Emando group shot

[mrmando]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/3044689832_4915ef5029.jpg
Say cheese!

Finally got some dry weather -- I've been wanting to do this for a while. Here are some of the notable e-mandos currently taking up space in my instrument room. Actually, the Hondo and the Fender FM62SCE will be on the way to their new owners later today; I wanted to give them a proper sendoff. This isn't quite everything I have, but it's everything that would fit on the pallet.

Front: Gibson EM-200 Florentine, mid-60s.
Row 2: Hondo 8-string, Roger Bacorn 5-string.
Row 3: Fender FM62SCE, Joseph Yanuziello 8-string, Fender FM-984.
Row 4: National Silvo, Roberts Tiny Moore 5-string (the new kid).

Everyone seems to be getting along. I took more photos from different angles; you can see them here (http://flickr.com/search/?q=emando%20group%20shot&w=9627770%40N07).

[JEStanek]

Nice collection, Martin. Will you post a photo of the amps?

Jamie

[dandhr61]

Very Nice mandolins!, how do you guys find the time to play all those?

[UnityGain]

That EM-200 makes me feel all tingly. Wish it had a bound headstock though. I dont like unbound f-style headstocks personally. Still would love love love to have one, but I just dont have the means right now.

My plain jane mandobird feels all sad now, look what you did!

I'm becoming more and more a solid body electric player when I'm like. Its just so much easier! No feedback, no worries. A little buzz now and then but whatever. I'm not sure how I would live without a volume knob...

[delsbrother]

Was that the Roberts at Gruhn's?

I wanna see more shots of the Thormahlen! Is that electric too?

[jefflester]

Nice photo Martin!


That EM-200 makes me feel all tingly.
EM-200s have made me tingly for years!

I just bought the '59 that Bernunzio had marked down in their fall sale! :grin:

[Ken Olmstead]

That is a really nice collection!!

[mrmando]

To answer questions, there is only one amp, a Fender Blues Jr., and the Roberts came my way in a private transaction a couple of weeks ago. The Thormahlen is an acoustic/electric octave mando shaped like a Gibson Explorer. Believe it's the only one Dave Thormahlen made in that style. Bernunzio's '59 EM200 was a screamin' deal and I don't blame Jeff for pulling the trigger on it.

Now that two of these instruments have been shipped off, perhaps I should redo the shot with the Thormahlen and the Old Wave electric mandola ... and maybe the St. George if I get it fixed, and the Rigel R100 when I get it back from Duane ...

[mandopete]

Sick!

[mikeomando]

(Homer Simpson drooling sound)
Mmmmmmm, Emandos....

Hiding a National Silvo and a Roberts behind a couple of Fenders reminds me of a maxim an "exotic dancer" taught me:
Reveal, conceal.

Nice collection of instrument stands you got there, too. It's good to be king.

[Ted Eschliman]

Love the Fender Blues Jr. amp! Built just right for the emando register.