Who has just one?

[RobP]

I think this may have been asked before, but who besides me has just one mandolin?

Cheers,

Rob

[Kevin Stueve]

me, but this is my second. And I dream of a Mike Black GBOM

[Al Trujillo]

Me....

[MontanaMatt]

For ten years I had just one, it was a replacement for one that left when it arrived. I now have two, both are great, but my Weber sits in it's case whilst I rock out on my Ratliff.

[Roger Moss]

While I have gone through many, I currently have one, and will only have the one going forward.

[George R. Lane]

My Weber Yellowstone is my one and only and has been for seven years.

[Mark Miller]

I only have one. Must be a lot of rich folks here.

[Sherry Cadenhead]

I have one. It's a beginner instrument, but I'll keep it when I upgrade in a couple of years.

[foldedpath]

It's an old question but a good one.

I have just one, the first one I ever bought, after about a year of thinking about it and getting some good advice from the Cafe members here. I bought a nice one with a hefty budget, and it's the only one I've ever wanted to play. Well, except for one Gilchrist I briefly had my hands on, but was way outside my financial means.

I did make a couple of sideways excursions afterwards, with a Weber OM (still have it, it's a keeper) and a Breedlove custom 4-string mandola (sold it), but that doesn't count if we're just talking mandolins.

I wouldn't mind owning a really high-tier mandolin like a Gilchrist someday, But truth be told, I can do everything I really need to do with this one mandolin. I've reached the point where it isn't the instrument that's holding me back.

[mrmando]

Mandolins are like Lay's potato chips.

[MontanaMatt]

I only have one. Must be a lot of rich folks here.

I ain't rich, but I'm hoping to buy another nice one in five years for my 50th birthday!
Guess I need to pick my next builder, start squirreling away the $$, and get on the build list!

[OneChordTrick]

Me too. Please don’t ask me the same question about bikes

[DataNick]

Used to own several; would love to have a backup, but alas $$ limits, thankful to have a good'un, my 94 F5L

[Jill McAuley]

Just the one here, at least for the moment....

[Ivan Kelsall]

I could live with one good mandolin,but i have 3, & when you like the individual 'tones',it's hard to imagine 'not' having them,
Ivan

[Upis Land]

I have just one...... mandola. I can't comment on mandolin in this thread. Ironically I play the mandola the most these days.

[Jess L.]

Two, but only one of them is playable.

The other one (the good one) is side-lined because of a scary-looking peghead crack that looked like it was about ready to bust into two pieces before I took off all the string tension.

Would cost too much to have it properly fixed by a competent luthier, yet I have too much respect for the instrument to subject it to some two-bit non-expert repair attempt, so it just sits there unused.

So, only one playable mandolin.

[James Miller]

Mandolins are like Lay's potato chips.

Heh. I merchandise for Frito-Lay.

I have 1.
1 Weber
1 Seagull.


But I have 3 didgeridoo... D in White Eucalyptus, C# in Bloodwood Eucalyptus, & a D in the form of a PocketDidge from Meinl. Wanting one in G now...

[Mike Snyder]

I knew that the buying would be over when retirement happened, so I loaded up. One F5, one A4, a tenor banjo, and a clawhammer banjo. Once I get new tires on the pickup, I’m set.

[yankees1]

Mandolin monogamy ?? No way, I don't believe in it ! A sin ! I Believe in Polygamy ! That is MAS Polygamy !

[Ray(T)]

I only have one but I'm not sure what's in the other thirteen cases

Mandolins (and guitars) just seem to happen.

[Mandoplumb]

I used to own only one, a Flatiron. The top collapsed, Gibson drug thier feet in assuming responsibility and I didn't have a mandolin to play, this was in 2000. I finally had Ray Dearstone build me one, Gibson came thru replacing the Flatiron, so then I had two. But who knows, maybe something will happen to both of them at the same time and I don't like being mandollinless so I've bought a few more since then. None are high dollar as mandolins go but all sound good and could be used in any situation.

[Joey Anchors]

I’ve been through a few since picking up the mandolin a few years ago. Currently own two technically but the Eastman stays in its case since I’ve gotten the Crystal Forest 8 months ago.

[Roger Moss]

I knew that the buying would be over when retirement happened, so I loaded up. One F5, one A4, a tenor banjo, and a clawhammer banjo. Once I get new tires on the pickup, I’m set.

Happy to see your priorities are in order...

[soliver]

Just recently sold my 1N... the flatty sound is not for me. That means I’m just down to the Eastman, but I’m saving up and about half way to an arched top oval... it’s just a matter of time til I’m not just a 1 Mando man.