New Rose F5 #36 clip

[Rose #1]

New Rose F5 just finished. Little video My good friend John Seebach did for me. Thank you John!https://youtu.be/QRwtBDz-rq4

[MontanaMatt]

Cool! Can you please share some pics? And details
How long has it taken you to get to 36 builds? Have they all been f’s?

[Rose #1]

Cool! Can you please share some pics? And details
How long has it taken you to get to 36 builds? Have they all been f’s?

Sure, sorry about that I started building mandos back in 2002.... from 2002 to 2006 I built 32 mandos, mostly F models a few A models and also a couple guitars. I pretty much quit building due to life circumstances, divorce in 2007 and had to sell my shop, tools, instruments, house etc. Basically built a few F's from then till now with mostly hand tools. Specs are Carpathian top hard rock flame maple back and sides, varnish/french polish, Asymetrical speed neck, golden age tuners, bone nut, James tailpiece.

[Jim Hilburn]

Darby, Glad to see your back at it. Looks and sounds great.

[Rose #1]

Darby, Glad to see your back at it. Looks and sounds great.

Thank you very much Jim! I really appreciate it my friend.

[Russ Jordan]

Darby--I kept getting errors when clicking on link, so I went directly to youtube and took the liberty of imbedding here. Great job on #36!!

[Cheryl Watson]

Congrats! Your new Rose mandolin sounds great, especially for it being brand new, very traditional tone, and it is very good looking too, a very classic look.

[Rose #1]

Darby--I kept getting errors when clicking on link, so I went directly to youtube and took the liberty of imbedding here. Great job on #36!!

Thank you very much Russ! it is much appreciated!

[Rose #1]

Thank you Cheryl! I tried to build the body as close to loar specs as I could.

[Skip Kelley]

Yes, Darby, it's good to see you back building.

[Old Growth]

Impressive, resonant and nice balance. Darby does it have a light feel, regarding the weight of the instrument? Beautiful work.

[Rose #1]

Thank you Skip! very much appreciated my friend.

[Rose #1]

Impressive, resonant and nice balance. Darby does it have a light feel, regarding the weight of the instrument? Beautiful work.

Thank you very much! I would say weight wise it is in the mid range... not extremely light but not heavy either... the pick guard, james tailpiece, and solid steel end pin add some extra weight to it... but other wise not to bad

[Old Growth]

Thanks Darby, it's impressive.

[Don Grieser]

Looks and sounds really fine. Thanks for posting!

[Old Growth]

It might just be me but this F5 sounds special. Very nice.

[wayfaringstranger]

I'm the guy noodling around on it in that video. It's a very good sounding and playing mandolin. Very mid-focused (I think folks would describe it as traditional or Loar-like) and didn't feel at all like it was just strung up for the first time. Whoever snagged that one is in for a real treat.

[Charles E.]

Whoever snagged that one is in for a real treat.

Did it sell? It looks like it is still posted in the classifieds. Great looking and sounding instrument.

[Rose #1]

Nope not sold had several people interested but no one pulled the trigger... no worries I will just keep it for myself to take to some festivals this summer