Re: How did you feel about your new build Mando?
A year or so ago, Eddie Blevins built an octave mandolin for me. Not a big deal? Maybe and maybe not. While Eddie has an impeccable reputation regarding mandolins, he had never built an octave. Ongoing verbal and written conversations filled in those very small gaps of confidence. By the time he was halfway through everything was cool. There were no wisps of lingering doubt in the back of my mind.
He even worked with me on the case. No one has a fitted case for octaves in their inventory, so we turned to Cedar Creek. I gave them the accouterments I wanted and Eddie furnished the dimensions of the octave. Cedar Creek delivered the case to Eddie. When he finished the instrument, he packed it in the custom case and shipped it to me,
I could not be happier with the instrument. In spite of all of those admonitions above, I have nothing but good things to say about Eddie and his (and now my) octave mandolin.
David Hopkins
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The older I get, the less tolerant I am of political correctness, incompetence and stupidity.
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