If you DIDN'T win the MT, what was your actual entry?

[Clement Barrera-Ng]

Mine was 'Suite Dream', because the mandolin looks so dreamy in picture, and I can't stop thinking about the Bach Cello Suites.

[MK in NC]

Collossal Collings Collassic (with deliberate misspellings of the first and third words) —#Triple C for short.

[John Kelly]

I went for Wayfarer, because I reckoned it could go anywhere and play any kind of music. But I did win a set of the v-picks in the recent draw, so still feeling great about that!

[Leon Peoples]

Mine was "Melody" yeah, I know kinda korny
best/joe

[the_polish_mandolinist]

The "Marilyn & Monroe"

This mandolin would be the love-child of Marilyn Monroe and Bill Monroe. It gets its immaculate tone from his father's side, and of course gets its beauty from Marilyn's side: amazing body, spectacular curves, and don't get me started on the tail-piece

[bigskygirl]

Mine was Meriwether, after the leader of the Corps of Discovery expedition Meriwether Lewis. And the cover of thile's cd reminds me of a Montana river.

We traced part of the route and ended up at the three forks of the Missouri river in Montana a few summers ago during the bicentennial of the trip.

We saw Pompey's pillar and have traveled in the bitterroot valley, come to think of it I should probably get a Weber mandolin.....

Congrats again to all the winners.

[Randi Gormley]

I offered up "Volume One" -- it was on the album, it was a play on the "volume" that the instrument would produce and I figured the next one could be "Volume Two" etc. so you could have an entire series!

[Michael Bridges]

Mine was "Pure Austin Honey". Oh well, I liked it, anyway!

[Canoedad]

Pretty And Voluptuous Acoustic

.... no wait ... Darn it! No wonder I didn't win!

[Cecily_Mandoliner]

Mine was "Pure Austin Honey". Oh well, I liked it, anyway!

I had similar theme: My suggested name was Honey Drop, because the lovely color and shape of the mandolin, and the sweet music I can imagine making with it.
It was a fun challenge.

[Canoedad]

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[jmagill]

Mine was "J. Sebastian Crabfeathers" with this explanation:

Sibling/nemesis of the inspiration for Thile's, “Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers”, and named after German bluegrass great, J.S. “Chubby” Bach, Sebastian’s “scorn-for-the scroll” is expressed in his vow to make all who play him Thile’s equal!

I figured I had Bach, Thile, his signature tune "The Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers," bluegrass nicknames, the 'A vs F' controversy, as well as a reference to Sebastian, the crab from "The Little Mermaid" all covered with this one....

Well, fudgenuggets.....

[Rick Purcell]

Never Again III

[cayuga red]

"Real Mandolin of Genius" - playing off the old Bud Lite commercials and Chris Thiele's Genius Grant.

It went over like two-day old light beer

[Lily-of-the-Valley]

My entry was "DreamWeaver" because Collings are the mandolins dreams are made of.

I was hoping this dream might really come true ...

Lily

[Alan Lackey]

Mine was Vincent...because Van Gogh once said “I dream my painting and I paint my dream"....and that is how music and the mandolin makes me feel....despite my inability to probably ever own a mandolin of such quality.

[shortymack]

Mrs Butterworth.

I cant remember exactly what I wrote but it went something like this......

The rich tones and sweet sounds that she produces leave you coming back for more and more. Just cant get enough of her decadent elegance and ease of playing making it oh so worth every last penny.

[Justin Carvitto]

MT2-D2

In honor of my favorite droid: R2-D2

Both Mandolin and Droid make high pitch beeps and tones and have similar dome/round shapes. Plus, Thile has Star Wars dedicated tunes on his solo records.

[drjuliushibbert]

Mine was "Suite Partita Pie" - I just naturally analogized that sunburst instrument with a well-baked musical pastry, with the tones and aroma tantalizingly wafting from it, and it made me hungry...

bratsche

I love that - should have at least been a runner up.

[drjuliushibbert]

My was "Save the Partitas"

This isn't exactly what I said (it was way more eloquent) but I said something to the effect of ... My mom gave me my first mandolin. She is now battling breast cancer and this was my way of saying save classical music and also as a tribute to breast cancer awareness (ie the tatas)

[Stoker]

The instructions said to Name the Collings Mandolin and Win It, so I phonetically followed the instructions and went with "Anne Dwennett."

...not my best day.

--Tom

Had I been a judge, you'd have fared better. Clever.

[Jim Ferguson]

The Amber Bach.....:-)

[Phil-D]

Had I been a judge, you'd have fared better. Clever.

Intoneator
. Thile I'll be Bach!

[Tim S]

Mine was " Amanda Lynn" . No explanation needed.