Stelling/Breedlove 2-point in classifieds on Cafe'

[jim simpson]

Nice to see a different design, I thought it looks Schutt like (Schutt inspired perhaps?).

http://www.mandolincafe.com/cgi-bin/...uery=retrieval

[mandobassman]

The body style, with the rounded shoulders, looks very much like my first mandolin, an Orpheum.

[jim simpson]

Here are the 3 models for comparison, left to right: the Stelling/Breedlove in classifieds, my Schutt copy (perhaps Harmony made), and an Orpheum 2-point.

[toddjoles]

Here's a link to a page of Stelling results. http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/se...archid=1651952 Somewhere in here is a list of all who worked or contracted with Stelling to make these mandos.

[sunburst]

Kim Breedlove was the only one who built those "two hump" Stelling mandolins. He told me the two humps were "just something I though up" or something like that. All other Stelling mandolins, including others built by Kim, are more-or-less-F5-type.

[baptist mando55]

Dale Reno played one for a while back in the day I think maybe Don was Playing A Stelling the night i saw them.

[sunburst]

Dale Reno played one for a while back in the day I think maybe Don was Playing A Stelling the night i saw them.

Dale had a walnut one, and yes Don Reno played Stelling banjos for a while.

[baptist mando55]

Dale had a walnut one, and yes Don Reno played Stelling banjos for a while.

This was a great show Steve Wilson on dobro and Don eve n played a little fiddle with some young guys out of the audience

[MandoSquirrel]

When they came out, I saw Country Gazette at the Birchmere, and Roland White was playing one. It was really nice. There's a guy back home, on the Delmarva Peninsula, who was using one three or four years ago.