Re: How Has Collings' MT-2 Line Changed Over Time
Originally Posted by
Russ Jordan
In the 1st cafe link above, Mandobar says “ Bill purchased some maple from a violin builder several years back and has made a few mandolins with it. The A model built from this wood killed my appetite for a a Gilchrist A that I had been looking at.”
How would one identify a mandolin made with that maple?
You’d have to call Collings, but the two mandolins I saw with it looked rather unique. Their backs were almost three-dimensional.
Over the years Collings has experimented with different woods. There aren’t many mandolins coming out of Austin now, and most dealers aren’t expecting much more inventory this year, let alone torrified models or even much varnished ones.
I was at TME last Thursday. It’s pretty lonely in the mandolin section. They have only a handful of Collings mandolins on hand.
Last edited by Mandobar; Jul-18-2021 at 12:49pm.
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