I had Weber Vintage F Oval that was X-braced.  Everyone told me how
purty is was, but I could never get comfortable with it.  I did not
occur to me that the bracing might have been it.  Caveat:  I realize a
Weber and a Gilchrist have very little in common...

On Jun 10, 11:33 am, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote:
> One of my favorite mandos is the Gil that David Long has. It is built
> of red spruce and sugar maple with X-bracing. Steve Gilchrist usually
> save the red spruce for his tone bar mandos, but this one was an
> experiment. I hear in it that hard-edged red spruce side but with the
> percussiveness of the X braces. It really doesn't sound like any of
> the other Gil F5's. If David could just keep the curls glued on
> it...Ha!
>
> Of course, I recall having the same affliction earlier in the year.
>
> Bugs
>
> On Jun 10, 10:07 am, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Jonas,
> > No sir, I had to put it up on blocks for a while to secure a loan.
> > Apparently it's good for more than making music. <G>
> > Po'tater
>
> > On Jun 9, 8:41 am, Jonas Mattebo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Was is stolen or what?
>
> > > /Jonas
>
> > > 2010/6/9 Petimar <[email protected]>
>
> > > > Congrats on getting the F4 back, its an awesome instrument!
>
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