Message in a bulb

[oldwave maker]

Goes east next week, NM walnut, AZ ironwood, CO engelmann, pinyon coffee, lively bugger.......

[Mark Wilson]

Message in a bulbThats clever and cool

Beautiful mandolin.

[sgrexa]

That is the widest grain Engelmann I have ever seen! Amazingly cool Bill, is that a one piece top?

Sean

[DougC]

That's a beauty. And local wood. Very cool. What do you mean by lively? Sound sample please. :whistling:

[Randi Gormley]

Wow. What a beauty -- message notwithstanding.

[Skip Kelley]

Nice looking mandolin! Bill, I always love your posts!

[sgarrity]

That's gorgeous. I love the local wood choices.

[HoGo]

Amazingly cool Bill, is that a one piece top?
Sean
Looks like two piece top by the shading of grainlines to me.
Brave choice of wide grained wood!

[oldwave maker]

Two piece, neighbor Don Musser has billets from lots of colorado engelmann logs, I think he moved to Cotopaxi for several years to chase logging trucks the way some lawyers chase ambulances, its from the same part of the same tree as the octave on hold in the cafe ads. Got the idea for writing on the lightbulb by seeing a few shots here with clear bulbs on shiny surfaces.
doublestop scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zag5ENwda84]zag5ENwda84

[OldGus]

Nice! Walnut is my favorite. I remember this A5 of yours I heard on YouTube as great sounding...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cEgB9v7oZk.