Re: Old vs New Oval
Originally Posted by
usqebach
Does anyone know if Gail Hester is still making?? A web search doesn't turn up any easy way to find her.
The Cafe turns up an easy way to find her: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/m...71-Gail-Hester
Gail builds incredible mandolins, but few of them and at her own pace. I was lucky to stumble into one of her used A5's secondhand.
For a traditional oval A from a modern maker as a foil to my '24 snakehead, I commissioned a build from Mike Black: http://blackmandolins.com/index.html
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
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