Pava Pro pictures

[Cathy]

We've had a few request for pictures of the Pava Pro model. We finally got one to pose for the camera before heading off to it's dealer destination, The Mandolin Store.

[Mandobar]

Love my Pava!

[brunello97]

Very nice, Cathy, thanks. A Pava is high up on my wish list for an A5.

Looks like Texas grass there....

Mick

[yankees1]

Cost of a Pava Pro ?

[Danny Clark]

$2999
Danny

[yankees1]

$2999
Danny I would say that this would be a bargain and probably will sound as good as an Ellis since Pava does most of the work on each Ellis anyway !

[yankees1]

I wonder if Pava will begin making F models ?

[Mark Seale]

What differentiates the Pro model?

[MandolinFlyer]

Double bound w/b ivoroid with a bound fingerboard and peghead. Also, has a really neat headstock inlay. Fancier woods are also included. Super cool mandolins, best out there for the price I say!

[wandrewharper]

Played a Pava a few weeks ago at Gruhn's shop in Nashville. It was hands down the best mandolin on the floor!

[Brandon Sumner]

Very nice, Cathy, thanks. A Pava is high up on my wish list for an A5.

Looks like Texas grass there....

Mick Same here!

[ellisppi]

heres one more pic110976

[Ron McMillan]

Lovely looking instrument. I adore a beautiful A5, and that is beautiful.

[KirkDC]

I bought an earlier one a couple months ago. I think it dates from before there was a "Pro", so it is sort of a hybrid. I loved it out of the box, but I appreciate it more every day. The look and sound are both absolutely exceptional. Thank you Pava!

[Pete Jenner]

Here is a Pava I saw and played in TAMCO a few weeks ago. Not sure if it's the pro but it's an incredible sounding mandolin.

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[trevor]

Hi Pete,

That is a player, now sold, another due soon and a build thread for an Ellis F5 custom. I still have this beauty.

http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx216/trevor_moyle/pfc_zps403723c3.jpg (http://s757.photobucket.com/user/trevor_moyle/media/pfc_zps403723c3.jpg.html)

http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx216/trevor_moyle/pbc_zps9f6971fa.jpg (http://s757.photobucket.com/user/trevor_moyle/media/pbc_zps9f6971fa.jpg.html)

And a couple of shots of the player.

http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx216/trevor_moyle/prhc_zpsba0d41e6.jpg (http://s757.photobucket.com/user/trevor_moyle/media/prhc_zpsba0d41e6.jpg.html)

http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx216/trevor_moyle/vbcc_zpse9fdc0b2.jpg (http://s757.photobucket.com/user/trevor_moyle/media/vbcc_zpse9fdc0b2.jpg.html)

[Pete Jenner]

Very cool Trevor. Was it that fellow in the playing room who bought it? Can't remember his name but a very nice chap. I was playing some chop chords for him on that and another so he could hear the difference.

[trevor]

Hi Pete, no it was someone else, he bought an Ellis F5.

[Pete Jenner]

Nice. :-)
It must have been this one.
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[Minorkey]

A mando with a truss rod-must be high end! Very nice!

[Arejay]

I was the lucky person to buy the amber Pava from TAMCO in January. This instrument stood out above all the others I tried around the price point. The tone and quality of construction are superb and, two months in, the tone is developing further and opening out. The consistency of tone across all strings and the positions really sold me on this particular mandolin and no regrets. I suspect that this instrument will always be one step ahead of my playing abilities. I also love the understated looks of the satin/amber finish. All in all a happy owner with sore fingers!
all the best Arejay

[Mark Wilson]

I was the lucky person to buy the amber Pava from TAMCO in January... I also love the understated looks of the satin/amber finish. I don't recall seeing any pictures of the satin amber. Feel free to post up a couple of pictures if you want

[Arejay]

The mando shown in Trevor's (TAMCO) post above is the self same instrument - for a full photo album better than I could ever do see them @ theacousticmusicco.co.uk

[trevor]

Or go directly to my Pava page here:

http://www.theacousticmusicco.co.uk/index.php/mandolin-luithers/pava-mandolins.html

[Mark Wilson]

Thanks. Nice! I had seen that one. Without reading :redface: I saw the back binding and thought it was the gloss model.

[Arejay]

[QUOTE=Mark Wilson;1266362]Thanks. Nice! I had seen that one. Without reading :redface: I saw the back binding and thought it was the gloss model.[/QUOTE

Thanks for that - yes, it would appear that the descriptions in the Ellis/Pava website for "The Pava" give specifications which would imply that a player in satin is available with front binding only but presumably this has changed since it was set up. The back binding gives a cleaner overall look and I love it in the satin. The neck however is finished in gloss which I find a little sticky when position changing - however a small issue really. At the end of the day it is the sound that counts and this mando really delivers.
all the best Arejay

[trevor]

The back binding was a free upgrade.