New Wiens Mandolin Website

[J. Wiens]

Howdy all...I'm happy to announce that Wiens mandolins has a new website at www.wiensmandolins.com. Have a look.

For those interested in the mandolin building section from the old website, good news! I finally completed the staining & finishing section! Check out http://wiensmandolins.com/in-the-workshop/

Hope you enjoy

Jamie

[lenf12]

Thank you Jamie!! Your Loar inspired creations are simply wonderful. Love #41. It has me drooling...

Best wishes,
Len B.
Clearwater, FL

[JFDilmando]

Perhaps the BEST builder of mandolins today... if not, then lives in the same room as the most revered.... amazing tone, amazing craftmanship.... hand carved, hand cut.... simply beautiful.

[Austin Bob]

I've always admired your workmanship and attention to detail.

#41 is simply stunning.

[Ron McMillan]

I've never seen a Wiens in person, but boy would I like to. At Trevor's wonderful TAMCO in Brighton, England I played a Gilchrist and an Ellis, and fell in love twice in the space of a few minutes. I suspect a Wiens would do the same to me.

[Ivan Kelsall]

Jamie's creations are widely regarded as 'possibly' the closest you'll get to 'the' mandolin tone that most of us long for. However - as in all things,it's a matter of personal opinion - but i'd sure as hell like to get my hands on one !!!!. They're amongst the most beautiful mandolins i've ever seen, & i've seen quite a few in the 10 years i've been on here.Take a look at the 'currently available' #41 on Jamie's website & drool away,
Ivan

[OldGus]

Not just fine mandolins but fine art as well.

[Mark Gunter]

Really like the new site. #41 is beautiful, and appreciate the links to Lynn's photos, too!

[sgarrity]

Jamie's creations are widely regarded as 'possibly' the closest you'll get to 'the' mandolin tone that most of us long for. However - as in all things,it's a matter of personal opinion - but i'd sure as hell like to get my hands on one !!!!. They're amongst the most beautiful mandolins i've ever seen, & i've seen quite a few in the 10 years i've been on here.Take a look at the 'currently available' #41 on Jamie's website & drool away,
Ivan

Don't believe everything you read.....

[JFDilmando]

There is always a downer, or a wet blanket in the audience, if the audience is big enough

[Justin Carvitto]

Solid work Jamie!

[Ivan Kelsall]

From Shaun Garrity - "Don't believe everything you read..... ". I don't,but if i read far more 'positive' remarks than 'negative' remarks,i can usually draw my own conclusions. After all,it's not everybody who thinks that 'Loars' are the best mandolin out there. As i said,i'd like to get my hands on one to be able to hear for myself - that's a long way from blindly accepting the opinions of others,even the 'detractors',
Ivan

[DataNick]

I've got a question and I want to emphasize: THIS IS NOT HATE!....I'll say it again, THIS IS NOT HATE!

Now the question because I would really like to know because I am ignorant (without knowledge) in this matter:

What professional mandolinists play a Wiens? If one or two can be identified then maybe I can listen to some recordings...btw, the website and particularly the page on the Wiens F5 are impressive. Interesting that he chooses spirit varnish vs. oil based as I thought oil based is what the Loars have...

[OldGus]

Dan's got one, , Sean had one, ,
Gryphon had one, .

[DataNick]

Thanks OldGus!

Are there any videos of Dan playing his in a band setting so I can get an idea of how his "cuts through" in relation to the other instruments?

I'll watch these videos as I'm definitely curious!

[OldGus]

Not that I know of, I think he is more of a soloist and into Irish/Old Time music. Here is one of another player testing it out and he has a few more solo videos on his YouTube channel... .Dan's has a Virzi.

[DataNick]

Nothing wrong with either instrument I heard; as the guy from Gryphon noted, defintely on the "bright" side...I'd like to get a sample of each with heavy strings and a real thick-heavy pick, and my own tweaked set-up to really be able to gauge the tonality to my tastes...nothing here that I heard alarms me in anyway...but I personally wasn't "wowed" like when I heard Ronnie McCoury's Gil or Reischman's Loar for the first time, YMMV...the old addage still holds true, ya got to play'em...

[Atlanta Mando Mike]

I would love to check one out. They look fantastic. Fit and finish are killer!!!