Name That Collings Mandolin and Win It!

[Patrick Sylvest]

I had to truncate my eloquent thesis to fit into the paltry 250 characters as well.

It'll be interesting to see who wins with what name.

[John Clay]

"To celebrate the release of Chris Thile's latest album, Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, Vol. 1"

So it's a celebration of J.S. Bach and his music, played on an American design of mandolin that is associated both with rural traditional roots and the modern arthouse crowd?

That would be the "Baroque Bach Mountain Mandolin."

[bratsche]

I had no idea how to expect to be able to explain or defend my choice, nor what the format for the entry would be. The name I chose was pretty self-explanatory, but I hoped to interject some humor in my "thesis". Seeing how fast that small space fills up, though, I soon realized that brevity had darn well better be the soul of any wit I hoped to convey. I used exactly all 250 characters!

But when you think about it, those judges certainly aren't going to want to plow through a giant deluge of verbiage. They'll take an estimated week to sort through it all even at this rate. I'm surprised they gave us a field for 250 characters worth of explanation, or that the explanation would (evidently) count for anything at all, when the main goal here is the name. Frankly, my biggest worry was that when I finished and entered the darn thing, it might get glitched somehow and not go through. So I first disabled all my script and ad blocking plugins in my browser, and then rebooted the computer before doing it.

May the best entrant win. I do hope it's me... but in any case, it was fun!

bratsche

[JRcohan]

Amanda Lynn is the name I give to the mandolin. It will keep me from being dishonest when saying I spend the night with A mandolin. Or that Amanda Lynn is my first love!

[katygrasslady]

That would be the "Baroque Bach Mountain Mandolin."

ummmm.... might be some stigma. Sounds too much like Broke Back Mountain.

[fatt-dad]

we need a separate thread after closing of the contest to publish our given names and any length of dialog that we chose. After all, in the end, it'll be one name, one "essay" and one luckey picker! (Unless of course my wife wins, then it'll be one lucky spouse!)

f-d

[John Clay]

ummmm.... might be some stigma. Sounds too much like Broke Back Mountain.

Yes, it's a bad pun but I couldn't resist. "Baroque Bach Mountain Mandolin, I wish I knew how to quit you."

[Tobin]

Yes, it's a bad pun but I couldn't resist. "Baroque Bach Mountain Mandolin, I wish I knew how to quit you."

That sort of thing just begs for a banjo...

[JimRym]

The Mando shall be named 'The Onyx'...resembling the precious gemstone whose colors can range from Black to shades of red...not unlike the face of the mando. The back's grain is banded, similar to a striated onyx. And, of course, both are beautiful to behold. Voila!

[John Hill]

I went with "So Not A Partita Nuthin'!"...my take on what Ol' Bill might have said...

[Holger]

Isabelle

[Michael Bridges]

You all will find out my name on the 22nd!

[bratsche]

You all will find out my name on the 22nd!

You mean your name isn't really Mike?

bratsche

[Michael Bridges]

You all will find out the name that I gave to the Collings on the 22nd! And yes, my name IS Mike, although some people, (my wife principally) have assigned me other, more colorful titles, all of which I will answer to, given the proper amount of liquid inspiration!

[jocooder]

Zephyr. The name given to the mildest and most favorable of the winds from the west. In Greek mythology, the god who is the bringer of light spring and early summer breezes.
A very evocative name for a string instrument.

[blueridgemandolin]

I'd name it "My wish came through" Thanks for the chance to win this nice instrument
Dan

[Ben Cooper]

Fred, I always like the name Fred. But seriously.... how about "Lorien" from JRR Tolkien, Lorien is the Master of Visions and Dreams.

[samlyman]

My suggestion: Mighty Thunderous

[dfalkiewicz]

Thank you Mandolin Cafe/Scott and Collings for giving us the opportunity to own an American built mandolin.

I have a few friends that play Collings mandolins and acoustic guitars and everyone of them sounds special. I could never own such a mandolin because of the cost, but I did enter the contest.....after all you can dream!

Best of luck to the winner's!

[Frank Donnoli]

Hi Scott,
It seems that because I am an expat living in Hong Kong that my entry is on a spam list so it won't allow me to enter. I would dearly like a chance at winning this beauty. Cheers Frank

[djangoshmango]

empty too

[Scott Tichenor]

Hi Scott,
It seems that because I am an expat living in Hong Kong that my entry is on a spam list so it won't allow me to enter. I would dearly like a chance at winning this beauty. Cheers Frank

You should be able to enter now.

Without going into a lot of detail, submissions for that one are pre-evaluated against a large database of known spam IPs and emails. Unless we do that there, on this forum and for the Classifieds we're creating an online mess for our visitors. Unfortunately, there is occasional collateral damage as your experience but in this case I have away around just your information.

[oriole]

Midland2Texas the mandolin is a result of a journey that took Bill from Midland, Ohio to Austin,Texas. It is the culmination of a journey to excellence in instruments.
from acoustic mag 2008
" But how difficult are
these diminutive eight-stringed
wonders to make? “Oh, they’re
awful!” Bill Collings laughs. “That
was an engineering challenge to
make that work and produce a
quality instrument. They’re little
and the funny thing is that
anything little takes more time
than something big. "

[Barlon Mando]

My choice of name: (Its a secret)..........

[Barlon Mando]

My choice of name: (Its a secret)..........