Yessir. I was thinking what a mess I'd be in if I had a one piece back AND a crack. Tater
On Feb 6, 10:42 pm, Don Grieser <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
