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I have to concur that the Girouard mandolas are great. I've got #43 - it's lightweight, resonant and beautiful.
Used for classical and Celtic

Nice interpretation! - mandolin sounds great too.

I use mine all the time - has all the essentials - lightweight, big sound, XLR and 1/4 inch inputs, phantom power, nice on-board reverb, effects loop, durable. There's lots of other amp options out...

With a 17-inch scale length and carved top, I'd also be interested if anyone has tried one of these.
Here's a link to a page that seems to have the correct specs.
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I got to the story with this link -
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/2014/05/27/time-for-three-denied-access-on-us-airways-flight/9621147/

Anyone know who the maker is of that interesting shaped 5-string Darol is playing?

Here's one I commissioned from Roger Skipper in Maryland. I think it's a 20.5" scale length. Beautiful, responsive instrument and a great guy to work with....

I'm in for the V Picks - Thanks

I'm in for the V Picks

Here's a cheap and easy alternative for working the extending muscles. Rubberband.

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Cool - sounds great.

Count me in

I have an old Orpheum No. 1 and think it's great - there is a nice one in the classifieds -
NFI

http://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/66214

Here is a PDF of the article Roger did on how he made this fancy rosette.
You can right-click and save to your computer to read the article.

Alice, the flute/whistle/tenor banjo player for our band just picked up a new(to her) fancy tenor guitar by Roger Skipper, a luthier in Western Maryland. She got it from Gerry Snelson who...

I put up an audio sample of the Skipper GBOM on sound cloud. I'm, primarily a fiddler and not an octave mando player but I hope it gives some sense of the sweetness of tone and the sustain. Just some...

OK - I'll try to record something this weekend. I was trying to wait on a new laptop so I could do a youtube video but I'll at least record some audio. I think you'd enjoy working with Roger.

Love the piece for left hand alone.

Roger Skipper is a luthier that should be better known.
http://www.skipperstrings.com/

A fiddle and guitar by Roger can be heard here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF2esXo7GrE
(I'm the fiddle...

Yes - It is in standard tuning. I think Lutz spruce comes from British Columbia and is sort of a Sitka and Englemann Hybrid that is supposed to be good for light fingerstyle as well as able to handle...

Hi -

Thought I'd share some pics of my new GBOM from Roger Skipper.
I had a hard time deciding between an arched top OM and a flat-top guitar bodied OM. Roger really knows how to make a guitar...

Great Groove.

You could try here -
http://www.acousticmusicworks.com/mandolins.html - Pittsburgh

I really like my ZT Lunchbox Acoustic. Light, small plenty of power, line and XLR channels, phantom power, effects send and receive.
more info here - ...

I just ordered a K&K Twin Spot internal for mine - gonna play it through a Zoom A2. Looking forward to it. I too have found tenor a great "cross training" tool for mandolin - which seems much easier...