I'm sure this has been discussed before, but other than Pava and Gail Hester, are there any other women building mandolins?
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I'm sure this has been discussed before, but other than Pava and Gail Hester, are there any other women building mandolins?
Maegen Wells: http://www.maegenwellsguitars.com
Looks like Peggy White was building flat top mandolins: https://www.peggywhite.ca/#models
Cafe member Jo Duseppo: https://www.dusepo.co.uk/Instruments
If Maegen Wells and Peggy White’s guitars are any indication, their mandolins should be exceptional.
Maegan builds amazing instruments. I've played two of her mandolins and they really sound great and are spectacularly crafted. Peghead Nation did a nice feature interview on video with her a few years ago worth watching. Last time I visited with her at the NAMM Show in Anaheim she was contemplating building an F mandolin but I have no idea if that every happened.
J.J. Ryan Mandolins, in Glasgow, Scotland.
https://www.facebook.com/jjryanmandolins
I know that John Sullivan's wife Patty was involved in the building process. She did the varnish and french polish on the Sullivan F5 I used to own. It was the mandolin called "G. Hodge" and the finish was beautiful. It's the mandolin in my profile photo.
Lauri Girouard does all the finish work on the Girouard mandolins.
Bruni Jacob: https://bruni-jacob.de/
Clarinda - whose last name I can’t make out on her website - builds prolifically. I’ve heard good things. Custom F-5s for around 1000 bucks! https://www.clarindasmusic.com/page6.html
There's a few women on the team in Tom Ellis's shop besides Pava.
this is neat, scroll down for the video, watch her build a mandolin. plays better without the english translation on my computer(translation slows it down).Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian560
https://bruni-jacob.de/bruni-jacob/u...b%2Fueber-mich
There was a thread not long ago about Lyn Hardy's guitar shaped octave mandolins.
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...urce-Lyn-Hardy
https://www.facebook.com/LuthierLynHardy
Clarinda Harvey, judging by her email.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian B
Meredith Coloma from Canada definately builds mandos.
Erin Patterson from the USA (might have switched to just guitars now).
Sandi Harris from the UK builds baroque mandolins.
I met Maegen at the Woodstock Invitational a few years ago. She said she had built a mandolin but didn't have one with her. Her guitars are very nice. I don't know how many mandolins she has built.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jill McAuley
Debra Amesqua, a former fire chief, builds beautiful instruments. I don't think she has her own webpage, but here's one of her instruments.
http://jettinstruments.com/amesqua-f5.html
Wow, Mark, that is gorgeous!