Re: Where did you find your last mando?
My favorite story is about my '23 A2. I was at a client's house and the guy is one of those "gotta try everything once" types. He knew I played mandolin and mentioned he had one he bought a decade earlier but never got into. (I love it when I hear this story as well as "my grandfather used to play mandolin"...) He asked if I'd like to see it! It took me about ten seconds to fall in love. It is beyond incredible sounding. The finish has no checks in it and the only issue was a lid ding he put in it. He sold it to me and was happy to get the $1000 he paid for it. This was in 2013 or so. It's definitely a lifetime mandolin.
Billy
Billy Packard
Gilchrist A3, 1993
Stiver Fern, 1990
Weber Fern, 2007
Gibson F4 Hybrid #1, D. Harvey 2009
Gibson 1923 A2
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