Don't call me Shirley.

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:24 AM, mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> *That's* a smart-ass remark? Surely you jest...
> Tater
>
> On Feb 7, 10:27 pm, Don Grieser <adobeinthepi...@gmail.com> 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 <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> 
>> 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 <adobeinthepi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Glad I got a one piece back. <g>
>>
>> >> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:35 PM, mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> 
>> >> 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 <saltydogli...@gmail.com> 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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