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Fintan McEnroe MC18 F-Style Mandolin Sunburst, 2023

On January 21, 2024 /

Here we have the brand-new Fintan McEnroe MC18 F-style mandolin from Fintan McEnroe, working in Toronto but originally from Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland. The ‘18’ in the name refers to the mandolin serial number and production sequence. This fine instrument was very recently finished, in August of 2023.

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Wildwood Troubador Maple Natural Openback Banjo, 2007

On January 9, 2024 /

Built during 2007 in Bend, Oregon, this Wildwood Troubador Natural Maple banjo sports a Tubaphone tone ring and is in great condition. The construction is Maple with an Ebony fingerboard, with rope-style decorative strips along the neck and around the rim. Wildwood Banjos were built by Mark Platen from 1973 until his retirement in 2018.

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Capek F5 Professional Mandolin Sunburst, 2003

On January 5, 2024 /

Here we’re looking at a Capek F5 Professional mandolin built by Rost’a Capek during July of 2003 in Prague, Czech Republic. Capek offers several versions of the F5 style; the Basic is relatively simple, while the Professional uses highly figured woods and more elaborate inlays.

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PRS Swamp Ash Special Trans Red, 2002

On December 13, 2023 /

Built from 1996 to 2009, the PRS Swamp Ash Special featured a solid Swamp Ash body with the trademark PRS contouring, a 22-fret bolt on neck and a center single coil pickup. Based on a built up, carved top block of Swamp Ash paired with a bolt on Maple neck, the PRS Swamp Ash Special is a straightforward model. A pair of humbuckers bracket a Seymour Duncan Vintage Rail single coil format pickup, with a pickup selector, master volume and push/pull master tone control providing coil tap options

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Larrivee J-25 12 String Jumbo Natural, 1990

On October 31, 2023 /

The Larrivee J-25 follows the successful Jumbo 12-string design, used to great success by Guild and based on the Gibson super jumbo body originating in the late 1930s. This example of Larrivee J-25 production dates to January 29, 1990 and was built in Victoria, British Columbia. The model number identifies it as a J body – Jumbo – in 25 trim, with Sitka Spruce top and Indian Rosewood back and sides

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Ramsey Woody Oak Tree 5-String Banjo 2001

On October 16, 2023 /

The Mike Ramsey Woody Oak Tree 5-string is an open back traditional style banjo with frailing scoop, wooden tone ring and rim and an Oak Tree themed engraved inlay set. Mike Ramsey began building banjos in 1986, and in 1990 shifted to full time banjo production in Lebanon, Ohio. In 1994 he moved to a new shop in Appomattox, Virginia, and again in 2005 to Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Fintan McEnroe MC18 F-Style Mandolin Sunburst, 2023

Wildwood Troubador Maple Natural Openback Banjo, 2007

Capek F5 Professional Mandolin Sunburst, 2003

PRS Swamp Ash Special Trans Red, 2002

Larrivee J-25 12 String Jumbo Natural, 1990

Ramsey Woody Oak Tree 5-String Banjo 2001

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