Kimble A5

[Michael Cameron]

Hard to believe,maybe;but,Will used to be very open to trying...stuff.

This is #12, VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING .

[Michael Cameron]

No more Kimble-pickers willing to share pics ! ?

[djweiss]

Here's mine, #122. Englemann spruce.

[Michael Cameron]

dj,#122 is a beauty. Looks like a Dudenbostel strap pin ? I got a couple from the Dude back when he made a batch of them.

[djweiss]

Thanks, Michael...I sure like this mandolin a lot...not sure about the strap pin...came that way from Will.

-DJW

[Gary S]

I hope this works. Kimble style J #53 april 04

Gary

[Michael Cameron]

Mighty fine,Gary! Nice J-style.
Thanks for the pic.

c

[Bert Deivert]

I bought Oggy's Pomeroy F-5 mandolin. AFTER reading this, I may have to sell some stuff to buy a KIMBLE!

Cheers
BERT

[Michael Cameron]

Bert,MAS is something you can never completely get rid of. It may go into remission for a while...you will have relapses.

[Jeff Chu]

14 Strings, why is it only yours "for now" were you trying to sell the beautiful oval A?

[sgarrity]

14 Strings, why is it only yours "for now" were you trying to sell the beautiful oval A?

Yes he was and I'm the lucky picker that snagged it. I've played several of Will's ovals and liked every one of them. I've wanted this mandolin since I first saw a pic of it. I was on a self-imposed buying moratorium but the nice thing about self-imposed rules is they are easily broken! LOL

I think it's fitting that my 2000th post is about a new mandolin acquisition.
MAS.....it's a wonderful thing!

[Oggy]

Congratulations Shaun! That one surely looks nice, really nice. And I bet it sounds awesome too...

[Michael Cameron]

The EXPs on Vincent are about 3 days old. I've been spankin them with a size 60, X-tra Large Blue Chip.

Kentucky's blue son
fire bound in the wooden tone
Hear Uncle Pen call

This is the place to woof about our favorite Kimble A5,right? I might even take the liberty to woof about Will too...

Yep.

[pjlama]

This is exactly why I've been avoiding the cafe. Well, maybe one day but for now you guys are giving me Kimblitis.

[Lee]

I see there's a Kimble F in the Classifieds. Would that be a Kimblectomy?

[DryBones]

how about some sound clips?

[Gary Hedrick]

I think the Kimble in the classifieds is the same one that was on Ebay.

Does anyone know if the Cotton F5 did sell or was it claimed back by the owner?

[Klaus Wutscher]

Wil is a great guy and builds terific instrumwnts. I used to own an early A-5 blacktop (# 15 ?) and later Wil sold me his personal instrument, again a blacktop A-5, # 59, which I still play. Great axe for all kinds of music.

I´ll try to upload photos later, but I´m digitally challenged......

[Chris Biorkman]

Does anybody have any pictures of his recent F models?

[LVH]

I hope this works. Kimble style J #53 april 04

Gary

Gary,
Seeing pictures of your kimble just makes me want to play it again! the show at the green bean was fun and We gotta jam soon. pleasure changing strings for you!

[Michael Cameron]

Wil is a great guy and builds terific instrumwnts. I used to own an early A-5 blacktop (# 15 ?) and later Wil sold me his personal instrument, again a blacktop A-5, # 59, which I still play. Great axe for all kinds of music.

I´ll try to upload photos later, but I´m digitally challenged......

Klaus,it may be rather obvious that I have a true weakness for blacktop mandolins,especially Kimbles,since,I,(ahem) have the very first blacktop Kimble in #12(Vincent).

woof

Will wasn't too thrilled about black mandolins,at first. Well,that was a good while ago;my "sometimers" disease may be at work here.

Anyroad,hope you can get some pics into "photobucket" or somewhere;upload them there. Then it should be fairly easy to place them here at the Cafe.

Is Kimble #15 in Austria?

Looking forward to seeing(hearing) #59 ! Oh,yeah.
PLEASE?

[Michael Cameron]

I see there's a Kimble F in the Classifieds. Would that be a Kimblectomy?

Not just a Kimble F-style;it has birdseye maple back&sides! It's BLONDE.

GREAT time to NOT be mandolin-poor. waaah,poor,poor,pitiful me.

Oh,wow is me.

[Klaus Wutscher]

Is Kimble #15 in Austria?


My old Kimble lives in france now, and is taken well care of by Christian Seguret, a great player.

Still working on that photo thing....

[Klaus Wutscher]

This should be pics of Kimble # 15

[Klaus Wutscher]

Hey, I can do that photo thing too ,after only 5 or 6 years hanging around here...


This is the only pic I have of my current mando, # 59..... the neck is beefy (which I like) and the extension is scooped.

That was my band at the time, Heartland. Nice band, but it didn´t last because.... well, you all know how that story goes!

I´ll try to put up a clip later...