This is particularly disturbing.
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This is particularly disturbing.
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Mitch Lawyer
Collings MF5V, Schwab #101 5 string
1918 Gibson A, 1937 Gibson T-50 tenor guitar
Jones OM, Hums bowlback
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
the headstock looks like george jetson. move over mickey mouse.
This came up here on the cafe, before, some time ago. The tuners are very disturbing. My favorite is "Not a screw anywhere" except for three screws holding the pick guard securly to the sound board
"Because of you I close my eyes each time I yodel"
This is deja vu all over again for the third time (at least). Somebody buy this gem and get it off the market. You'll be saving some poor lost soul that might mistake it for an original Orville mandolin.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Hey. come on now. It was made by HEIMER!!! Ever hear of him? Well, I didn't think so. I did some research on him.
Let's give the man his props.Originally Posted by
"I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is."~John Mellencamp
"Theory only seems like rocket science when you don't know it. Once you understand it, it's more like plumbing!"~John McGann
"IT'S T-R-E-M-O-L-O, dangit!!"~Me
Weisen Heimer!
My side hurts!
I Pick, Therefore I Grin! ... "Good Music Any OLD-TIME"
1922 Gibson F2
2006 Gibson F5 Goldrush
2015 Martin HD28-V
2017 Gibson J45
This could be described as a "puffy" mandolin - you know, like "puffy" kid's stickers or inflatable plastic beach pool animals or marshmallow peeps...
Don't be a weisenheimer, phil!
"I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is."~John Mellencamp
"Theory only seems like rocket science when you don't know it. Once you understand it, it's more like plumbing!"~John McGann
"IT'S T-R-E-M-O-L-O, dangit!!"~Me
jbmando....you need to up your medication. Brilliant.
It looks like Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree. All it needs is a little love.
A couple of mandolins
A couple guitars
An Upright Bass
Some banjos
Wax Paper over a comb
A Loar era Didjeridoo
"I Never Wanted To Be A Barber. I Always Wanted To Be A Lumberjack !"
so...you don't think it is a good deal???
Greg in AZ
Gee...I wish I didn't have such fat fingers!
That top looks to be 1/2" thick at the outer edges of the f-holes. I bet it's got "a tone all its own".
Jason
"Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway."
Newell A5 #37, Glenn F5 #66, Eastman 615 #537,
It has those exotic "tone dowels", made from 1/2" hickory, all the way through the body. Kind of like a Virzi, only not an exact copy.
There are some things we need to let die, certain monstrosities and travesties that should be collected and destroyed in a bonfire by a government task force: the AMC Pacer, Michael Bay movies, powdered milk, pugs, etc. This screwless creation would make great kindling.
Yeah. Good luck breaking it though, I'd probably hurt myself trying to break that thing. On the bright side, if this were yours and someone tried to mug you for your instrument (unlikely on both counts in this case, I know), you could just use it as a club and beat them with it, and then get right back to playing.
Jason
"Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway."
Newell A5 #37, Glenn F5 #66, Eastman 615 #537,
Note however the tuners are worth $50-75, so there is some value there.
Charles
But you could cruise the main drag in a Pacer and play the mando instead of the CD player...babe magnet fer sure!
Dena
Charles,
Ship it!
JB and Phil, I watched Ghostbusters with my kids this weekend and your two comments made me think this was the Stay Puft Mandolin Man... "I just thought of it by accident. Sorry guys."
Jamie
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. Logan Pearsall Smith, 1865 - 1946
+ Give Blood, Save a Life +
I dunno... slap a pickup on it and hand it to Dawg and everyone will want one.
Jim
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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
New thread--" $199.95 to spend on a mandolin. What should I get?"
Scott
Some other wonderful features:
A. #The case, which is evidently half again as long as the mandolin. #Room for your lunch, four gross of Wegen picks, or a copy of Simonoff's book on how to really build a mandolin.
B. # The nifty "anti-snakehead" headstock/tuner layout, which has the strings stretching around the adjacent tuner posts. #Shouldn't affect the tuning, no sir.
C. # The fact that the seller had the nerve to list "Gibson" as the manufacturer, even though he qualified it with "repro." #Shows such contempt for the estimable Mr. Heimer.
You have no idea how tempted I am to go for this sucker. #It would be the ultimate conversation piece (of s--t) at any jam I attended. #Considering I can about fill up my Honda three times for $200, there must be at least that much laugh value in this gargoyle.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
Sometimes you come across "articles" that belong in the world famous "Rippley's Believe It or Not" museum. This might be one of those "articles" to put on display beside a real F5 next to a true "copy".
OMG LOL Thats EXACTLY what i've been looking for. Not in a mandolin though.
Looks like the cover on my sump pump.
A couple of mandolins
A couple guitars
An Upright Bass
Some banjos
Wax Paper over a comb
A Loar era Didjeridoo
"I Never Wanted To Be A Barber. I Always Wanted To Be A Lumberjack !"
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