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Post by Trevor TAMCO on Jan 10, 2015 12:34:38 GMT
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Post by alig on Jan 10, 2015 13:13:27 GMT
Must've been tricky to glue 'em all together for the pics....
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Post by andrewjw on Jan 10, 2015 14:37:12 GMT
To my eye the headstocks all look unnecessarily ornate and out of proportion to the bodies...I'm sure they all sound marvellous though
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Post by ocarolan on Jan 10, 2015 15:00:41 GMT
Mandotastic - nice one Trevor! Some very expensive strap holders there though! Keith
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Post by Martin on Jan 10, 2015 18:24:46 GMT
Gorgeous! I'd love to try a Dudenbostel one day
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Post by Trevor TAMCO on Jan 11, 2015 10:59:07 GMT
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Post by mandovark on Jan 13, 2015 19:40:22 GMT
Trevor, you have the best job in the world
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Post by leoroberts on Jan 13, 2015 19:49:56 GMT
I agree that they're lovely ... but, like, they're all the same! Who came up with the original headstock shape and all the other stuff? Or are mando players such stick-in-the-muds that they can't envisage anything different?
You could swap the decals and I wouldn't know...
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Post by mandovark on Jan 14, 2015 9:15:44 GMT
Who came up with the original headstock shape and all the other stuff? Or are mando players such stick-in-the-muds that they can't envisage anything different? A lot of it comes from Lloyd Loar's designs when he was working for Gibson in the 1920s. Loar-era Gibsons have become the holy grail for bluegrass players and a lot of top American luthiers still tend to go for a similar look and sound.
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Post by leoroberts on Jan 14, 2015 10:21:00 GMT
A lot of it comes from Lloyd Loar's designs when he was working for Gibson in the 1920s. Loar-era Gibsons have become the holy grail for bluegrass players and a lot of top American luthiers still tend to go for a similar look and sound. 'similar' I can understand ... but total replication? It is, obviously, a real compliment to be copied so assiduosly but really ...
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Post by mandovark on Jan 14, 2015 10:30:28 GMT
Maybe the philosophy is just 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'
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