Some new Mowrys, including #50

**amowry** · May-13-2009, 3:12pm

I guess 50 is a minor milestone, but it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling nonetheless. It's the blacktop one, headed for the UK. Thanks for looking!

Edited by JEStanek to fix thread title.

**amowry** · May-13-2009, 3:15pm

A few more...

**JEStanek** · May-13-2009, 3:24pm

Wow, that's some nice looking work, Andrew.

Jamie

**Chris Keth** · May-13-2009, 3:32pm

I'm really lusting after the blonds in the second post.

**Bruce Clausen** · May-13-2009, 3:45pm

Gorgeous work as always, Andrew! Thanks for posting these. Fifty-- wow! Number 10 is still turning heads (and ears).

Bruce

**Skip Kelley** · May-13-2009, 4:35pm

Andrew, those are awesome! They are the finest mandolins I have ever seen!

**Dfyngravity** · May-13-2009, 5:03pm

Oh my BIRDS EYE goodness. Those are all just incredible! And that birds eye back is mighty tasty looking. I know there are going to be some very very happy mandolinist soon.

Keep up the great work and I can't wait to see the next 50+

**John Rosett** · May-13-2009, 5:08pm

I really like the black top A, especially the peghead.

**Glassweb** · May-13-2009, 5:36pm

great looking work... love the blonde F4 style and the peghead of the blacktop... if they sound as good as they look you'll have a long and healthy career... best of luck to ya!

**austin** · May-13-2009, 6:02pm

They look great, Andrew. I love the rosette on the oval hole!

**Jim Roberts** · May-13-2009, 6:13pm

Amazing (as usual!) Andrew...and I am sure they sound off the charts great, too.

For those of you who haven't played one of Andrews mandolins, they are fantastic and the craftsmanship is as close to perfect as can be.

**papawhisky** · May-13-2009, 6:14pm

Incredible work Andrew! The peghead on #50 has a very cool pre art deco kind of look. I really like it.
I'd be jealous except that I get to play #40 everyday!! Thanks for making the world a better place, one mandolin at a time!

**Chris Biorkman** · May-13-2009, 6:46pm

Holy cow! Those are perfection.

**Steve-o** · May-13-2009, 8:14pm

Andrew,
Wow, incredible workmanship and artistic beauty in those mandos. I too love the headstocks. Congrats on the #50 milestone!

**Amandalyn** · May-13-2009, 8:35pm

Love the art- deco headstocks. What was the inspiration for
those designs? Looks like some jewelry designs I was looking at art-deco for my Poe headstock.

**viv** · May-13-2009, 9:26pm

oh gawd, that black top is just exquisite. i am in lust.

**Brad Weiss** · May-13-2009, 9:36pm

Hmmm... I think I recognize that blacktop one. What WAS the inspiration for the headstock?!?

Well done!! 50 is a nice round, impressive number!

**mandomania7923** · May-13-2009, 9:39pm

What kind of tailpiece is on the blonde A5?

**amowry** · May-13-2009, 10:11pm

Thanks folks! Brad and I originally designed the headstock for his mandolin (which I built a few years ago) using the Bill James "Lewis" (Michael Lewis) style tailpiece as a guide. He and I also designed the inlay that's on that blonde A5. I believe I loosly modelled it after an old stained-glass art deco window I found on the web. The new blacktop is pretty much the same as Brad's except for the new inlay. That inlay was designed by the owner-to-be, using the soundholes as inspiration. I'll let him take credit should he so desire.

**JoeD** · May-13-2009, 11:11pm

Beautiful work Andrew! That vine headstock looks familiar. No. 41 is headed out to a bluegrass festival with me this weekend.

Best,
Joe

**Bill Halsey** · May-13-2009, 11:49pm

At that quality level, I'd be very happy with 50. Good enough to eat!

**trevor** · May-14-2009, 2:13am

# 50 is coming my way. The headstock design was by me but inspired by the sound holes and some designs Andrew sent me. I will report back when its here, its in the post so may be a while (I currently have one mandolin that's been held by customs for 10 days!).