From yankees1 -
" I had to look ''eschews'' up in the dictionary..". Made by Hershey's i believe.
IMHO - regardless of the builder,known / unknown - we take a
chance when we buy an instrument ''unheard''. Ok,so the most well known builders would be expected tp build a mandolin ''more pleasing'' to us,but that's not always the case, as the tone of an instrument can be a
very individualistic taste.
Re-visiting the tale of Mr Weinman & his 'for us', newly discovered instruments,he may be 'new to us',but as i mentioned in the previous post regarding his mandolins,to my eyes,they're the product of a guy who knows his trade absolutely. I'd like to know the feelings of
the first person to order a Gilchrist, ''sight unseen / sound unheard'' !. How did they feel ?.
My 3 current mandolins all came to me 'unheard'. I knew of the reputation of Weber,i'd had a previous Lebeda,so i knew of Jiri Lebeda's ''build standard'',the same with my Ellis "A" style. It might have been the case that i'd disliked any one of them,but it wasn't. They sound 'different' one to another,but to my ears they all sound 'good'.
If i was in the market for a high quality mandolin (& lived in the US !),i wouldn't hesitate for a second to order one from Mr Weinman - especially after the reports on the tone of the one at George Gruhn's store.
We all take chances every day in our choices of 'anything',most often they're 'informed choices' (my Lebeda for instance),sometimes we take a risk of something not being exactly what we'd hoped for - that's the way it goes !. If anybody on here knows how to take the
risk out of 'anything at all' - please let us all know !,
Ivan
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