#electricmandolin

A special memory came up in my Facebook feed today: Spotted at @retrofret, Brooklyn, 7 years ago today. An original, made to order, 1951/2 #Bigsby electric #mandolin with original case. Almost as cool as the instrument is the original letter (visible in background) from the gentleman who ordered the instrument direct from #PaulBigsby! The letter reads: October 15, 1951. Mr. Paul Bigsby 8114 E. Phlox St. Downey, California Dear Mr. Bigsby: I have decided to purchase one of your 10 string mandolins. I would like for you to make mine just like the other 3 you have made with one exception. Make the tail piece in such a manner that I might use both the looped-end stings (such as Black Diamond and Gibson) and your kind of string. I prefer the mandolin with two (2) pick-ups. I have written to both A. Geddings (***spelling unclear***) of Long Beach California, and Paul Buskirk of Memphis tennessee (sic) and they are both WELL pleased with your instruments , and I am sure you will make one just as good for me. As per your letter of September 21, I am enclosing a deposit of $100 (*** it might say $200 rather than $100. The type is not clear***), with this letter and when completed, which I hope will be about the first of December, I will pay the balance, as I have just today gone to the bank and borrowed $300 for this purpose. Also in your letter of the 21st, you state that there will be an excise tax of $11.25, which I fully consent to pay. If I have a choice, I prefer a "blonde" mandolin, but that is not an important point and will take mine the way you make them. I would like for you to acknowledge receipt of the order and deposit as soon as possible and approximately when you think you will have completed the 10 string mandolin with the TWO pick-ups. Also if there is any choice concerning various parts of the instruments such as color, designs of (***type not visible***), dots, (***illegible***), etc. Thank you.......... Very truly yours, John J. M(***illegible***) JJM/jjm . . #electricmandolin #guitar #guitars #bigsbyguitar #electricguitar #vintageguitar #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarphotography (at Retrofret Vintage Guitars) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd8E-trOPM2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Estudando o frevo "Bahiambuco", música de @cacausantosgtr. Cordas @nigmusic N-308 para Guitarra Baiana em ação. Tensão leve, ótima para tocar passagens rápidas. #GuitarraBaiana #BandolimElétrico #ElectricMandolin #Mandolin #Frevo #InstrumentalMusic #MúsicaInstrumental https://www.instagram.com/p/B6MFiwKlsAt/?igshid=c17zeoeoz64f

Just arrived a c. 1939 Rickenbacker Hollow Body Electric Mandolin in its original black hard shell case!⠀ ⠀ #mandolinporn #mandolino #mandolin #mandolina #retrofret #brooklyn #vintageguitars #vintageguitar #retrofretvintageguitars #gowanus #mandolin #vintagemandolin #rickenbackersofinstagram #electricmandolin #retrofretvintageguitars #gowanus #horseshoepickup #madeinlosangeles (at Retrofret Vintage Guitars)

I haven't done a #MandocasterMonday in a while! 😂 . Here is a unicorn of a #Fender #Mandocaster from 1964, in very rare candy apple red custom color (and though not pictured, it has its original case as well, @gavinhornsey!) from a private local collection. Pictured in front of Fenders tiniest of narrow panel tweed amp, a late 50s Champ. . #fendermandocaster #mandolin #electricmandolin #vintagemandolin #vintageguitar #vintagefender #fenderguitars #guitar #guitars #vintageamps #fenderamps #tweedamp #guitarphotography (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWBM8Hur1oE/?utm_medium=tumblr

Spotted this insane little #Fender Mandocaster (IN CUSTOM COLOR Candy Apple Red!!) on my guitar safari a couple of weeks ago so I figured I'd do a LONG overdue #mandomonday! 😀 . I have only seen 2 or 3 other vintage #Fender Mandocasters in my whole life and they have all been sunburst. That's why when I spotted this candy apple (with mint guard no less!) early 60s model in the corner of the showroom I went berserk and had to play it right away. Then, to my chagrin, I learned than mandolins are not tuned the same as guitars and what I played was complete gibberish. 😂 Anyhoo: still the coolest Mando I have ever seen! . . #fendermandocaster #mandolin #electricmandolin #fendermandolin #vintagefender #guitar #guitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #vintageguitars #electricguitar #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CS7LpPYALZh/?utm_medium=tumblr

I haven’t done a #WeirdassWednesday in a while, so here are two very weird and cool little #Hammertone #Octave12 models by #FBass spotted at @capsulemusic #Toronto. These instruments are like #mandolins, but tuned E to E like a 12 string #guitar (one octave higher) and as the #CapsuleMusic website describes it, they produce a “wonderful, shimmering chime”. With those single coil pickups I can imagine a sound like a #Fender #ElectricXII with a capo at the 12th fret! The name Hammertone is a nod to the city in which they are built - #Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, affectionately known as “#TheHammer” to residents and neighbouring well-wishers. 😀. Ash body and Indian rosewood fretboard. #mandolin #electricmandolin #furlanetto #furlanettobass #georgefurlanetto #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #tone #guitarsofinstagram #12stringguitar #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #guitarphotography (at Capsule Music) https://www.instagram.com/p/By46_J7hllG/?igshid=6wzryr4g5j6a

And now for something COMPLETELY different! Spotted at @retrofret #Brooklyn on Memorial Day weekend 4 years ago, an impossibly cool original 1951/2 #PaulBigsby 10 string electric #mandolin with original case and correspondence between the purchaser and Bigsby, dated October 1951. Zoom in...you can actually read the letter! Fascinating to read what people did in the days before Internets to get gear recommendations! 😆 #throwback #retrofretvintageguitars #nyc #newyork #electricmandolin #bigsbymandolin #bigsbyguitar #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitar #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #guitarphotography (at Retrofret Vintage Guitars) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx5IIpIB0lS/?igshid=8yuaebkpmgr0

Play with your soul! Ao vivo no @ccbnbfortaleza, 21/07/2018 Foto: @rasgaproducoes #GuitarraBaiana #ElectricMandolin #Mandolin #Show #Concert #Stage #Live (em Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoXKSlknuoX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uf981gl1betz