I'm sure this has been discussed before, but other than Pava and Gail Hester, are there any other women building mandolins?
I'm sure this has been discussed before, but other than Pava and Gail Hester, are there any other women building mandolins?
Maegen Wells: http://www.maegenwellsguitars.com
2018 Girouard Concert oval A
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2018 Frank Tate tenor guitar
1969 Martin 00-18
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Looks like Peggy White was building flat top mandolins: https://www.peggywhite.ca/#models
2018 Girouard Concert oval A
2015 JP "Whitechapel" tenor banjo
2018 Frank Tate tenor guitar
1969 Martin 00-18
my Youtube channel
Cafe member Jo Duseppo: https://www.dusepo.co.uk/Instruments
2018 Girouard Concert oval A
2015 JP "Whitechapel" tenor banjo
2018 Frank Tate tenor guitar
1969 Martin 00-18
my Youtube channel
If Maegen Wells and Peggy White’s guitars are any indication, their mandolins should be exceptional.
Maegan builds amazing instruments. I've played two of her mandolins and they really sound great and are spectacularly crafted. Peghead Nation did a nice feature interview on video with her a few years ago worth watching. Last time I visited with her at the NAMM Show in Anaheim she was contemplating building an F mandolin but I have no idea if that every happened.
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I know that John Sullivan's wife Patty was involved in the building process. She did the varnish and french polish on the Sullivan F5 I used to own. It was the mandolin called "G. Hodge" and the finish was beautiful. It's the mandolin in my profile photo.
2003 John Sullivan F5 "Roy"
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Lauri Girouard does all the finish work on the Girouard mandolins.
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Bruni Jacob: https://bruni-jacob.de/
Clarinda - whose last name I can’t make out on her website - builds prolifically. I’ve heard good things. Custom F-5s for around 1000 bucks! https://www.clarindasmusic.com/page6.html
Last edited by Brian B; Apr-13-2021 at 9:43pm. Reason: adding maker website
There's a few women on the team in Tom Ellis's shop besides Pava.
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this is neat, scroll down for the video, watch her build a mandolin. plays better without the english translation on my computer(translation slows it down).
https://bruni-jacob.de/bruni-jacob/u...b%2Fueber-mich
There was a thread not long ago about Lyn Hardy's guitar shaped octave mandolins.
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...urce-Lyn-Hardy
https://www.facebook.com/LuthierLynHardy
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Meredith Coloma from Canada definately builds mandos.
Erin Patterson from the USA (might have switched to just guitars now).
Sandi Harris from the UK builds baroque mandolins.
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Debra Amesqua, a former fire chief, builds beautiful instruments. I don't think she has her own webpage, but here's one of her instruments.
http://jettinstruments.com/amesqua-f5.html
Wow, Mark, that is gorgeous!
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Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
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