Clark Mandolins at CBA Festival

[Luna Pick]

Seeing the "Built in Boise" link Scott put up today reminded me about seeing Austin Clark last weekend at the Father's Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley. I hadn't been in a few years and the Luthiers' Pavillion seemed bigger than ever. There must have been 5+ mandolin builders there along with guitars, banjos, violins, etc.

The only mandolins I sampled were Austin's: two F5s and an A5. All sounded great, played like butter, and were stunning. I love the look of the French polish varnish finish he does. I didn't feel like I had to "get used to them." They were comfortable to play right away, and made me feel like a better player than I know I am.

Anyway, want to give a shout out to a great, forthright guy who builds great, forthright mandolins.

[surfnut]

I'm in love with his octave mandolins, they are being played by a lot of pro's

[Luna Pick]

Yes, they are amazing to look at and hear. John Mailander played one on a couple songs he performed with Molly Tuttle and it sounded great. They are works of art.