Here’s a recent Kelley mandolin strung up in the white. It’s a black top, 100 year old red spruce top and tone bars. I think it’s going to be a strong mandolin.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7xC-Qcfzq-4
Here’s a recent Kelley mandolin strung up in the white. It’s a black top, 100 year old red spruce top and tone bars. I think it’s going to be a strong mandolin.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7xC-Qcfzq-4
Sounds great Skip! Hope OH is treating you well, but feel free to come back to NC
Drew
2020 Northfield 4th Gen F5
2022 Northfield NFS-F5E
2019 Northfield Flat Top Octave
2021 Gold Tone Mando Cello
https://www.instagram.com/pilotdrew85
Lookin' good Skip!
Sounds good in the white!
Waterloo WL-M
Blues Mando Social Group - member
Awesome! Glad that helped. My #54 sounds way better now in my opinion that in did when I got it. May be my playing or 'opening up' or whatever (see countless discussions elsewhere on the forum about that lol) but either way....I loved it when I got it but I like it even more now.
Congrats on your new mando!
Drew
2020 Northfield 4th Gen F5
2022 Northfield NFS-F5E
2019 Northfield Flat Top Octave
2021 Gold Tone Mando Cello
https://www.instagram.com/pilotdrew85
First post here after decades of lurking.
I am the happy owner of Skips #062, a wonderful A5 from 2017. The mandolin in the video looks and sounds great. As always.
I am wondering at what point in the build did you put color on the top?
I did! Kevin shipped it Monday via UPS ground, and it made its way from Raleigh NC to Rogers AR (that's Arkansas, not Arizona) in just under 48 hours! Guess he just hasn't updated the site yet.
Here's what I sent Kevin just a bit ago: First impressions, I love it! Just a fantastic playing and sounding mando! Definitely punches above its weight in terms of price point. I'm sold on Skip's quality of work, attention to detail, and really dialing in a winning combo of materials and hardware! That top sounds nice and played in already, and I'm sure it'll only get better with time and miles.
I was going to make a NMD post, but I was so enamored with playing it, the sun went down before I could get a photo in natural light. I think the finish really is fantastic and needs to be captured with a good photo. Overall, it plays like a dream and the tone is spot on what I was hoping for. Has that dry, woody bluegrass bark, but also has a full, harmonically rich tone at the same time. I don't know how Skip's not got a bigger reputation yet, but I can see why folks that have played one are singing his praise.
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