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1972 Nugget F5 Mandolin |
Label signed by Mike Kemnitzer, identifies the instrument as a copy of a Gibson F5 |
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1975 Nugget A5 Mandolin |
Made by Mike Kemnitzer For Tim O'Brien in 1975, in return for helping him move, a fist full of ones, and a ham at Christmas.
Tim says... |
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Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Thanks to Thomas Hampton for sending me along these photos of the third Nugget ever made. I'm assurred that it's a great sounding instrument... |
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Nugget F Mandolin |
Peghead reads "The Gibson", fern inlay |
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Nugget Two Point Mandolin |
2-point, orange sunburst. Re-topped by Nugget, varnish finish |
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Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
New top 2000 by Mike |
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1980 Nugget A Mandolin |
This is an A Standard that has been used on stage since 1980, but very well kept. It is set up with a Lloyd Baggs transducer installed in th... |
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Nugget F5 Mandolin |
Sandy Munro's nugget |
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Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
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Nugget A5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Harp/wire/fern inlay |
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Nugget A5 Deluxe Mandolin |
harp/fern/wire inlay, orange finish |
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Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Torch & wire peghead |
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1984 Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
F5 deluxe The Nugget logo with fern inlay |
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1984 Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Formerly owned by Tim O'Brien
Description from Mike Kemnitzer (Nugget) on mandolin cafe Dec 2012:
My immediate thought upon rece... |
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1984 Nugget A5 Mandolin |
Worn finish on back, some pick scratches on the top, repaired & cleated cracks above treble and below bass f-hole, possibly some overspray. ... |
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1985 Nugget A Mandolin |
flat fingerboard, silver hardware, beautiful maple sides and back and a red spruce top. |
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1985 Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Back & sides made from maple cut in 1905, stored 80 years prior to building. Torch & wire peghead inlay |
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1985 Nugget A Mandolin |
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1986 Nugget A5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Cremona finish, harp & wire inlay on peghead, curly maple pickguard |
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1986 Nugget A Mandolin |
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Nugget Two Point Deluxe Mandolin |
2-point deluxe |
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Nugget F Mandolin |
This excellent sounding F-5 was sent to me in September of 1998. There have been just a few black top Nuggets, including Tim O'Brien's well ... |
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Nugget A5 Deluxe Mandolin |
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Nugget A5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Vine Inlay, top replaced by Mike Kemnitzer |
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Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
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1991 Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
2007/2008 touch-up and restoration work by Mike Kemnitzer |
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Nugget Two Point Deluxe Mandolin |
This Two Point has an Englemann Spruce top and a beautiful one piece back. It was originally a varnish gloss finish. Nugget cleaned up some ... |
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Nugget F5 Mandolin |
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1992 Nugget A5 Deluxe Mandolin |
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1993 Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Scott Tichenor |
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1993 Nugget A5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Cremona finish, "nugget" on peghead with stylized pearl & wire inlay |
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Nugget F5 Mandolin |
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1994 Nugget F5 Mandolin |
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1996 Nugget A5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Bat inlay, phases of moon on fingerboard |
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1996 Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
This Deluxe F-5 (#192) was delivered in 1996, and is a very nice playing, powerful, sweet-toned instrument. The owner played it a lot, and i... |
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1996 Nugget F5 Mandolin |
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Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
The fingerboard is arched, and you can see that it has a beautiful cantilevered maple finger rest. It has just the smallest about of playing... |
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Nugget Two Point Deluxe Mandolin |
Formerly owned by Don Grieser |
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Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
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Nugget A5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Fern peghead |
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Nugget A5 Deluxe Mandolin |
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1999 Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
"The Romando". Deluxe model, medium frets, torch headstock inlay, Roman numeral position markers, laquer finish, ebony finger rest. |
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1999 Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
F-style deluxe;completed in 1999,red spruce top; custom no fretmarkers and the Fern-inlaid "haircut"headstock usually seen on A-style Nugget... |
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Nugget A Mandolin |
Orange sunburst, haircut peghead |
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Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Black face finish |
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2001 Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Scott Tichenor's F5. Clear plastic (lexan?) pickguard |
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Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
single piece back |
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2001 Nugget F5 Deluxe Mandolin |
Blonde top, single piece back |
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Nugget Two Point Mandolin |
2-point standard. Birch back & sides |
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Nugget F5 Mandolin |
Nugget 244, lovely satin finish standard F5 model.
Thanks to Tom for the photos |
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