Per the classifieds, the current rate is $500: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/121167#121167
Per the classifieds, the current rate is $500: https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/121167#121167
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
Don't get the bridge and tailpiece modifications when it remains with the ebony nut!
I did change to bone nut on my 1N. Prefer the simpler cloud and fixed bridge; however.
f-d
¡papá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
This is very interesting, and very, very tempting....
https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/126533#126533
Mary is killin' me! I want the Koa!
f-d
¡papá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
Indeed. At least I am not at all tempted by the two Fender mandolins on offer from Montana Lutherie. But that hardly makes up for the temptation of those pancakes (though, also not a fan of the pancake with pickguard look, so that one is safe).
Has she been selling these things all along? Were old pancakes ever for sale from the Weber website?
¡papá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
Congratulations, F-D on your new addition. 1N+1N=2N, yes? And I sincerely I hope it was a compulsive purchase.
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
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
F-D w/o a Pancake is just wrong on many levels. Glad to see this thread still up and moving!
Yes! I compulsively read this venerable thread.
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
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
So, I'm now officially in. Just picked up an '83 1N from Willie's American Guitars in St. Paul, MN. Guess it doesn't help to have a great shop between work and home.<G> Somewhat of an impulse purchase. Didn't need another mandolin. But after picking it up and starting in on Sakkijarven Polkka my wife knew it was only a matter of when, not if, I was buying it. She loves the volume and tone. And a nice contrast to my vintage Gibson A's.
A side note - the label on this one states it's by Backporch Productions. Noticed a few pages earlier that a slightly later '83 1N doesn't have that on the label. So we can see where the transition period is.
Came with the chipboard case. But will probably use an Eastman gigbag most of the time. Of course, it'll mainly sit out on a stand at home. The neck shape just seems to be calling to me to play it.
Brentrup Model 23, Boeh A5 #37, Gibson A Jr., Flatiron 1N, Coombe Classical flattop, Strad-O-Lin
https://www.facebook.com/LauluAika/
https://www.lauluaika.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Longtine-Am...14404553312723
You guys are making me wish I didn't sell mine.
aka: Spencer
Silverangel Econo A #429
Soliver #001 Hand Crafted Pancake
Soliver Hand Crafted Mandolins and Mandolin Armrests
Armrests Here -- Mandolins Here
"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage
to lose sight of the shore, ...and also a boat with no holes in it.” -anonymous
Don't get too hung up on it. You ended up moving it to get a better instrument. Nothing wrong with that. It's not like these are really rare and expensive. That's part of the fun. Like the Strad-O-Lin. Funky and different and something that can go to the beach, a jam, or even a gig.
Plus, I just got mine yesterday, so have to talk it up. Still in the honeymoon phase.
Brentrup Model 23, Boeh A5 #37, Gibson A Jr., Flatiron 1N, Coombe Classical flattop, Strad-O-Lin
https://www.facebook.com/LauluAika/
https://www.lauluaika.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Longtine-Am...14404553312723
Wow! I didn't know these things had such a following, much less risen in value like that.
I bought my Flatiron 2MC from GC back in '96? for $275 ish. Looks like its a post-Gibson, pre-Nashville version.... stamped with 'the Flatiron' on the headstock, and sticker says made in Belgrade, MT. But the tailpiece cover is all Gibson (except not engraved). Started playing mando, then marriage/house/life happened and I didn't come back to playing until I found my Flatiron sitting forlornly in the corner about three years ago. It is a great little screamer - but it may be screaming from the D'Addario strings. I'll have to try the GHS A250s instead.
After reading this thread, treated it to a sturdier TKL case instead of the original chipboard. :D
K'hat
One of those 1 Ns was the first flat top mandolin I played. Should have bought it for $500. Makes the second tier of should have bought it regrets.
Silverangel A
Arches F style kit
1913 Gibson A-1
I also read this thread on a regular basis. My 1983 2MB continues to be the mandolin that is always within reach, travels around the country, and in different areas of the world. It has busked in New Orleans, Budapest, Vienna, Galway, Aruba, Jamaica, Boulder, etc..
Play em like you know em!
¡papá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
aka: Spencer
Silverangel Econo A #429
Soliver #001 Hand Crafted Pancake
Soliver Hand Crafted Mandolins and Mandolin Armrests
Armrests Here -- Mandolins Here
"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage
to lose sight of the shore, ...and also a boat with no holes in it.” -anonymous
Here's a little more info on the subject of Flatiron Mandolins startup and early days.
https://zetaviolins.com/steve-carlson
Best,
Steve Carlson
Thanks for that link Steve.
I met Chuck M. in Boulder a few years ago when he was working on a presentation on early luthiery in the Boulder area. He told me the Flatiron story but this article really fills in the blanks.
Also wanted to mention that the first time I saw Tim and Mollie O'Brien play the Boulder Theater in support of their first album Tim was playing a Flatiron pancake octave. Surely led to the creation of the Nugget octave which led to me and many more building them
Thanks, Steve. I bought one of your very first A5-2s from Mandolin Brothers in 1983. I still have it and play it quite often. I contacted you via telephone (pre-cell and pre-email) soon after that to see if you would build me a carved mandola, but it would have taken another year and a half and I needed to get a good instrument—there were fewer of thse than even decent mandolins in those days.
BTW I love this souped-up early Morrison Flatiron. Love that soundhole.
Jim
My Stream on Soundcloud
19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
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
Spencer - I plan on coming back to Marietta Square for more jams.... but this time with a strap and a chair!
Playing my Flatiron with no strap - and on one leg - makes for a great story, but not great music
First time with using pictures w/Cafe, trying again....
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