Looking for information about Glen Dean Cecil.

[mandomedic]

I'm looking for information about Glen Dean Cecil mandolins. He has no web site or facebook page, and in looking at the archives here at Mandolin Cafe, I find very little information.. Anyone have photos or information about him or his mandolins? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks, Kenc

[mrmando]

Glen lives in West Virginia and builds F-style mandolins with "The Bluegrass" as his brand. A while back someone posted a local news feature about Glen. It seems Glen is a professional machinist who claims that he got into luthiery after taking apart a Gibson mandolin and seeing "what they done wrong." We had a fair bit of discussion about that, since as you can well imagine, this claim rubbed some people the wrong way.

Here's the thread:
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...grass-Mandolin

There are one or two Cecil owners on the Cafe; perhaps someone will pipe up.

[mandomedic]

Quite the string... Don't know how I missed this one. Thanks Martin.

[Keith Newell]

Yes it was interesting. Those dang machinists think they know everything.....

[MikeEdgerton]

I opened up my car last week to see what they done wrong.

[allenhopkins]

I opened up my car last week to see what they done wrong.

Think I'll re-examine my laminectomy to see what the neurosurgeon did that was sub-optimal...