Hill mandolins no. 17

[Brad H]

Here is some pictures of a mandolin I just finished up today. It was built for a friend of mine who is a rock guitarist turned aspiring mandolin player. He wanted a mandolin in the color GREEN!!!! So here it is! This one has a 14" scale and the top bracing is a hybrid X brace and tone bars. It's loud and the response is really nice. It will be at the NAMM show later this month on display at the Bad Cat Amps booth.

[Brad H]

Back

[Brad H]

Scroll

[Brad H]

The Roman Numeral 7 on the back of the headstock was the only inlay requested.

[Brad H]

Full front. The lighting on this one was hard to get right. Hope you like!!!

[Mark Walker]

Looks like something I'd play on St. Patrick's Day! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Very cool, though I don't usually care for unusually colored instruments! Nice grain on that back! (I love beautiful grain, regardless of the color!)

[Steve Cantrell]

As far as I'm concerned, that scroll is right on. Nice work.

[mandroid]

Kermie ! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Soupy1957]

Ok, I surrender...now I think I've seen it all!! A Lime-green Mando...God bless ya!
-Soupy1957

[JEStanek]

You did a great job on the scroll and the binding looks really good too.

Jamie

[Skip Kelley]

Brad, The scroll is perfect! Awesome job!!

[jasona]

I would like to take this moment to acknowledge Skip as the most positive, supportive person on the Cafe. He always has a good word to spend on these mandos, even if he's encouraging his competition! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif I love reading it, so keep it up Skip!

[Jim MacDaniel]

I am usually not very fond of green mandolins (call me old fashioned, but I think mandolins should be [i]blue[i/] ;) but that is a great color choice, and I especially like the back -- nice work!

[jaco]

Beautiful job Brad. I love the color.

[Mark Franzke]

Beautiful workmanship!