Hi everyone,
Been meaning to post about a new (mandolin) baby for over a week now, but with teaching, gigging, and an 8 month (human) baby, time keeps getting away from me.
Let me start with a quick prologue. Back in 2014, I was about to move to Boston for grad school and I was excited to check out the Music Emporium because I had spent years looking at the instruments on their website. When I first arrived in MA, I saw a really unique mandolin on their site, as did a few folks on the Cafe, because it is mentioned in some older forum boards. It had a subtle, two-point body and the most exquisite inlay I had ever seen. This mandolin was built by Doug Unger of Ohio and I was obsessed with the pictures on TME's page. Unfortunately I never played it as it was gone by the first chance I had to make it to the Music Emporium.
Fast forward to last month and I happened to see the same mandolin back on the market and was able to become its new caretaker. It's taking some getting used to as it has a mandola-like heft to the neck. Even with the larger neck, I find it really comfortable to play as I spend a lot of time playing clawhammer banjo and guitar too. It is really starting to wake up as I get the feeling it hasn't been played a ton over its first decade of life.
Here's a low-fi laptop video of it I was able to make when I student didn't show up for their lesson today. I'm sure I'll make a better video in the future!
Cheers!
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