Show your cboms!

[Jason Stein]

I was thinking that same thing well. Even though I was immediately taken by the K4, everything in the picture just intrigues me to no end. All the lovely pieces - the ornate music stand, vintage design chair, and the beautiful fireplace - just go so very well together. Must be an amazing place to place an amazing instrument.

Thanks Barrangatan!

[jtsc]

This Sutherland OM has only been in my hands a few months but it is truly a joy to play. Just a wonderful rich tone and great looks too. I'm a huge fan of Stephen Owsley Smith inlays and jumped on this when I saw it. it is the Zoukfest '03 raffle mando. Yes the photo was taken in my daughter's room (fan of Selena Gomez as you can tell). Hopefully she can play it one day in the future.

[Brent Hutto]

I've had this for a week and a half now. It's one of the Trinity College octave mandolins, the model I'm sure everyone has seen before. Picked up a second-hand Allen tailpiece to replace the stock one with the little cover that I hate. At the moment I'm using J80 strings and mostly playing in ADAE, sometime AEAE tunings.

The strap is pretty cool, it's one I recently acquired to try on my mandolin as it's a bit longer than the one I normally use. Did not like the longer length so it was sitting unused and just happens to be a perfect match for the OM. One of Sully's "Vintage" creations.

[Scanbran]

This is my Moon octave, bought in July last year, and sadly a bit underused, although I hope to remedy that this year.
Spruce over maple, rosewood fingerboard and mahogany neck.
Scale is a shade over 21.25".

[garryireland]

Apc om and my guitar zouk conversion

[NotMelloCello]

MAN! That thing looks so cool!

[lucho]

I may have too many...... http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/album.php?albumid=70

[Theo W.]

I may have too many...... http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/album.php?albumid=70

That's a spectacular gallery you have there. The amount of history in those instruments is stunning!

[GKWilson]

Very impressive collection lucho.
Makes me feel better about my meager few.
Love the Hurdy Gurdy. I've been thinking of
building one.
Gary

[Bertram Henze]

I may have too many...... http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/album.php?albumid=70

And you play them all?

[lucho]

of course I do play them.... but not often enough....... Saturdays I do play them to keep tuning for one hr. selecting which one I will play with my Choir on sunday morning

[lucho]

History and how different these instruments sounded were the reasons how I started collecting old axes of pre II WW.... In those days just tenor banjos and mandolins.... and through trading and exchanges I have built this collection.... 10 years ago my string collection looked somewhat different... http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/en...uments-amp-MAS

[Jim Nollman]

This is a four string mandola by Bill Bussman, tuned as an octave using Thomastik starks. The kent armstrong pickup has an ebony cover. The sound is wonderful, the build quality superb.

[SGraham]

My new Mann carved-top flatback mandola arrived. Red spruce top, maple back and sides, rosewood fingerboard, Cumberland Acoustics bridge, 16" scale. I have it strung up right now with D'Addario EFT76 flat top strings. It has a really nice tubby darkish voice. It's hanging on the stand with my '99 Flatiron Festival. Sorry about my poor photography skills. I'll post a sound file when I figure out how to. This is my first mandola, and I'm having a great time playing it.

[robert.najlis]

This is a four string mandola by Bill Bussman, tuned as an octave using Thomastik starks. The kent armstrong pickup has an ebony cover. The sound is wonderful, the build quality superb.

I would be very interested in hearing how that sounds...

[Rob Zamites]

Still work to be done (lots of it!):

23.5" scale, uke in there for perspective

[Dan Krhla]

[Lord of the Badgers]

Very impressive collection lucho.
Makes me feel better about my meager few.
Love the Hurdy Gurdy. I've been thinking of
building one.
Gary

*pedant alert*
it's a Symphonie... to be exact...
I currently have a hurdy made from a large african gourd. Great fun, and a doddle to play once you get a handle on the pressure needed on the tangents.
It's the mastering it... that's the problem!

[Ronny]

The waldzither on the left is now fully stringed and playable. (Pictures of the restoration are on my profile).
And I'm restoring this one :

This one is smaller than the previous ones.

[DavidKOS]

Here's my Sakis Greek Bouzouki, tuned CFAD, with Saavas pickup:

[Eddie Sheehy]

A Sobell 10-stringer - 20" scale:

[Markkunkel]

Nice snag, Eddie. You certainly have an eye out for instruments, and it's a joy to hear your impressions of them. Look forward to your sense of this one. GDAEA, maybe?

Mark

[Eddie Sheehy]

Thanks Mark. It was GDADA when I got but I dropped it to FCGDA for now. I may consider going to GDAEB - I haven't much use for dropped tunings these days and prefer to play in fifths vertically...

[Eddie Sheehy]

A Steven Owsley Smith 24" Scale 10-string:

[Steve-o]

Thanks for buying that SOS Eddie so I am no longer tempted. I'd love to hear sound clips.