Hey Paula, good choice!
I LOVE my Arches mandolin.
Hey Paula, good choice!
I LOVE my Arches mandolin.
Paula - You definitely won't be disappointed. Chris does great work. I bought a flat-top from him and was so impressed, I ordered another instrument from him. Good luck with the wait!
Fiddles
Arches F4 / Newson F5
Crump B1 / Old Wave GOM
Yes. Excellent choice. My Arches flattop is awesome. I can't wait to find a good enough reason to justify ordering an arch-top from Chris.
Germain
Paula, good choice. I, like Jim, bought one and ordered another ... details forthcoming. Jim I was hoping to see you at the Comando gathering last weekend - I brought my Arches along and had a lot of fun.
It's comforting to hear from those who have received there first are going back for #2. I can't wait for my first. Everytime Chris posts pictures of one my wheels spin on the options for mine.
Daryl
Chris has started the tease... Here's my mandolin in progress (note: it's just the backwood, not the back yet):
Less talk, more pick.
I've got about 10 mandolins worth of that wood. Hint hint.
Chris, is it wide enough for a one-piece back?
Less talk, more pick.
Nope, the stuff I have is 8" wide.
That works, too!
Less talk, more pick.
Don't torture me like that. (nice work and nice wood) I have the motive but not the means.
Steve Davis
I should really be practicing instead of sitting in front of the computer.
Was this pointed at me? and my indecisiveness?Originally Posted by (Mandoplyr @ June 17 2005, 18:00)
I've got about 10 mandolins worth of that wood. Hint hint.
Daryl
Hey, check this out, Arches French wine!
No really, my local store throws out these fine wooden boxes that I use for storage, books, etc. I liked this one.
Ahhh... finally the truth about Arches mandolins; Chris makes them out of old wine crates!
"... beauty is not found in the excessive but what is lean and spare and subtle" - Terry Tempest Williams
Actually, this thing has good tonal character when I tap on it...I may create a speaker cabinet out of it. Or ... add a neck, tuners, bridge tune it in fifths and it could be a 'mandobox'. Hey, if some folks use cigar boxes - or even more to my horror a bedpan - why not a wine crate!!
How about winedolin?
Less talk, more pick.
First time I heard Arches as a company name was from a french watercolor paper manufacturer.
#ManDoh,
#I wasn't directing those hints your way, that is, unless you want to save yourself some trouble and just order your second one straight away.
look like a beauty.
Daryl
Aha! I have actually had some of that wine before.
Sauternes are extremely sweet dessert wines. They are sometimes served as aperitif, and the lay French drink it with foie gras, although it is too sweet for that use.
This particular one is very famous, and one of a handful of white Bordeaux that are classified as Grand Cru. It's very excellent, and outrageously expensive, even in France. Idread to think how much it sold for after import.
Best side to it being so expensive: you don't usually drink enough to finish like these two:
Germain (French guy, in case you haven't noticed!)
The latest, with the Waverly tuners.
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Wow.
Wow is right. That is amazing. Chris, what will happen if I get set of Waverly's for mine?
Less talk, more pick.
Well for one your wallet will be a lot lighter, and two, you will have the best tuners available.
I understand.
Less talk, more pick.
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