Joining the Girouard club - commissioned a build!

[yankees1]

Lauri started staining my mandolin today - look at the figure in that top!!!

Concert model ? Beautiful !

[Blues Healer]

here are pics of mine after stain:

[Jill McAuley]

here are pics of mine after stain:

Ah, that looks lovely!!!!

[seankeegan]

here are pics of mine after stain:

another beauty.

[Al Trujillo]

Beautiful...both of them!

[Charles E.]

Beautiful mandolins both. Looking forward to some sound clips in the future.

Jill, the figure in the top of yours looks like lightning bolts!

[Denman John]

Beautiful mandolins both. Looking forward to some sound clips in the future.

Jill, the figure in the top of yours looks like lightning bolts!

My thoughts exactly ~ both very cool! Exciting times

[Randi Gormley]

both of these look spectacular. heavens, how can you stand the wait?

[Jill McAuley]

And it's finished! Max just sent these to me and it's as stunning as I imagined it would be! Can't wait to be able to play it!!!

[Blues Healer]

that's great, Jill
I especially like the look of the bound headstock

[Charles E.]

First class all the way! Lightning storm burst.

[Em Tee]

I just saw photos of your mando on their fb page and holy cow is that thing gorgeous. Good for you!!

[Eric F.]

Wow! That is one gorgeous mandolin. Everything about it looks perfect. I hope you find it sounds every bit as lovely as it looks.

[bruce.b]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a top as stunning as that! Amazing!

[soliver]

Beautiful!... congratulations, Jill

[Toycona]

Jill, that looks superb! You will love your Girouard.

[yankees1]

And it's finished! Max just sent these to me and it's as stunning as I imagined it would be! Can't wait to be able to play it!!!

BEAUTIFUL ! You will love it ! The only thing better than the looks of a Girouard is the sound it produces ! Second to none !

[Willem]

The entire mandolin is beautiful, but that top really is something special!

[yankees1]

I love that top ! Hope you will provide some sound clips after you receive it ! Max is building me a F4 Concert but won't be finished until late 2019. He previously built me an A oval which I LOVE with an Engelmann top. I was going to have a red spruce top but not sure now after seeing your Port Orford top ! What would be the sound differences between a red spruce and Port Orford cedar top? Not for Bluegrass but old time and Celtic. I'm sure Max will provide answers later on in the build !

[Denman John]

That is a very beautiful mandolin ~ if it sounds anywhere near how it looks, you've got yourself a keeper!

Play it in good health
John

[Jill McAuley]

I love that top ! Hope you will provide some sound clips after you receive it ! Max is building me a F4 Concert but won't be finished until late 2019. He previously built me an A oval which I LOVE with an Engelmann top. I was going to have a red spruce top but not sure now after seeing your Port Orford top ! What would be the sound differences between a red spruce and Port Orford cedar top? Not for Bluegrass but old time and Celtic. I'm sure Max will provide answers later on in the build !

I'll definitely get some video up of the Girouard once it gets her and acclimates - due to arrive tomorrow, fingers crossed! I'll be sitting in the lobby of my apartment building with a good book from morning on waiting for it (the doorbells for the apartments in my building are notoriously unreliable, so I'm not taking any chances!).

[Charles E.]

I'll be sitting in the lobby of my apartment building with a good book from morning on waiting for it.

So in theory, you could read "Waiting For Gotot" while waiting for Girouard?

[seankeegan]

Stunning instrument. Absolutely breathtaking. Is it spirit varnish?

[darylcrisp]

Jill
that is amazing!
and as others have said, i'm sure it will have a killer voice that matches the looks!
definitely keep us posted, and good luck in the morning for an early arrival.

d

[HonketyHank]

Well, that is a new first for me. A topless mandolin.




(Because it has two backs).

Really, it IS a new first. Quite a stunning piece of mandolinery. Congratulations to both you and Girouard for a beautiful collaboration.