Holst Instruments?

[jmkatcher]

(Moving over from "Builders" where I erroneously posted it.)

I found Stephen Holst in the Eye Candy section and really love how his instruments look. I have this abiding lust for a Radio Flyer mandolin and these are darned close? Has anyone seen and played his mandolins?

Thanks in advance,

[Dfyngravity]

i dont have a mandolin but i have one of his tailpieces. but if you go to his website you can listen to samples of his mandolins. they sound awesome. it will be my next purchase pretty soon. if you end up getting one let me know how it sounds.

[Paul Weber]

hi, I am having one built by Steve right now. there are a couple pics of the mando in progress on his website under current work & then K100 mandolin. It's going to be a blonde mando with red spruce top and one piece red maple back & red maple binding.

Paul

[Charlie Ayers]

Hi Paul:

I'm a fan of Steve's instruments: I own one of his archtop guitars, and recently was able to demo the blonde F5 shown on his website. His craftsmanship is impeccable, and the F5 played very, very nicely. I appreciate his approach to making each instrument unique and customized.

The F5 I played was made with relatively soft maple in the back and sides, and was real warm, with a lot of sustain. Email me if I can answer any questions for you.

Charlie

[mandoJeremy]

The blonde F-5 on his website is just excellent looking. I have got some major lusting going on for that mando!