New OM on order
I am indebted to Aidan Crossey's "A spectacular find" thread in the "Celtic, etc." forum, and inputs from John Kelly and Jill McAuley among others, for bringing Macdara O Faolain to my attention. Though his building experience so far is mostly with bouzoukis (and with spectacular success), I approached him about a possible octave mandolin, to find him already eager to go there as he plans his next "batch" for early 2022. We followed up with a very fruitful get-acquainted Zoom call. I find him most knowledgeable and accommodating, offering suggestions I'd not have thought of even for the relatively unadorned instrument envisioned. I wish I could say I had my own act together so well, when I was still in college! (I also wish I knew how to apply the right diacritical marks to give his name the proper Irish spelling . . .)
In any event, in rather short order I have reserved my place on his list, and he has hinted at some special tonewoods he has in mind. This will be fun! -- Paul
Last edited by twaaang; May-24-2021 at 3:05pm.
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