Fish Shaped mandolin

[gnelson651]

Anyone know where I can find a picture of a mandolin that looks like a fish? I remember the same builder made a watermelon mandolin.

I wanted to use the fish mandolin photo as an avatar over at a fishing message broard I belong too.

[Jim Rowland]

That's probably the New Mexico bass thumper,Maestro Bill Bussman of Old Wave Mandolins.
Jim

[Jean Fugal]

try this

http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/1043383127033823651gTqmlj

[walt33]

Here it is:
http://www.zianet.com/bussmann/fun/IMG4.jpg

and then there's the "bass . . ."
http://www.zianet.com/bussmann/fun/IMG2.jpg

[Jean Fugal]

bout half way down the page there are some interesting mandolins one called a fish

http://www.sdc.org/~acahay/slides.html

[JEStanek]

bout half way down the page there are some interesting mandolins one called a fish

http://www.sdc.org/~acahay/slides.html

Those are some wild looking fiddles. I liked the hurricane shaped one! Fiddle Oddities (and Mandolin Oddities (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1137&highlight=oddities).

Jamie

[MikeEdgerton]

Bill Bussman's Fish is in this (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21414&highlight=bussman+fish&page=2)thread as well

[oldwave maker]

'The Guppy" belongs to Bjornte Hassle of Princess Zena and the Old Men Boys, my favorites are the bluesgill and flounder bass, actually autographed by Lloyd Lure hisself!

[allenhopkins]

Just looking at them gives me a haddock. What's the porpoise of making such weird instruments? Bet they sound cod-awful, though it's hard to say without herring them.

Still, a bit shellfish of me to take up space on this thread; guess I'll clam up for now.

[mrmando]

Oh, the huge manatee! I knew I should've stuck with coral music. Allen, old chum -- I don't know whether to whale or start kraken up. But here's an urchin reminder: If a guy doesn't know jack about how to tuna mandolin, or play scales, eel never amount to much. I should probably stop making crappie puns just for the halibut. With friends like me, who needs anemones?

Who here is a catch-and-release collector?

[JEStanek]

Awful. Just awful, you two. :)

Jamie

[MikeEdgerton]

It's cod awful Jamie. I think Allen and Martin do this just for the halibut.

[Dave Greenspoon]

It's cod awful Jamie. I think Allen and Martin do this just for the halibut.


I don't know Mike. Maybe they do it to drum up some laughs and drive the blues away. My advice: don't cause such a big roe over this and avoid being a prawn in a much larger game.

[blacksmith]

What happened to the thread about seller's remoras?

[mandopete]

Trout?

[blacksmith]

For Pete's hake, haven't had this much fun since I dated a striper!

[pickloser]

I've only had to send one mandolin back after a trout, because it was crappie.

[gnelson651]

Thanks for the info everyone including the fish humor. I flounder that I needed and appreciate your canery.

[F5GRun]

:)) This thread is making me sea sick

[Coffeecup]

Oh no, another isssue to be considered when purchasing a mando - salt water or fresh water?

[mrmando]

:)) This thread is making me sea sick
It makes me sea stars!

[mikeomando]

Working out our pun mussels, eh? Buy a $1300 1924 Lloyd Loar F-5 on Ebay and you'll probably get scrod....

[mrmando]

We otter be scalloped for this...but the fish mandolin does have my seal of approval. Hope I haven't incurred the moderator's angler.

[JEStanek]

I think the Freshwater (http://www.freshwater-instruments.com/) mandolins are only flat tops. But they are a krill to play.

Jamie

[John Flynn]

It would have taken a very special pair of hands to make a mandolin like that. You got it...

The hands of a sturgeon!

[banJoe]

:)) Holy makerel, you guys are real sharks!