Weber Guitar Bodied Octave Mandolins

[belbein]

I realize that while I've been away from Mandoworld, Weber retired, Two Old Hippies took over the world, and the Apocalypse happened. But before I took the last train for the coast (as the poet says) I was hot in pursuit of a new Weber Guitar-Bodied Octave Mandolin. I'm assuming that was part of the line that TOH killed off. I'm wondering if any were ever produced, or if anybody ever scored one?

[pheffernan]

The Octar is real! https://themandolinstore.com/product...llatin-due-51/

[belbein]

Just to be clear ... not talking about the Octar. They advertised smaller GBOM's, some of them cutaways, which really had me salivating. Bruce and I talked about it. But then I headed off into the wilderness, and I came back to find that the Weber World had changed.

[pheffernan]

Ah, perhaps you mean this one? https://pegheadnation.com/instrument...tave-mandolin/

[allenhopkins]

So if they were showing a smaller-bodied guitar-shaped OM at last February's NAMM, probably they are producing it, right? At least as a custom order. Worth contacting Weber, IMHO, to see what's what.

[Jill McAuley]

The Mandolin Store had a few of these awhile back if I'm not mistaken, maybe contact Dennis about a special order?