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Been on with a pair of Parlour Kings' recently - the one relevant to this part of the forum is the guitar on the left. Its a torrefied sitka and mahogany 8 string Parlour King octave mandolin. 22"...

Here’s my 2018 Violin Style A and a song called “Someday.” I find this instrument as much a pleasure to look at as it is to play. Unfortunately, this recording doesn’t do the mandolin the justice it...

Well I didn't do the tune or the mandolin justice but here's a Norman Blake tune for you on Pomeroy #264. Glad to hear from other Pomeroy owners!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75R4vKdObRA
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This is the third instrument for Jim, who plays in Australian band "Midnight Oil." Its a Session King, guitar bodied octave mandlin with mahogany back and sides, and a torrefied sitka soundboard.
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Taking a swing at this finger-twisting Jethro tune. I was inspired to learn it after hearing the Jordan Ramsey and the Carlo Aanzo versions on youtube.


https://youtu.be/2ADkdLW6n1o

I think this guy's scroll and overall aesthetics are some of the best.

Wrapping up the finish details, but it is close enough to show off a little. Macassar ebony, Ted Davis red spruce, one piece 20 year old Michigan maple back, hollow scroll bound in curly maple....
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Well it's been a while since I've built an instrument. Still has a bit of finessing to go, the finish could be rubbed out, the bone work refined, a replacement E (on order from Aquila) but it plays...

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Not really a picture of Christmas cheer.

But, sometimes it is better to start anew and not try to "fix it." A key part of build progress, I've learned, is to know that point and not...

Great story - and it looks like you were really have fun with it too which is what it's all about!

I have the other side of the problem.
I can't let them go unless they are ripped out of my hands covered in claw marks. Even the not so good ones that might have some nebulous sentimental value. So...

Mark, I believe the former owner has a few Nuggets and some other pretty high end mandolins.

. . . and the Tim O'Brian mandolin too!

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Can you let us know what the owner bought instead with the money he got. Another Girouard mandolin perhaps?

Thanks for sharing that. That's a wonderful story.

Jamie

The one that got away from me was a no frills Breedlove Premier OF (2014). For a long time the best and loudest mandolin I had owned. Sold it to make room for a new build that turned out to be a real...

Wonderful story - so glad that all worked out! Your original post about wishing you'd never let it go had gotten me started wondering about instruments I wish I'd hung on to. What a rare thing to...

Great story and I think the one you sold it to and bought it back from deserves a round of applause. Just confirms my opinion that mandolin players are special people.

Thank you for sharing this story. It is so nice to hear good news when our media bombards us with bad news.

Great story! Thanks for posting.

So I'm not the only one that's sold an instrument only to regret it later. :)

Thanks for posting a great story. Pix are excellent.

Glad you found it Mark. It looks like a real beauty.

Wow what a story. And thank you, Mark for sharing it in such a nice way. The icing on the cake for me are the pictures.

I wonder if other instruments have made it "home" to their earlier owners?...

Great story about musical priorities and the mandolin community, and it's icing on the cake the mandolin found its way back.

I feel kind of the same way about a mandolin I sold a few years ago,...

Thanks for the kind words, I always get myself in trouble messing with new shapes for sound ports. It takes a lot of time to figure out something which is actually original in appearance and still...