2008 in Review

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JazzMando What's New - We'd like to publicly thank Mandolin Cafe Super Administrator, Scott Tichenor for the mention of "Getting into Jazz Mandolin (http://www.mandolincafe.com/news/publish/mandolins_00944.shtml)" as a highlight in his personal 2008 in Review (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/blog.php?b=36) report. 2008 was a great year for us; in addition to the book's release, we introduced a dynamic support section including background audio and some helpful professional demonstrations, JazzMando Webtracks (http://jazzmando.com/webtracks.shtml).

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We introduced three new builders in our Builder's Spotlight (http://jazzmando.com/spotlight_builders_for_the_21st_century.shtml) section, reviews including Jason Harshbarger, Austin Clark, Walt Kuhlman, and the collaborative efforts resulting in the Giacomel by Eastman. Of course our own joint efforts with Austin Clark ended up in a terrific new JazzMando signature model, the Clark JM Two-point (http://jazzmando.com/clark_jm_twopoint.shtml).

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We also expanded the JazzMando Flatwound family strings into ball-end electric with the new JM10B strings (http://jazzmando.com/jazzmando_jm10b_flatwound_strings.shtml), and continue to partner with string manufacturers for other options for Mandola and Octave Mandolin. Hopefully something ready for market in early 2009...

Stay Tuned.



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