Rob's Mandos & Sound to Earth

A few interesting photos of mandolation in various places.
  1. Kentucky Master KM-505 A-Model.  This is the travel mando, and it has survived a lot of traveling while still playing well.
  2. Suzuki-Violin-Sha Bowl Back Mandolin
  3. 1970 Suzuki-Violin-Sha Bowl Back Mandolin.  This is the one that started it all.  Picked it off the wall of a pawn shop on Main Street, Daytona...
  4. Flatiron A5-Performer
  5. Flatiron A5-Performer.  My nice toy.  Purchased from the Homestead Picking Parlor, Richfield, Minnesota in 1998 after having tried several different...
  6. Kentucky Master KM-505 A-Model
  7. Making noise many years ago.
  8. Sound to Earth, Ltd., Logan, Montanan.  Visited 20 August 2008.
  9. Bruce Weber's Truck
  10. Mando's in the drying room
  11. Bruce Weber
  12. Mary Weber
  13. Work on the Neck
  14. IMG 2881
  15. IMG 2880
  16. Sanding
  17. Lots of hand work goes into each Weber.
  18. Milling metal
  19. Roughing out the blanks.  They will be checked by Bruce, and adjusted by hand to get the right sound.
  20. C-130 Redeployment Pickin'.  On the way back home from delightful Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.  I picked up a Honey Tone mini-amp that had been in the window...
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