Re: Montana mandolin field trip
Nice post, Hank. Seven years ago I got to take my Flatiron on a pilgrimage back to it's birth state and see Bruce and Mary at the Logan schoolhouse when it was putting out Webers. They are, like you say, the nicest folks and very friendly. They scoped my A-model out, determined it was one of the last Montana-made Flatirons, and very graciously showed me around the shop (I have a photo album on my profile if you can figure out how to navigate there.) It was great meeting them and seeing all the Webers in various stages of construction. I had hoped to one day come back to personally order a new Weber, maybe now I'll still be able to order a Weber-made mando.
As an aside, down the highway in Bozeman there is a great Scottish session on Sundays at the Bunkhouse Brewery. Formerly at the 406 Brewing Company, the session has legs and has been going on for several years. The regulars are friendly, the beer is good, and it's a great way to play all those tunes you downloaded from Nigel Gatherer's website over the years (Thanks, Nigel!)
Rob Ross
Apple Valley, Minne-SOH-tah
1996 Flatiron A5-Performer, 1915 Gibson F-2 (loaned to me by a friend), 2008 Kentucky Master KM-505 A-Model
1925 Bacon Peerless tenor banjo (Irish tuning), 1985 Lloyd Laplant F-5, 2021 Ibanez PFT2 Tenor Guitar (GDAE)
and of course, the 1970 Suzuki-Violin-Sha Bowl Back Taterbug
Bookmarks