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Chad Thorne
Sep-13-2008, 9:05am
I just got my Genest F-5 style mandolin from Bob. It's beautiful! You probably haven't heard of Bob; he's in Nashua, NH, and has only been building mandolins for between 5-10 years, I guess, but his work is impeccable. My mando is tobacco sunburst, gold hardware with pearl tuner buttons. The tone is out of this world. I played it over the phone for a friend who said that, even that way, this mando's voice is astounding. Oh, and Bob will build a lefty (like mine) at no extra charge.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/reifspano/Smileys/ttiwwp.gif
And I realize that - I'll post some as soon as I get good ones taken.

BTW, I get no remuneration for this unsolicited testimonial - I just think that Bob's instruments are worthy of attention.

Chad Thorne
Sep-14-2008, 2:05pm
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/cft3/HPIM9060.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/cft3/HPIM9061.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/cft3/HPIM9062.jpg

The flash made the finish look redder than it is, but you get the idea.