I think it would be cool if a modern company (Eastman?) would produce a Shutt style design mandolin. It should include the cool pickguard.
I think it would be cool if a modern company (Eastman?) would produce a Shutt style design mandolin. It should include the cool pickguard.
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The story goes, a Floridian was working the Alaskan pipeline and he froze to death. Before dying he made his friends promise to cremate him. They dragged the dead body all over the tundra and finally found a house with a big enough furnace, so they put the dead guy in that furnace. Mission accomplished, but then they heard this clanking noise coming from inside that furnace. So, they looked inside that furnace and, low and behold, there I am, brought back to life! ...And I yelled, shut that furnace door, your letting my heat out.
But then it would be made in China and not of old growth woods. Today, Post Office delivered a Chinese 1966 reissue Silverburst Epiphone SG PRO. It was nothing like my Original (Gibson) the whole thing was thinner and it had no soul. It didn't even come close. It's going back.
It went for $349- it was subject to forty plus bids from 13 bidders!
That’s an amateur take on Robert Service’s poem, ‘The cremation of Sam McGee’ !
This winter in NE though, is going to be a challenge, with the electric trade association demanding a 100% increase and oil hovering at ‘unaffordable plus’. Was planning to avoid the considerable labor of the woodstove, but may have to deal with it, lacking sufficient large dogs to keep me warm.
I Googled that six different ways to Sunday, not even a hint. So, I did what any red blooded amateur would do, I summoned The Great Lobachevsky and plagiarized! Knowing somebody would come up with it. Richard500, Did you look it up or remember all that? Haven't thought about that since grade school (1969 maybe).
https://youtu.be/wGhFNYll_mU The Cremation of Sam McGee - Read By Johnny Cash. Here's credits for "Lobachevsky" by Tom Lehrer, before I get in any more trouble. https://youtu.be/IL4vWJbwmqM
If only I could figure a cheap way to transport all the downed trees / wood from Hurricane Ian that is piled up around here.
Jim
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
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Should I have never started this thread? Damned if I do, damned if I don't. No regrets.
Speaking of The Damned... https://youtu.be/jgqP0ez4qAM
Betcha I'm not the only one with a search of keywords for: HARMONY, SHUTT, VIOL and Supertone MANDOLIN.
The storyteller makes no choice. Soon you will not hear his voice. His job is to shed light. And not to master. —Robert Hunter
AH! The Great Nikolai Ivanovich.
Rich
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Where do you think Robert Service got his story from! Well, no, it wasn't Lobachevsky, but quite often, these tall tails circulated until someone who could spell, wrote them down and took credit for them. Case in point: John Lomax took cowriting credit for Lead Belly's songs. However, even some of Leadbelly's songs were old traditional songs, that he took credit for.
I will always do a cheesy job of Plagiarizing someone else's work to get a chuckle. If you don't like it, you can always sue me.
My attorneys are http://www.dewey-cheatham-howe.com/staff.html
Ahhh yes, the boys at Car Talk on National Public Radio. I have always wondered who turned off there color T.V. (remember black & white T.V.? pre-1964) to listened to talk radio!?!? Somebody might have, though having a pulse was not mandatory.
When did Car Talk Air on NPR?
In January 1987, then host Susan Stamberg asked Tom and Ray Magliozzi to be weekly contributors to NPR's Weekend Edition and on October 31, 1987, Car Talk premiered as a national program, presented by NPR.
Is Car Talk on NPR anymore?
On June 11, 2021, it was announced that radio distribution of Car Talk would officially end on October 1, 2021, and that NPR would begin distribution of a twice-weekly podcast that will be 35–40 minutes in length and include early versions of every show, in sequential order. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk
Over the past century and more, Dewey Cheatham & Howe have represented many celebrities. Our strongest connection is, of course, with Groucho Marx. We owe him our eternal gratitude for frequently promoting our firm name. We feel the same about the boys at Car Talk, a program on National Public Radio (well, it was).
Here is a much cleaner version but still may need repairs.
Mentioned earlier in this thread, these had no top bracing... how is that not a potential problem?
www.ebay.com/itm/314302085380?
Gotta love that pickguard.
Yup, the deep cuts into the bridge to lower the action indicates neck rotation, but also says the top isn’t sinking. At a guess, the very high positioning of the f-holes means the arch of the top is stronger near the bridge - at a guess!
Having to do something internal for a repair without pulling the thing apart is easier on an oval hole - especially dealing with a moving neck, but it might not be necessary, just a bunch of crack fills and maybe finish touch up.
Another guess about lively bidding: some experts might think they’ve spotted the rare Shutt-built instruments, which would be collectible, although all of them are supposed to sound pretty good. The one-piece bridge is a clue that it’s certainly not a late Harmony.
I do like the shape….but.
Then there is this mandolin. It looks as thought it has a replacement neck but possibly the original fingerboard with no nut. The one tuner unit is very old and does not fit. I don't think this modification was completed and played.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/38533039786...33a6%7Ciid%3A1
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