#31 a Blonde Black A4

[Mike Black]

Here is my first all blonde A4. I think it turned out pretty nice.

Engelmann spruce top and one-piece curly red maple back.

[Bill Burch]

"Blonde is the new Black". Sounds like a TV series.

Bill

[carleshicks]

Gorgeous

[Wynning13]

Looks great! How's it sound?

[Teak]

Gorgeous mandolin! Did you need my address for shipping?

[J.Sloan]

That's a good looking mandolin Mike...nice clean work on the back of that neck!

[Marty Jacobson]

Looks like nice hard maple, tasty all around. Virzified or not?

[Mike Black]

Looks like nice hard maple, tasty all around. Virzified or not?

No Virzi in this one.

[Ron McMillan]

Lovely work as usual, Mike. I like the tuners, too. Who made them?

[Mike Black]

Lovely work as usual, Mike. I like the tuners, too. Who made them?

Thanks. The tuners are Gotoh's.

[Ivan Kelsall]

From Mike - " I think it turned out pretty nice.". Very nicely understated -i think it looks spectacular !!. I love 'blonde' mandolins, simply because they show the woods used in such a beautiful way,& that one is a stunner,
Ivan

[Skip Kelley]

Mike, that is one fine looking mandolin! Love the blonde finish!!

[Galileo]

Very nice! I feel a case of MAS coming on...

[eadg145]

That's beautiful, Mike! Every time you show us a new mandolin, I wonder what serial number will be mine.

[Mike Black]

Looks great! How's it sound?

Here you go, this is what it sounds like.

[Atlanta Mando Mike]

Great Tone!!! That's a great sounding mandolin Mike. And good playing too.

[Scott Tichenor]

Got to play it yesterday before it gets shipped and that mandolin sounds GREAT. Not what I'd expect out of a new instrument. No break in required. Even my wife commented on the sound and she should be deaf by now as much as I play around the house. Very well done, Mike.

[Austin Clark]

That looks and sound great Mike!

[billhay4]

I think it turned out pretty nice.

I'd say.
Bill

[almeriastrings]

Only ever played one of these (belonging to another forum member) but it was one of the best modern A-4's I've ever heard. Also got to hear it in performance (thanks, Nick!) - excellent. Oddly enough, the other "best" modern A-4 I've encountered is also from Kansas. A Mark Franzke.... must be something in the air out there.

[Mike Black]

Only ever played one of these (belonging to another forum member) but it was one of the best modern A-4's I've ever heard. Also got to hear it in performance (thanks, Nick!) - excellent. Oddly enough, the other "best" modern A-4 I've encountered is also from Kansas. A Mark Franzke.... must be something in the air out there.

From your avatar, it looks like you have a Triggs. Another Lawrence, Kansas mandolin builder.