Maybe he made an offer they couldn't refuse...........
Maybe he made an offer they couldn't refuse...........
Kmaynard, I havent read the entirety, but i read "the wife speaks" part, where it says: "...what are you passionate about sometimes to the point of insanity?"
Does there have to be a "rational" explanation to any of this? Maybe they just like to buy expensive mandolins...?
The transaction is between Dem and Gryphon. Period. If he says he will not discuss it let's all respect his decision. He owes us nothing. Everyone who has signed in here has done so of their own free will. Let him have some privacy over the transaction.
"your posts ... very VERY opinionated ...basing your opinion/recommendations ... pot calling ...kettle... black...sarcasm...comment ...unwarranted...unnecessary...."
Very Nice Gil Dem. I'm glad that they fixed the issues you had with it, curious did they fit a full contact bridge on her? If I remember correct there was some dipping going on, on the top from the bridge feet, my 82 Gil also had this and I fit a full contact and problem gone!
Yours sounds pretty much like my 82, I wonder what top wood was used on mine? Mine is X-braced.
No one's reputation was thrashed here. Gryphon sold a high end mandolin and I'm sure made a profit. Dem got the mandolin he wanted. Case closed!
Shaun Garrity
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I'm in total agreement with you on this one. Dem got the mandolin he wanted, Gryphon got a sale, we've been endlessly entertained, nobody died, the sun will come up tomorrow (well, maybe not in the North East of England) and we'll all continue with our passion. Life is beautiful.
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2001 Flatiron Festival
Epiphone MM-50
Guild D55
National Style 0
1987 Gibson 335
60th Anniversary Strat
What the heck??? You have got to be joking... lol! Wow Im speechless...
the best sounding mandolin i ever tried was an apitius A with two point body. it was an elegant design and an amazing loud warm and crisp tone. like a twenties gibson snakehead on steroids, with a touch of sweet.
i met givens decades ago out in spokane washington. he had mandolins at a guitar store called the guitar emporium or the guitar gallery, something like that. the As blew me away as well. he came up to me when i was busking the downtown lunch crowd with a bouzouki and a harp. he invited me up to his place but foolishly i went on to the next gig and never came back. he thought he could make a better bouzouki. and i imagine he could have. i didn't know who he was. nice guy. we ate together at the hippie health food spot after. those great A were going for 1500 at the time--a steal. i had just bought a 1924 gibson snakehead from the store called the sound hole, and couldn't afford another mandolin. i rreally shold have hung around and gone up to his place.
but i really liked that apitius two point A, it was at the 12th frett in toronto for around five grand cnd. shoulda bought that one as well but couldn't afford it.
Edited. Nevermind.
Last edited by Franc Homier Lieu; Aug-29-2016 at 8:02pm.
Ollaimh,
I agree Apitius mandolins are remarkable, and Givens A mandos are hands down some of my favorite creations of all time... Thanks for chiming in, I enjoyed reading your story, about Chillin with Givens.
Normally, I would agree. But, 37 pages later, 3 mandolins (well, 4 if you count the Gil twice!), a bunch of videos, detailed descriptions regarding the nuance of sound, wood type, bracing, playing styles, a separate wife blog, and countless boxes of Kleenex later -- I would say, the expectation and assumption of privacy is probably out the window, in this case. But hey, that's the beauty of just being Dem -- he is willing to lay it all out there for us. It has been an interesting journey, highly entertaining, and the end result seems very good!
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