#THE FLATIRON MANDOLIN SERIAL NUMBER#

This is your chance to get the next collectible mandolin, that just happens to play and sound great! Comes with a nice hardshell caseĬlick the picture for a very large high resolution pic. Here, the first two digits are '93', for 1993 Bruce Weber.

#THE FLATIRON MANDOLIN SERIAL NUMBER#

And update 2 from a very, very helpful comment - Mike says: 'My understanding is that the first two digits of a Flatiron's serial number indicate the year made. This is a US made, hand built, high quality instrument. Update: See bottom of the post for a bit more extra information about this mandolin. Gibson has moved the Flatiron name to a line of cheap import mandolins. Just refretted and set up by my local luthier Jerry Ray. Fitted with an internal pickup and endpin jack. El edificio Flatiron, con sus 22 pisos y 87 metros, est considerado errneamente como el rascacielos de Manhattan ms antiguo an en pie, aunque lo. This was negotiated so that Gibson mandolins would be. Just a couple of years before this mandolin was made, Gibson merged with Flatiron in a 10-year buyout. Flatiron mandolins made in Bozeman were very popular and consistently good sounding. Shows some playing wear all over and the finish on the back of the neck has been removed to allow faster picking. This mandolin is from a great period of mandolins built in Bozeman, Montana at the Flatiron facility. This mandolin plays easy and has an excellent bluegrass chop - good tone and volume. It's tone bar braced like Gibson mandolins. The new Gibson factory, Gibson/Montana Division, was built in 1991 where Bruce continued working on mandolins and managing their production at the same time overseeing the machine shop where he did the tooling for the reissue of the Advanced Jumbo and J180 guitars. Midnight on the Water is an old Texas fiddle tune and Waltz written by Lou Thoms. Gibson Guitar bought Flatiron in 1987 and now Gibson mandolins were his playground. It has a carved solid spruce top, beautiful flamed maple back, sides and neck, elevated ebony fingerboard with extension, Fern style peghead inlay in colorful abalone, long neck, f-holes, and nickle Shaller tuners. I hope you like my version of this song played on my 1983 Flatiron mandolin. Flatiron mandolins were originally built on the same line by the same people who built Gibson mandolins. Gibson bought the Flatiron company in 1987. Flatiron mandolins were originally built on the same line by the same people who built Gibson mandolins. 96071609) Excellent condition, sunburst finish. 96071609) Excellent condition, sunburst finish. There was a Barcus Berry microphone installed at some point which is in working order. It plays well and has a nice open and clear sound.

They made 'pancake' mandolins, mandolas, and long-scale octave mandolins, which they called 'bouzoukis.' I have an early-'80's 3K koa-bodied OM, which has served me well for 30+ years. This The Flatiron mandolin is in decent condition.

1999 Flatiron Festival F Mandolin 1999 Flatiron Festival F Mandolin (Serial No. Flatiron started out making 'pancake' mandolins, designed like the old Gibson Army-Navy and Alrite models hence the name.

The flatiron mandolin