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Thanks for the tips everyone....I do have sentimental attachments to my mando(won it in a raffle at Merlefest 2001),and the sound is great....and I don't worry about the diminishing value by...

Yep...Sam Bush model....no matter how hard I try to get used to this neck width, I realize I play better on a 1/8th size neck ...so it's time to shave it down ,takeaway binding,refret, do whatever,...

Any suggestions for finding someone to shave down my neck..1..3/16th...down to 1/8...in so. cal......thanks...It's major work but this mando is worth it....

Just wondered if anyone had knowledge or opinions on the sound difference, if any, between a Sam Bush F5 and a F5G model....

thanks for the chance to learn....

Congratulations on your trip to Nashville....sounds like a success.....all I can think to say is build more , repair less....looking forward to some sound bites....

11 years going and still the best bang for the buck......hope to see you all there....sewerfest is great..Doc is amazing...:mandosmiley:

I now have the student with the Gail F4 and its a wonderful sounding instrument....fit and finish top rate.....great projection and tone...plenty of volume ...real nice feel to it........great job...

After a gig on Catalina Island, CA 89 Flatiron Performer....i forgot about this shot ...hope people like it...I actually swam out along the coastline to get the shot....its a miracle I didn't get...

1989 Flatiron Performer somewhere in Az. on the way home to CA.

Silverangel headstock with Lil Joe .....CA

opening up for IIIRD Time Out.......

2006 North Carolina

along the blueridge mtns.

Big Bear CA......Flatiron 1989 Performer

mandolin symposium 2008.....I'd been awake for 36 hours ......Ronnie was very cool......

Lon Williamson out of Florida....I met him first at Merlefest in 2001.....His F5s were fantastic in tone volume fit and finish ....I a/b it against very known and popular models and his mandolins...

Gary IN
Boston MA
Los Angeles CA

The festival seasons kickoff is Merlefest.( for me)....over 100 bands , a dozen stages and all the best will be there....plus regional acts and others you just don't see much...always a new find and...

8 years of going to Merlefest from california and we've never been disapointed....so much music and jamming to choose from you'll never be bored....if you can camp thats the way to go .....and...

I should preface by saying I'm sure some people I know could do good work here in Los Angeles but I thought I'd see if anyone on the cafe could recomend someone with expert mandolin finese work...I...

thanks Alan....
thats exactly the one I saw that was made by Shelton....
Shayne Bartley had one and I loved it....I've seen Ricky with one too...it seems to be like saddle styled leather work..

does anyone know of a flat strap ?

since 1999 my wife and I will be there all week....the best bang for the buck....if you don't like the music in one tent you just go to another....not to mention the jammin....great times....southern...