new Mowry (old wood)

[mandolirius]

From the Mandomutt website:

Here's a few details, in Andrew's word's; "....fairly traditional F-5 with ivoroid binding and a sunburst. The top is a very old piece or European Spruce from John Sullivan's stash, (I know his widow, Patty, and bought a lot of John's wood from her after he passed away). The rest is red maple."

I haven't received it yet but will try to post some soundclips when I do. I'm hoping this will be "the one".

[trevor]

Beautiful. Andrew's workmanship is immaculate and his tone up there with the best.

[Mike Snyder]

Sound clip on The Black would be nice, too.

[Stephen Cagle]

Just beautiful!!

Stephen..

[Miked]

Very nice!

[red7flag]

Lovely instrument. We are in the same situation, Andrew shipped mine yesterday. I am sure we will be more than satisfied.

[Scotti Adams]

Very Nice...congrats and enjoy

[Chris Biorkman]

That's a looker for sure. Congrats.

[Steve-o]

Always a pleasure to see new Mowry eye candy. Hope it's "the one" you've dreamed about.

[Chris Biorkman]

He's got some new pics on his website from the latest batch. Some pretty wild, droolworthy stuff on there.

[yankees1]

Beautiful! Andrew is starting on my oval A hybrid Monday! Now the wait begins!

[jasona]

Classic look, and I bet it sounds great

[ShaneJ]

Beautiful.

[Pete Heady]

Andrew has shipped my Mandola and Mandolin this week as well.
It will be a long snowy couple of days waiting.

[JEStanek]

Everthing on this page is seriously droolworthy. COngrats to all, especially Andrew!

Jamie

[trevor]

Wow! Wow! Wow!

[CES]

Ditto!

Man, the mandolin/mandola with the complimentary tops/pick guards are too cool...I'd be tempted to hang them as art when not playing!!

[Spruce]

Nice to see some of the Sullivan Stash going to good use....!

[Pete Heady]

Not playing? I don't understand!

[Agustin]

Andrew fantastic work!

[Jill McAuley]

Congratulations to all you soon to be Mowry owners! Gorgeous looking instruments each one!

Cheers,
Jill

[mandolirius]

Sound clip on The Black would be nice, too.

I'm not expecting that one for anther few weeks, maybe a month. I'm looking forward to both mandolins but I'm somewhat familiar with Mowry's. The Black was a shot-in-the-dark for me but I have (obviously) a good feeling about it. I like that Mike has decided focus on three or four models only. I like that philosophy. I used to go to a coffee roaster when I lived in Vancouver that had only coffee beans - no other product. They did have an espresso machine and would make you one if you asked but no tables, no coffee accessories, just big bins of beans, a bunch of bags and a scale. The decor was burlap coffee sacks pinned up on the wall. My kind of place!

[mandolirius]

Andrew has shipped my Mandola and Mandolin this week as well.
It will be a long snowy couple of days waiting.

Those are really cool, Pete! Had you played many Mowrys prior to making that order?

[mandolirius]

Nice to see some of the Sullivan Stash going to good use....!

Yeah, I thought the same thing. I played a Sullivan at the Chilliwack BG festival many years ago and was saving for a down payment when I got the news of John's untimely passing. When I found out Andrew had scored some of his wood and was building basically what I was looking for out of it, I took it as a sign :-)

[Pete Heady]

[QUOTE=mandolirius;885726]Those are really cool, Pete! Had you played many Mowrys prior to making that order?[/QUOTE

Thanks. Can't wait to sit down with them
I had played a few at festivals