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Wow! If that sounds anything like it looks you’ve got a keeper!!

That is a beautiful mandolin. Congratulations. I hope you enjoy it for years to come.

I've tried a couple of the Apollo picks and liked them a lot, though I much preferred the casein to the PEEK. I made a short video on guitar, but my impression of them on mandolin was much the same....

Thanks for your kind words. I will follow this thread, but I'm not always much of a talker. I've been a member of MandolinCafe for about a decade, but I do a lot more reading than typing. I'd...

I noticed an add in the MCC a few weeks ago (Ad #162803; mandolin accessories section) and was attracted to the fact that they were made only about 100 miles from home and also on the company's web...

Hi everyone I am the newbie in your club!!

I am looking to buy a Quint Mandolin from Japan and I wonder if you have any clue on the artisan builder? I have been told buy the seller the...

https://youtu.be/eRj3bp2nrH8

I contracted with Takeshi Iwamoto in February 2020 to build a mandolin for me.
http://www.acousticworld.com/mandolin.html

I've been posting on the progress of the build process and you can check...

Hi. Nice to meet you. What part of Tokyo are you in? I’m over in Zempukuji.

Thanks for the tip. I had to look up Moon Stomp and found out it is just about 10 minutes from my house. I live in Suginami-ku too. I have heard of Iwamoto. One of the old guys here knows him. I...

Welcome!
Beautiful mandolin and a great story.
Once Covid restrictions are lifted, check out the bluegrass jam at Moon Stomp in Tokyo hosted by Takeshi Iwamoto, mandolin player and builder.
I just...

Hi guys. New user here just popping in to introduce myself and join the fun. I’m a player from rural TN, somewhere south of Nashville and north of Muscle Shoals, living in Tokyo for the last 15+...

Since the demise of Presto cases 18 months I have been trying to solve the mandolin case nightmare. If you are in the USA you have a lot more choice in cases, but here down under we only have crappy...

All finished and ready for shipping!

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I met Iwamoto-San last year and played in that jam. The bar is called Moon Stomp, in Koenji. He’s really nice and the whole crowd was incredibly welcoming. I saw one of his instruments in a store...

Sam Bush plays an Iwamoto electric mandolin too
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About a year ago I was in Washington for a ski-athon fundraiser at Crystal Mountain. I built in some extra time to hang out in Seattle and eat at Piroshky Piroshky and to go play instruments at Dusty...

I have a beautiful Cedar Creek case for my 1908 Gibson mandocello. I can't show pictures, but it is really nice, inside and out.

Sam Bush also pays an Iwamoto - Acoustic World - 4 string electric
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A vote for Sully Straps & Little satchel straps made in Australia by Steven Gilchrist's partner

I teach in a JAM Junior Appalachian Musician program and kids don't pay great attention to the small things, like screws in the tuner buttons on their mandolins. Does anyone know the screw size/spec...

I was visiting Tokyo this week and looked around for jams. There’s a really great one ln the first and third Friday of each month, in Koenji, at a place called Moon Stomp. Typical small Japanese bar,...

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I checked out the Iwamoto at Dusty Strings while I was in Seattle for a Foghorn String Band show. I tried it out the day of the show and couldn't get it out of my mind. Did a little research that...

I've owned about twenty electric mandos in my time – the one in my avatar, made in Japan by Acoustic World, is by far the best of 'em.