*That's* a smart-ass remark? Surely you jest...
Tater
On Feb 7, 10:27 pm, Don Grieser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Glad you got it back and it's fixed. My apologies for the smart ass remark.
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM, mistertaterbug <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
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