I' happy to be a subscriber to this group and even more proud of the beautiful Merlot "F" that Michael built for me. I'll take it to my grave.
matthew good song - If I die you can have my stereo (mandolin).
I'm the guardian of Heiden 82L. Michael's 1st lefty Artist F. It is a brilliant instrument,
I'm A-16 and M-3. That is an A style (big leaf/sitka) mandolin and an A style (rock/engelmann) mandola for the lay people. ha
"for the lay people" Funny stuff. My mandolin is F-81, maybe produced in the same batch as Doc's. It is dated May 2005.
I've got #78, a Heritage F5....dated 1-05....an incredibly rich sounding and expressive mandolin.
Mine is A5 #38 from Dec. of '06. One piece Englemann top, one piece red maple b&s. It's a very loud, woody sounding mandolin.
Blond A-34, June '04. Looks just about exactly like the one on Heiden's website. A pleasure to play! Dave
I don't have a Heiden, but Michael did a refret and fingerboard plane that makes my Ratcliff a real joy to play. He's a master for sure!
I have A-54 which is an artist model with an Adi top and one piece quilted maple back and sides. It was built in 2010 and has a very nice custom wheat headstock inlay that suits me fine as I live in the Palouse region of North Idaho. The tone is remarkable.
Hi there, I just bought a 2009 Heiden A5 artist from TAMCO in Brighton England. It really is the best mandolin I've ever played! Before I made the trip from the Netherlands I went to Jeff Cardey, a great player living in Brussels, to play his Heiden A5 artist all day. I was amazed by the tonal quality and the sweetness of the top strings and I knew I had to go to Brighton to get me that Heiden. Cheers, Janos