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Steve Ostrander
Oct-06-2007, 10:48pm
Being that I own a MK mando, I was just thinking...Is there really a person named Michael Kelly, or is it just a figment of some marketing suit's imagination? Come to think of it, I also own an Eastman. Is there a face that goes with that name?
I also own an Oscar Schmidt OB-20 bass, and there really was an Oscar Schmidt, so I'm OK with that. But if MK or Eastman doesn't exist, I think I might feel...duped?
Glassweb
Oct-06-2007, 11:06pm
you've been duped... no MK, no Eastman, man!
Tillmanator
Oct-06-2007, 11:15pm
I see you own a Fender Jazz Bass! Is it the black and white Geddy Lee version? With the nice fret inlays? I want to soooo much to buy that for hubby for Christmas, but I know he'd be upset at me spending $800..... even if it's for him.
I play a Powell flute.... I think there was/is an actual Verne Q. Powell.
JeffD
Oct-07-2007, 12:54am
Gibson
JeffD
Oct-07-2007, 12:56am
Martin
JeffD
Oct-07-2007, 12:57am
Weber
JeffD
Oct-07-2007, 12:58am
Eastman
Andrew Lewis
Oct-07-2007, 1:11am
ROTFLMAO!! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
8ch(pl)
Oct-07-2007, 5:25am
Thank you Jeff D, you are now the official Cafe Historian..........LOL
BlueMountain
Oct-07-2007, 8:17am
I think Eastman is trying to remind of of Eastman Conservatory of Music, but of course, it's made in the Far East, right? Instead of Chinaman, it's Eastman.
What I want to know is if there is a real person named Old Wave?
John Flynn
Oct-07-2007, 8:30am
What I want to know is if there is a real person named Old Wave?
Yeah, here he is. Sometimes he thinks his name is Bill. Multiple personality disorder, I guess.
earthsave
Oct-07-2007, 8:39am
Wait a minute... I always thought it was Leo and Orville.:O
But if it's on the cafe it's gotta be true.... Freddi and Mel, eh??http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Steve Ostrander
Oct-07-2007, 8:45am
But...but...Michael Kelly sounds like some Irish guy who builds mandos in his cottage!
I guess I'll keep them, until I can buy a mando made in the USA by a builder who really exists, like Weber.
Mando Lynn, sorry to dissapoint, but it's not a Geddy Lee model, just a plain old sunburst Jazz. Nice bass though. I did have a Sting signature model 1953 Precision reissue, but I didn't like it that much so I sold it. It looked cool, but it didn't sound that good.
johnsmusic
Oct-07-2007, 9:08am
Michael Kelly.... The founder of the company, Tracy (can't remember his last name) has two childern, Michael and Kelly. John
Celtic Saguaro
Oct-07-2007, 9:24am
I know Jarrod is the wrong Washburn. It has to be Ray Washburn, who pitched a no-hitter in 1968. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
JeffD
Oct-07-2007, 12:36pm
Thank you Jeff D, you are now the official Cafe Historian..........LOL
Thank you for your indulgence of my brief late night silliness. After I found the Gibson and Martin picks I kind of went a little nuts. Max Weber, George Eastman, LBJ, and the Flatiron building were easy enough. Washburn and the actor Michael Kelly tool a little digging.
I really should not get on my computer after midnight. If I am still awake I should practice my mandolin.
Andrew Faltesek
Oct-07-2007, 12:49pm
You guys crack me up! Wit and humor sharp as a crisp mando solo.
OK, so the silliness hasn't been entirely purged.
Here is Vega.
Jim MacDaniel
Oct-07-2007, 1:46pm
(Ned) Kelly...
jim simpson
Oct-07-2007, 9:49pm
Lewis:
jim simpson
Oct-07-2007, 10:00pm
Fullerton:
Of course Poe, I should have thought of that. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
bradeinhorn
Oct-08-2007, 8:52am
Please don't forget THE DUDE
bradeinhorn
Oct-08-2007, 9:03am
and heck, why not the Voight?
Scott Tichenor
Oct-08-2007, 9:06am
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