View Full Version : Hennis Mandolin, any comments?
HurleyRidge
Feb-20-2010, 12:56pm
Interested to here any first hand experience or what anyone has heard about Hennis Mandolins if any. Thanks. Glenn Hurley
HurleyRidge
Feb-20-2010, 4:26pm
His website hennismandolins.com says that Ricky Woods of the Wood Brothers at Dollywood endorses them and that Travers Chandler of Dan Paisley group endorses them. Anyone know these guys and can comment?
HurleyRidge
Jan-22-2011, 1:31pm
He has a recent new website http://www.hennismandolins.org
http://www.hennismandolins.org
dcoventry
Jan-22-2011, 3:48pm
Really good prices for a US handmade piece. Is there a catch to this?
MikeEdgerton
Jan-22-2011, 4:07pm
Here's (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?68065-Hennis-mandolin-on-Ebay&highlight=hennis) a previous discussion.
testore
Jun-06-2016, 11:01pm
Saw this one today
DataNick
Jun-07-2016, 12:18am
Am I missing something?
That thing looks like it was built with a stone-age chisel...brother!
testore
Jun-07-2016, 7:44am
Didn't miss a thing
multidon
Jun-07-2016, 7:58am
The standard comment around here for instruments with, um, "primitive" fit and finish:
It's folk art!
George R. Lane
Jun-07-2016, 8:20am
It looks better than anything I could build but, I still wouldn't buy it.
doc holiday
Jun-07-2016, 8:26am
“my Hennis mandolin has one of the best sounds of mandolins I’ve played” Travers Chandler
That's some high praise ;)
fscotte
Jun-07-2016, 9:10am
Hm he's just up the road, I may check out his shop.
Jim Garber
Jun-07-2016, 9:29am
The one in Gary's shop was made by someone else named Hennis or else it was one of his very earliest ones. From what I can tell from his web site, none of his mandolins look anywhere as rough as that one.