Supermodel Mandos

**Andrew B. Carlson** · Jul-20-2013, 3:26pm

Originally Posted by StevenS

Offered for your consideration -

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Steve

And you got the top color ppuuurrrfect IMO. I'm adding this to my folder of mando photos for the instrument I hope to have built one day for color reference.

**Red-emperor** · Jul-28-2013, 6:41am

Mine's the Giacomel J5

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**Londy** · Jul-28-2013, 7:51am

Originally Posted by JEStanek

I've already got mine. I might add a Three Point Black-top with torch and wire as a dream looker.

and mine...

Jamie

Wow! That mandolin is beautiful! That would be anyone's dream instrument. I like it because of its different looks. really nice.

**Londy** · Jul-28-2013, 9:49pm

Originally Posted by Erk

This one still blows my mind.

Looks like the Doppler affect.

**Pete Jenner** · Jul-29-2013, 2:08pm

Originally Posted by Jim Garber

I was just down the street the other day but it was Saturday. Man!

What??? You live in the capitalist capital of the universe and your music shops don't open on Saturday??? *falls over backwards*

**Jim Nollman** · Jul-29-2013, 4:22pm

This one first caught my eye for its lines, and that back plate. About 18 months later, one came up on the Classifieds and I immediately pulled the trigger. It has been my main recording mandolin now for almost 3 years. I have been surprised to hear that Ben Wilcox has not made more than 3 or 4 of these. Like a lot of other players posting here, I am especially drawn to mandolins like this one that show a gorgeous execution of a hybrid design.

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**usqebach** · Jul-29-2013, 5:39pm

Jim,

Jim,

I love your mando as well! I think I've moved on to his current 2 point model, but yours is a real looker. I prefer your modified paddle head to the modified snakehead he's currently using.

BTW, would you have a link to your aforementioned recordings? I'd love to check it out.

Thanks!

Jim

**Jim Nollman** · Jul-29-2013, 6:25pm

Jim, I emailed you some links to my recordings. And I just took a close look at the BRW two-point. Pretty nice stuff, including the headstock. Please post some photos of yours.

I'd love to know if these two-points sound anything at all like my 3-point with its hybrid bracing. I'd call mine a jazz mandolin, distinguished by its hefty pop across the fingerboard. I notice that the 2-points also have that same tightly-figured, burgundy, fiddleback maple which Ben seems to use so often.

I've always been curious if the tight symmetrical rays add anything to the way it sounds. It LOOKS like it should, but that doesn't mean much in the real world.