Besides both being A's in the white I see no resemblance.
"MAS has been a part of my life and it's completely gone."
Oh really now, PJ? i'm saying' it ain't so, because it's plain to see your MAS has advanced into the name brand stage, and you've got a Stanley mutation. You're worse off than most because you can't recognize the symptoms and are in denial. A sick, sick mandolin consumer. The end stage is knowing you've got MAS, love it, and are unrepentant about it. Yes my friend, being hooked on a brand that may have the most tone for the buck is not immunity. There may still be time for your loved ones to stage an intervention. Yet, this thing may only come out with prayer and fasting, and perhaps selling your F model to me for a price so low the memory will always be a thorn in your side, or like a sharp stick in the eye.
All that aside, it's a beautiful piece in progress. Chris' tone, volume, and stain work is quite addictive. The F hole shape is my favorite, very much like #62. Do i see gold frets? To me, his A's look their best in dark binding, like yours. And the finger rest is elegant.
Overall, it's a very tasteful, and i'm looking forward to seeing and reading much, much more about it. Thanks for sharing this beauty with us.
dan
Last edited by dan in va; Oct-25-2012 at 10:31pm.
great!
f-d
ˇpapá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
Wow! I really like that burst!
Thanks for the compliments. I can't wait to see it in the flesh. Chris' finish work is awesome, there's not many builders that capture the depth he does, you gotta see them in hand to appreciate quality of his burst. As good as they are they take a backseat to the sound.
Hey P.J.
thanks for putting me in the loop and have been enjoying the heck out of #65 A style that Chris created for me on your advice and consul last autumn. The sound is true to a Stanley Mandolin in every way.... Whether banging bluegrass or picking quietly as a church mouse, the sound wipes the competition for the money.... At jams here in California where no Stanley's surface; my #65 makes many of the Collings $3,000- 5,000 range mando's out there sound like student models. Especially, up the neck, truly ethereal sounds for sultry folk ballads when I can get my honey to sing me one..... can't wait for it to really open up and breathe.
That's a nice looking mandolin.
PJ, any further impressions and pictures of your build?
Thanks!
Is this mandolin completed?
http://www.vintagemandolin.com/12stanley_a5_66.html
Just a really beautiful specimen!
So did PJ wind up not buying it?
Wow, I guess not. It's being sold as, "New." So, maybe it didn't survive some agreed-upon trial period? Then again, there was a time I had to cancel a custom job owing to money. I thanked the builder and willingly relinquished my deposit. So, who knows what happened? 'Cause that's the same mandolin as pjlama started. . .
f-d
ˇpapá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
I see that it's in the classifieds now, too.
http://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/67399
Pj has not Ben here in a while. Is he ok?
"your posts ... very VERY opinionated ...basing your opinion/recommendations ... pot calling ...kettle... black...sarcasm...comment ...unwarranted...unnecessary...."
Hopefully everything is okay with PJ. It seemed like he was looking forward to this mandolin. At least he sure seemed pretty excited with the other Stanley he had.
I've tried contacting him several times with no response.
Shaun Garrity
http://www.youtube.com/user/spgokc78
There's pretty good circumstantial evidence of his being alive and well on the web, but he hasn't checked in here for months.
As this thread has been resurrected, here are a few current photos of #66! It is a wonderful instrument that I acquired in October.
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