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This photo is on their IG account, and one of the hashtags they include is "#a5"
The caption reads "Preparing for takeoff," so it may indeed be a new model.
That would be cool....
"Keep your hat on, we may end up miles from here..." - Kurt Vonnegut
Looks bound on the back to me?
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I seem to remember seeing an A style Big Mon in the Classifieds some time ago (or maybe it was on one of the sponsor sites), but the description said they only made a few. Wonder if they are trying it again...?
"Keep your hat on, we may end up miles from here..." - Kurt Vonnegut
With the post on Facebook stating "ready for takeoff" am thinking it's an upgraded A5. Which probably makes sense as they are making more Model M in Michigan.
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It looks beautiful!
If it was an Artist A5 model and it came in somewhere under the Big Mon it would be hard to resist! Right now there's a gap in their line from 3500 for the A5 Special to 4700 for the Big mon. NF are the most comfortable playing mandos for me. For a triple bound Icelandic Brown A5 Artist I would probably sell off everything except the Trilluim. Meh getting ahead of myself here but it's fun to speculate.
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I suppose it could also sit between the Big Mon and the Artist F somewhere in the 5k range?
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Whatever it is, it has my attention...
"Keep your hat on, we may end up miles from here..." - Kurt Vonnegut
Brentrup Model 23, Boeh A5 #37, Gibson A Jr., Big Muddy M-11, Coombe Classical flattop, Strad-O-Lin
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I know. It's a sickness isn't it? MAS continues.
Any justification is slight. It's certainly more mandolin than I need.
But here goes: I think the NF5S is a pretty bluegrass focused instrument. The tone is quite nice and not at all harsh but it's a strong fundamental tone to cut through a band setting and I don't know if I will ever play in a band again. Sherri and I are playing more as a duo and that might be the future going forward. I'm quite enchanted by the tone of the Northfield Artist 5 bar which seems to have a richer harmonic content and a little more complexity and sparkle. I've heard that same tone in a few other mandolins.
You could certainly read that last paragraph as: It's fun to buy more mandolins.
I also wrecked my back in 2019. It got better, then worse, then better-ish. Mandolins and mandolas feel fine but playing the long scale instruments kinda hurts. It's not awful but at 54 playing things that are comfortable probably translates into playing longer. So I would have some nice guitars/octave mandolins/bouzoukis to sell.
I could use that money to upgrade the appliances in the house. Or.......
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You mean like this one in the classifieds?
https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/159397#159397
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
Yeah that's very nice and not too far from me.
This one really caught my eye too although I prefer a standard 1 1/8 nut:
https://themusicemporium.com/product...e-artist-model
My wife has been more than kind regarding instrument acquisition so I would need to move a lot of gear before any upgrades.
Girouard Concert A5
Girouard Custom A4
Nordwall Cittern
Barbi Mandola
Crump OM-1s Octave
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Totally get that. Very similar to my thinking. Hence my going for the Weber. Ended up realizing the tone of Bob Dixon's Weber was closer to the sound I wanted. Although recently have been playing my other mandolins more around the house. Just to get a different sound in my head. So who knows? Maybe my Collings will win out in the end anyway.
Or, I'll just go out into left field and find an F2S. Part of me is really starting to think about cutting down on the number of instruments. Have too many choices now. Maybe just one or two good ones would serve me better.
Brentrup Model 23, Boeh A5 #37, Gibson A Jr., Big Muddy M-11, Coombe Classical flattop, Strad-O-Lin
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Like this one? https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/164570#164570
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
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