BEA Mandolins?

[Trey Young]

Anyone ever heard of this brand/maker? I stumbled across this video and really like the tone he's getting from this mando (and the superb performance!). I did a Google search and didn't find any information, now I come to the real pros. Thanks in advance.

[Mandolin Cafe]

Discussed right here a long time ago. He apparently passed in 2013 so you'll need to find one used. He was in the builder database for years, but then was removed when the web presence disappeared for good.

Other discussions:
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...harles-Luthier
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...n-Paul-Charles
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...-Jazz-Mandolin

and a whole bunch more from Google search.

[Trey Young]

Thanks Scott!

[G7MOF]

Now that does sound like a LITTLE guitar!

[Dave Hanson]

Sounds a lot like an electric guitar to me.

Dave H

[Trey Young]

To me it sounds like Willie Nelson’s Trigger and I’ve always thought it would be cool to have a mandolin to pull that kind of tone out of.

[Bill McCall]

Two of his albums available on iTunes. Nice.

[Trey Young]

Oh cool, I hadn't even thought to check that out. Thanks for the heads up!