Re: What Brand(s) of Mandolins did Chris Thile play before his Lo
Originally Posted by
jefflester
My understanding was that #5 was on loan from Lynn until Chris' commissioned #14 was completed. Then he returned #5 which was sold to another party. But then later down the road Chris was able to reacquire #5, which he preferred to #14. I don't think these particular transactions had anything to do with the Loar acquisition.
You are correct, as I apparently crossed wires between what I had read about Dude #14 and his first Loar.
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
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