Elkhorn Mango

[Jim Nollman]

Man oh man did this one in the classifieds make my eyes pop out! The pick guard alone is worth your time to click over to the elkhorn website for a closer look. No financial interest, although for a moment I had to wonder how much money I could pool together by quick-selling my own three instruments. sorry for the misspelling in this thread's title, but I couldn't figure out how to edit it after the fact.

[Bill Snyder]

Here is the pickguard.

[Jeff Mando]

Gorgeous figure on the pickguard, especially against the tortoise binding. A beauty.

[Timbofood]

Ooh, MAN! I love mango and am not that far from Elkhart!
Such a teaser.

[journeybear]

Mango wood? Sweet!

For future reference: You can fix a messed up thread title within three hours (I think) of starting it by going to the edit pane and then Go Advanced.

[Elkhorn1]

Hey, Robb Brophy at Elkhorn Mandolins here. Just wanted everyone to know that this thread was to be titled Elkhorn Mango. Original post must have been made on a Mac as they like to change Elkhorn to Elkhart. Just an FYI. Enjoy!

[journeybear]

Scott corrected the title on the OP so that should fix it, unless someone uses Reply from a misspelled post. I think.)

Anyway, beautiful work on this and the rest on your website. Great idea, using unusual woods for the back and sides. Makes each mandolin unique and distinctive. I can relate to mango wood because that's a nickname a former bandmate hung on me, and because it's mango season here now. That's a big deal here, with people going around trying to get as many as they can from whatever trees they can get to. There's a big one right on my corner, and they're looking just about ripe.

[Timbofood]

I figured it out before posting the smarty pants reference to Elkhart and the tropical fruit. I am not so dim as to realize the typo before I opened it. But, thanks for the clarification.

[Marc Katz]

Robb,

Great work. You are really opening up great new creativity in wood! So pretty!

Marc