Steve, You never mentioned you were interested in the oval hole mandos. I loooooove my F4 Gil. Of course, Robert Dragone says that it's an "abomination", but lovingly. You know, I've found that the F4 really seems to fill up the airspace with tone more than my F5. Plus, I experienced first hand(at the Symposium) how much better the oval holes blend with other mandolins in a group, IMHO of course. The main thing I have to think about when playing oval hole mandos is that they don't seem to be as quick off the mark as the f-hole mandos. Seems like the notes have to have time to "ripen".
As for old Gibsons, the one instrument I miss the most is the late 20's Gibson A Jr I owned. Of course I hot-rodded it a little with a set of ebony button Waverly tuners and a Randy Wood bridge and an old F2 tailpiece, but that mandolin was really, really good. I get to see it every now and then. But then, Cousin Don Grieser's got a Model 1 Gil that would give it a run. The A Jr was a fluke, though I ain't heard too many snakeheads that aren't pretty good. When am I gonna get to hear it? Tater On Feb 28, 11:26 am, [email protected] wrote: > Thanks Mike, I appreciate it. Yeah, I can barely take care of myself so I try > to limit my responsibilities. Since my son was born I gave up shaving and > eating fruit to balance things out. Adding an older Gibson seemed like it > might pitch things out of my favor again. Still really liking your "Reelfoot > Reel/Cotton Picking Time". Some fine playing on there. -------------- > Original message from Mike Romkey <[email protected]>: -------------- > > > > > Oval As rule! Congrats. Beautiful instrument. I got the bug for an > > oval awhile back and bought a '21 Gibson A to complement my Collings > > MT2. Old mandolins are cool, but as you say, they have issues. A new > > mandolin gets you out of dealing with all of that. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
