Very nice! I've always loved the similarities between beautiful mandolin backs and sunsets. My Ellis F5 Special reminds me of golden clouds at sunset too.
I began a thread a while back called "beautiful one piece backs" and a lot
of these sunset lookalike backs were posted. Sorry I'm not "tech" enough to
include the link. Perhaps you can unearth it.
Your new Gilchrist looks great by the way !
The Gilchrist chap does great sunset backs, check out Sharon Gilchrist's on peghead nation video.
Refrets, I've had a few . . .
Here it is: http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...ne-piece-backs
Lots of great shots in there.
But really - can we get back to talking about the search?
(I'm kidding - don't start lest the thread gets locked down!)
backs
more backs
and more
and
Oh wow... That's a lot of backs there
And that is the number of backs of mandolins that Eddie owns or has owned. Phew, quite a few!
Nic Gellie
I'm glad to see the back of those...
I love that one of the Mando back and sunset...
The back of my Breedlove Crossover looks like the night sky, far from any city, with clouds-- it's black
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www.busmanwhistles.com
Handcrafted pennywhistles in exotic hardwoods.
Gilchrist #701.
http://www.gilchristmandolins.com/701
I asked Steve to pick the chunk of wood he'd use if he was building his own, and that's what he selected. Worked out nicely.
Here it is in the raw.
Thanks! Here's the thread where I posed the question to the Cafe at the time.
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/s...uld-you-choose
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