Apart from the fact that I know the seller and the instrument, apart from the fact that I canīt buy it myself , apart from the fact that I have no hands in any deal here, this is my opinion.
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Wolfgang Striebinger sells his super nice HoGo mandolin that is as close to Lloyd Loar specs as you could wish for and that sounds like a million dollars. At about half the price of a 4rth generation Northfield F-5 and the build quality of a Gilchrist with a tone to die for, built by a guy who is one of the leading Lloyd Loar construcition experts (buy his Lloyd Loar F-5 plans from Elderly) and who only builds very few instruments this is a deal to good to pass up if you are in the market for a world class instrument.
In 2013 I saw the original ad by Adrian Minarovic on the classifieds here. Knowing that Wolfgang was looking for a close copy of a Lloyd Loar mandolin I gave him the heads up and he bought the mandolin. I had never tried a HoGo (Adrian Minarovic) mandolin before and I was more than interested to do so. When Wolfgang and I met at a musical gathering Wolfgang let me try out his mandolin all that I wanted. It is a truely masterful mandolin.
I donīt know what brings Wolfgang to sell the instrument. I havenīt been in contact with him (Covid reasons and all) for quite a while because all the events where we usually meet have been canceled. I hope that he is doing well and that he is not forced to sell the mandolin. Wolfgang is well known in the German blueagrass scene for being a standup guy.
So whoever will get the F-5 will be in for a treat.
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