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Congrats on your retirement Don! I believe the 'kits' page for your website is inactive so may be time to resurrect it?

Welcome back Don, it's good to see you again.

I had a great time and have already been enjoying my new mandolin!

Hey, that second guy on the left looks familiar!

Sterling - I've been to several of Don's camps and enjoyed every one - my first had about twenty people attending and Don was running around like a crazy guy trying to make sure everyone went home...

164177164178I went to Don’s workshop and would highly recommend it. I had zero carpentry skills but with Don’s help came home with a really great sounding mandolin. I learned enough to start...

Don't I wish! I have his OM kit, and the attention to detail is everything one could want.

If you've followed these and other discussion forums related to mando building workshops over the years you know that Don Kawalek's classes have gotten rave reviews. If you're interested but have...

Two participants! You guys will have a great time and with Don's attention between two of you, you should finish up with something special. At the first camp I did with Don back in 2003 I think we...

Hi All,

Long time lurker, but first time poster. I also did the course (octave) and will second everything Bill said. The kits are great. I went in with no more woodworking experience than...

I attended Don Kawalek's annual mandolin/banjo build workshop this week at the Holiday Lake State Park 4-H Educational Center near Appomattox, VA this week. What a blast! I built an octave mandolin...

This workshop was very worthwhile. I learned a lot about instrument building in a short time. There was plenty of instruction and hands on experience. Don was available to demonstrate each step...

Here's one on Jake Wildwood's site.

Here's an earlier model on Frank Ford's www.frets.com.