NMD... Generosity indeed!
So shortly before the Christmas and the New year, I decided it was time to sell my Eastman. I gave Marty Jacobson a shout through email, and he was available for me to come down to the shop to have him look over the Eastman and see if it needed any attention before I put it up for sale. I also had him do a little fret-work to the SA because I had a fret that had popped out of place. While I was there, I was admiring all of his instruments he had hanging around the shop and chatting about a little bit of everything and finding that we had quite a bit in common.
In the midst of the conversation I mentioned that I'd been considering an Oval Hole for my next big purchase. He pointed to one of his Nautilus Oval Mandolins he had hanging on the wall ant told me it was one of his prototypes and to try it out. I played it a little and liked it. He proceeded to tell me that he would clean it up and put new strings on it and let me borrow it for a while to see if I liked the oval hole sound.
So, I took him up on his offer and yesterday I went back out to his shop and picked up his second prototype Nautilus Oval hole prototype to keep and play indefinitely, as long as I like. ... Incredibly generous IMHO. so of course I wanted to share with you all because I thought that was very very kind of him, and I thought you all should know what a gem we have amongst us!
I've been so incredibly busy this weekend, that I've only had about an hour to play it, but I am really liking it indeed!
Many many thanks to Marty!
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Originally Posted by Astro
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