Attn. TOM ELLIS

[RI Jim]

Hey Tom, I don't have your e-mail address so i'm dropping you a quick note here hoping you'll get it. I'm the kid that had the pumpkin top Grand Artist style Mandolin you played in Newport last weekend at the guitar show. I just wanted to say Thanks for spending that long of a time away from your booth to talk mandolins and give mine a whirl. That was such a gas to have John Monteleone play and critique it, then have yourself jump right in there afterwards and do the same ! That was a great festival. Again i appreciated you taking the time to talk shop for a while. I hope you enjoyed our great city and the aquarium, the only silly thing i thought of afterwards is that i should have invited you over to the shop so you could check out my set-up and i could have done ya'all up some lobsters ! Next Time #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif)

Jim Combra

[Scotti Adams]

Jim..here is Toms Email addy..Ive done some business with him in the past...I bought a great piece of abolone to make a truss rod cover out of...Tom..hope you dont mind ellisppi@sbcglobal.net

[ellisppi]

Jim, It was great to meet you and Kevin too, I had a fine time at the show. Not much mando content but the best guitarmakers in the world were there with beautiful stuff. Thanks for the invite, next time we will get together. Keep up the good work! Thanks Scotti, anytime.