Glad I got a one piece back. <g> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:35 PM, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > > I got the Gil back today after a week's worth of it being absent from > Fremont Ave. After I finally got the Woodbutcher out of the park(many > thanks to Paul Duff) and told him what was going on, his first comment > was "Congratulations, I see you've got one of my famous self- > destructing mandolins. Don't send it back to me!" He did say to take > it to Hugh at Gruhn's and that he could take care of it. I reckon they > must have put the mandolin in a bag with something moist and hung it > up for a couple days to swell the crack shut. So today, Hugh told me > that it took three tries before the glue would hold and that they were > starting to consider using cleats on the seam. Egad. It does sound a > little sleepy, but I think it will come around in a bit. Still plenty > there. I will say though, I'm getting used to the way this F4 sounds > and liking it a lot too. I think I'm gonna keep it near the 'dola > where I can get at > it easier. A closed case is a powerful deterrent. > > I got to play a Gil H5 while I was there. It's a big rascal at 17.5" > scale length. That didn't seem to matter so much though. Somewhere > along the way someone had tried to radius the fingerboard without > taking out the frets. There is also a very nice D'Angelico two-point > oval hole mandolin there, complete with lamp finial on the headstock > tip. I don't think I've ever seen a D'Angelico mandolin, but this one > is very good sounding and would be well worth owning. It does not > sound like a Gibson or anything else I've heard. The sound is hard for > me to describe, but I will say that it is silky and smooth sounding > with plenty of mids and meaty treble. If I had the extra cash I think > I'd own that thing for a while because it has definitely got a > different voice than anything else I've heard. > > tater > > On Jan 27, 11:55 am, Mando Chef <[email protected]> wrote: >> guess I should go make some haggis as the burns dinner approaches! >> thanks for the reminder! >> Anyone want some? >> Adam > > >
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