Your desert island mando?

**telepbrman** · Oct-26-2004, 12:03am

Of all the mando's out there: Which one would be your end all, last call, desert island mando? Also, you only have one choice in cd's or rather cd, (no box set)...which one? Thanx, dy.

**siren_20** · Oct-26-2004, 12:34am

One with magical strings that never need to be changed...or one that comes with a lifetime supply of well-sealed strings. You'd kinda have to have that on a desert island.

**Peter Hackman** · Oct-26-2004, 1:06am

Originally Posted by (telepbrman @ Oct. 26 2004, 01:03)

Of all the mando's out there: Which one would be your end all, last call, desert island mando? Also, you only have one choice in cd's or rather cd, (no box set)...which one? Thanx, dy.

My Collings is the best.

Unfortunately Mark O'Connor's 30 year retrospective is a double, otherwise it would be my first choice.
So I'll pick Appalachia Waltz, with O'Connor, Meyer,
and Ma.

Who provides the electricity?

**mandroid** · Oct-26-2004, 1:07am

rainsong started making waterproof mandolins yet?

**telepbrman** · Oct-26-2004, 3:36am

Excellent weather on this island, strings are included. Just mando and cd info, dy.

**John Flynn** · Oct-26-2004, 5:26am

Mando: Since this is basically "Fantasy Island," I would want a Gilchrist F4

CD: The Buckhannon Brothers' "Little River Stomp."

**jessboo** · Oct-26-2004, 7:29am

Ward Elloitts # 47 ( the one i should have kept).
Townes VanZant Rearview Mirror

**John Rosett** · Oct-26-2004, 7:46am

mandolin - my '13 gibson A
cd - one of the acoustic disc jethro discs. (maybe with all that spare time, i could figure out everything jethro's doing.
john

**Big Joe** · Oct-26-2004, 8:01am

My distressed MM. My favorite cd would be Evan Marshall "The Lone Arranger".

**telepbrman** · Oct-26-2004, 8:10am

Yep, this is what I'm after...keep on keeping on, dy.

**Karen Kay** · Oct-26-2004, 8:15am

The Davis (if Scott's Nugget was unavailable) and Jeff Midkiff's Partners in Time

**GTison** · Oct-26-2004, 8:21am

probably a ovation. so I could bust up the top to make stuff with or burn for a signal fire. ... use the fiberglass bowl to catch water in. Use the strings to catch some fish; Break the neck off dig up some clamswith the peghead and club some crabs with it. Take the frets off and bend them for fish hooks. start a fire cook the fish and sit back and play the,.... mandolin .

**John Rosett** · Oct-26-2004, 10:24am

maybe ovation should make a "boy scout" mandolin. you could do all that stuff with it, then put it back together and play it.
john

**Lee** · Oct-26-2004, 10:26am

All alone on a desert island? Projection wouldnot be necessary and money would not be an issue. I'm leaning towards the aforementioned Gilchrist F4. However, considering the place could get hot and sweaty, a semi-gloss Pomeroy F4 might work well.

**phynie** · Oct-26-2004, 11:18am

For me it would be Don Stiernberg's two point Nugget. Ahhhhhhhh, the mandolin that taught me what jazz should sound like. So sweet. As for the cd, Django and Steph's Djangology. i could never get tired of that. Never.

**dtb** · Oct-26-2004, 1:18pm

the mando I have now......I'm not dreaming any more....

and any David Grisman cd, with any quintet.

**davestem** · Oct-26-2004, 1:25pm

Hmmm...I'll take a sweet Dude.
The CD, that's harder. Probably a Co-Mando sessions, or Plectrology, so's I could have variety.

**fatt-dad** · Oct-26-2004, 1:28pm

Well of my collection, I would bring my A-model Stiver. Regarding the CD, I would bring NGR's first.

fatt-dad

**Samando** · Oct-28-2004, 5:46am

Well... for the mando, I'd have to stick with my Collings (my baby!). #

And for the CD. #*long pause* # Probably Thile's "Not All Who Wander Are Lost".

# #(I 'spose I'd have plenty of time to get all the riffs figured out on that one...)

**POB** · Oct-28-2004, 7:08am

My Backpacker of course! What else am I going to paddle my raft with?

**Frank Russell** · Oct-28-2004, 11:10am

davestem - Will you take a mando to play for your sweet dude?

**duuuude** · Oct-28-2004, 1:02pm

'Least he didn't say "sweaty duuuude"

**AeroJoe** · Oct-28-2004, 1:38pm

That's an easy question...My Collings MF5 #270...and a CD player/radio with perpetual batteries...just no way to think of one CD...

A much harder question would be...Ginger or Mary Ann?

**WJF** · Oct-28-2004, 3:18pm

Hmmm ... only one mando right?? OK ... if I could talk Mike Marshall into letting me have his Loar or my friend Eddie into letting me have his Fern, either of those would do.

Since niether of those scenarios is very likely I guess I would (quite happily), stick with my A.L. Smart f-5