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steve in tampa
Nov-21-2004, 3:00pm
This is kind of funny, and we are still having a little chuckle over it.

Saturday, my wife and I worked a garden show with a booth displaying my line of organic gardening products at the prestigious Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore Blvd. Beautiful weather, and we were outdoors under the oaks with a view of Old Tampa Bay.

We did a gig the night before, and thought it would be cool to bring our instruments for the slow times of the show so we could get a little practice time in and perhaps draw people to the booth.

My wife was playing her Martin guitar and I had my MK Dragonfly with all the inlay etc.

The very nice and well educated lady at the next booth was thrilled at the free entertainment. She started to talk to us and went on about how much she loved the little ban*o I was playing, and how her grandfather had played one too. I informed her that it was a mandolin, but she insisted that it must be a ban*o because it sounded like the ban*o she remembered!

Kinda goofy but we found it funny.

mmukav
Nov-21-2004, 3:13pm
That's great! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

I don't know which one is worse; people thinking it's a 'little banjo', or a 'tiny guitar'! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

fatt-dad
Nov-21-2004, 7:20pm
Hey, the lady's grandfather may have a Loar "banjo" in a closet somewhere though.

f-d

Avi Ziv
Nov-22-2004, 7:56am
I played sax for many years. Traveling with my soprano sax case, I often got comments like "Is that a custom pool cue in there? Must be expensive with this kind of case" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Avi

mrbook
Nov-22-2004, 8:35am
Many would think it's the ultimate insult to be mistaken for a banjo player.

(I will add that I'm not one of those people - I like the banjo and play it - when I get mistaken for a banjo player I'm actually pleased I have fooled someone)