Mark, I will need to sell my mini-van...
Mark, I will need to sell my mini-van...
2014 BRW F5 #114
2022 Kentucky KM 950 Master Model
YouTube Original Recording of My composition "Closer Walk"
Heres a clip of my bro Alex just noodling on the Wiens...
And you want to sell that.?.
Nice horn! I'd buy her if my Gil sells. Wiens are one of the best crafted newish mandolins in the old style today. Mandolin sounds like a pretty good one to me anyway. It just needs played and aged a little and here is a chance for someone to get one of these without a horrendous wait, as I've I heard it takes to get a brand new one from this GREAT builder. Check out the Wiens website and one should be astonished at the quality "if your mando crazy like most of us you will not be let down"
I have no FI in this plug for this, I just really respect the Wiens mandolins, I've owned a bunch of high quality mandolins and these stand out! I've never played one but it might be worth the catch and release program that some of us are guilty of and if Dem. wants to go after something else Kool man just do it but that Wiens sure is sweet. Too bad we can't keep em all on the quest for our precious!
Bluegrasser what kind of Gil ya got?
Haha!! This is great!!
Purr more, hiss less. Barn Cat Mandolins Photo Album
I don't know... Im not gonna lie, Im starting to second guess the classified ad. This thing is sounding beast like today... Perhaps Im just in a beast like kind of mood.
lol... I would never back out on someone after the fact, that would not be nice.
Just posted the video of Alex on the Wiens to my blog...
http://themusicianswife.weebly.com/h...g-on-the-wiens
Why would we need to go to the blog to watch when it's just a few posts above...
The question is why not? Perhaps she didn't see it?
Play nice...
Back to mandolins.
Last edited by Demetrius; Aug-17-2016 at 2:47pm.
Hmmm......I wish MY brother was into guitars and mandolins. He just likes tennis and golf.
Anyways, Back to mandolins.. Lol these guys...
And Barry don't worry he's obsessed with golf...
My summary so far is as follows. There seem to be two ways to find just the right mandolin.
EITHER
1) Keep trying different mandolins until you find the one that you like best.
OR
2) Keep buying different mandolins until you find the one that you like best.
I think both approaches work, but the OP seems more inclined than some of us towards the second approach. I can't say if it's more efficient than the first. But without a doubt, it's the more expensive of the two!
Remember,
Demetrius has a home, a family, a business to run and many people who rely on him. Trips far afield are probably not an option for him anymore that they would be for many of us.
Jus' sayin'
Billy
Billy Packard
Gilchrist A3, 1993
Weber Fern, 2007
Stiver Fern, 1990
Gibson 1923 A2
Gibson 1921 H1 Mandola
Numerous wonderful guitars
Update: Wiens took on a new characteristic today. I'm hearing a bit more sustain creeping out.
It's also very precise which Im really appreciating... Hmmm idk guys this is a tough one.
Dem, didn't see if anyone asked, but what are the noticeable tonal differences between the Gil and the Wiens?
Mandolin, Guitar, & Bass for Doug Rawling & The Caraganas
www.dougrawling.com
2008 Kentucky KM-1000
2014 Martin D-28 Authentic 1937
1964 Gibson LG-0
2022 Sigma SDR-45VS
Hey man its an X braced, S-hole, radius, tabaccy 1982, #82138 plenty of pix in the archive, sound/tone is GREAT, volume pretty good but I'm used to/spoiled rotten with my old tone bared BEAST. Playability is sweet after I set her up "mine also came from store with a bad fit original bridge so I worked on her, a little truss rod adjustment, flush bridge instead of gap, some slotting" plays like greased lightning. Finish has ware, varnish sinking in top, like it but bigger neck shape than I'm used to.
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