I was shopping for my first pro-grade mandolin in the 1970s when I saw a magazine article about Wayne. At the time, he was building a dead-nuts Loar copy that even had "The Gibson" in the headstock. He stated in the article that he was getting $750 for them. Around the same time MandolinBros was marketing a Monteleone F5 copy for a little over a grand. Roger Siminoff had just instigated Gibson's F5L. I was on the west coast and ended up with a Givens, mostly because it was physically available for me to play before purchase. Don't I wish now I had got them all...?
too many strings
I'm all for enjoying musical instruments. But it's worth noting that $750 invested in the S&P in 1970 and not touched would be worth $143,250 today. Just sayin'...
Calculator, HERE.
Funny that this old thread was revived and a Henderson F5 shows up for sale a few days later.
https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/197...mG61b_o#197473
NFI on my part but I am in Statesville if someone wants me to check it out for them!
Drew
2020 Northfield 4th Gen F5
2022 Northfield NFS-F5E
2019 Northfield Flat Top Octave
2021 Gold Tone Mando Cello
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