper (you wood...
There are many kinds of maple.. do not use Western Big Leaf.. soft and punky.
" That's how a certified appraiser would write it up"
Define "certified appraiser.".. By whom and what entity ?
Bottom line, this mandolin is the equivalent of a "parts caster"
NPA, I'll pass.
Sad indeed. Another "original" gone.
RIP
B i n g o !
Thanks for the "heads up"
RIP
I bought an A-3 new.
Later I "upgraded" to an A-6.
Both were exceptional instruments in quality of construction.
I miss the A-3.. to my ear, superior.
I spent 25 years in the car biz, the first 11 were fun and rewarding. Then I became a Jr Executive piggie in the same profession but a "factory rep" for Euro highline car makers teaching auto biz...
I met David many moons ago in Claremont while visiting my girlfriend. It was she who introduced us.
He was a wonderfully bizarre individual and a remarkable musician.
RIP
You would be buying from a dealer, not from the maker.
Just under $3000 USD sounds high to me.
Try contacting the maker and have one made.
Jus a suggestion.
Another reason I have little admiration for Gibson Corp.
I prefer the A style.
I hold them just fine.. no strap needed.
I recall a conversation with Gilchrist a few decades ago about A vs F styles. He said there is no tonal difference in his, and...
I suggest these were late, promised Xmas gifts and not stolen for resale.
That based on the moronic selection of the goods.
The vast majority of my string purchases are D'Addario. This has been the case for several decades.
Quality and consistency; classical guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and mandolin.
There is such a thing as an instrument for free that isn't worth the price.
Excellent line-up of instructors..headliners.
There is style, and class, and elegance, this has all three.
Three cheers for not being "normal" .
The "f" holes seem to be somewhere between Strad and Guarnari.
According to Gibson records.. my Snake Head Jr. was made Dec 22, 1922.
I had a very serious "accident" a couple months after I had returned to mandolin after a couple years break.
I was now a furniture maker. I shoved my right hand into a shaper.
Gruesome would be...
[QUOTE=MandoMan1;1883497]I have a Jethro Burns Washburn M4S-SB from 1981 and it is a great sounding mandolin. I was very surprised how good it sounds.
I bought one of Jethro's Washburn...