Hey gang, Every now and then we sell limited edition items. Curious to see if any of you have some of the models that were a limited run or others that we no longer sell. FYI, right now we're selling a limited set of zebra wood mandos. Feel free to check them out. We also recently sold a mandolin made of out 200 year old mahogany. - Big Muddy
Hi Mike -- good to see you here! I have a one-off all-mahogany octave mandolin, labelled M-111. Lovely instrument with a nice warm tone, which is a joy to play. Martin
Martin, I would love to get some pictures of that. Care to post a few?
Sure -- I've just uploaded a few photos of the all-mahogany octave here: Link For size comparison, I've included a shot of the OM next to my M-0W mandolin. Martin
Thanks Martin. Much appreciated. Added some of the pics to our facebook page for the world to see!
You're welcome. Just a nitpick on the Facebook posting: the mandolin in the photo is an M-0W, not an MW-0. Different specs: the MW-0 has walnut back and sides and standard neck, the M-0W has mahogany back and sides and a wide neck. Yes, it's confusing but they're your model numbers, not mine... Martin
I recently purchased from the classifieds here a black "Folk Art" mandolin that was one of the featured mandolins about a year ago. My instructor Moses McKinley plays (and I mean plays hard) a Big Muddy in his band Folk Hogan and it was his recommendation that got me looking for one. I have been watching Facebook and the last 2 featured mandolins were awesome. The Adirondack Red Spruce has been my favorite and I loved the Blue Christmas one.
I looked up Folk Hogan and listened to the Skeleton Scramble. Holy cow! Talk about high energy. I would not have pictured a Big Muddy in that setting, but it does really well.
I just added a shot of the M11 I picked up second-hand last year, don't have much info about it, other than it having some sort of non-standard finish. Looks great, IMO!