I just purchased this emando from a shop in Buffalo, NY. I had been looking for a good 8 string solid body emando for a long time and I came accross this one. It is exactly what I was looking for in an 8 string emando. Does anyone know anything about this builder or this mandolin? The store owner sad it was built for a local (Buffalo, NY) mandolinist named Vic Petronella in 1997.