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I'm typically not one to engage in open letters to the community, but something has been gnawing at my brain for a very long time. A few days ago I was contacted by a buyer with a question regarding...

Hey fellow mandolin warriors. To put fears to rest. There are no intensions of ever moving any part of Weber to China. We will remain a domestically built family of instruments.

I wish I could say I'm surprised, but I'm not. As someone who was intimately involved with Weber for 12 years, and as one of the few people who made the move to Bend from Montana, I saw the writing...

If it were mine I'd sell it right away.
I'd buy a Kimble two point to round out my collection,
and a nice little cabin on the Naches River with a great pickin' porch.
I'd invite my buddies over...

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Greetings fellow lovers of Loar lore. I borrowed this unique instrument from it's very knowledgeable custodian (at the time) to see how it would sound on a recording. I tuned the instrument (as I...

According to Mike Longworth's Martin Guitars: A History (p.88), the Style 15 was first made in 1929, and first cataloged in 1930. It was made until 1941. In the 1930 catalog, its price was $50, but...

PS: the Martin AK, the simpler of the two koa flatbacks, usually looked like this:

http://www.lutherie.net/martin.ak.mandolin.jpg

Sometimes it came in fancier koa.