Re: Gibson F-5G vs. Northfield Big Mon vs. others in $5k-$6K rang
You may have read this comment from me on another thread a while back on Northfield Mandolins, but here goes again.
A few years back while traveling back to the Pittsburgh area from Upper Michigan, I found myself near Lansing and decided to visit Elderly Instruments, though not in the market for a new instrument. I spent several hours playing everything they had in their large selection of new and used mandolins.
To my ears the best sounding instrument I played that day was a Northfield F Style that I think was about $4400. I was very tempted to purchase on a whim and would have surely done so if it had been an A Style.
This particular mandolin may have been a freak but the other Northfields I played that day were quite nice as well.
Big Muddy EM8 solid body (Mike Dulak's final EM8 build)
Kentucky KM-950
Weber Gallatin A Mandola "D hole"
Rogue 100A (current campfire tool & emergency canoe paddle)
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