Re: Duffeyisms
Dean Roets, who used to play with Bristol Mountain Bluegrass here around Rochester, had Dick Deneve of Syracuse build him a mandolin with the most "raked-back" neck I've ever seen. Dean was proud of it, and had me play it (I had a 'teens F-2 at the time), and I could barely get three consecutive notes out of it. Dean's long gone now, and where the Deneve is I don't know, but I still remember that short encounter with Dean and his mandolin.
I have one of Deneve's resonator guitars, Brazilian rosewood body with a bird's-eye maple top, really nice. Don't know if he's made other mandolins.
Allen Hopkins
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Natl Triolian Dobro mando
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