Are there any luthiers that still build the mandolinetto? I did a google search of the mandolin cafe and the internet at large and came up short on both accounts.
Are there any luthiers that still build the mandolinetto? I did a google search of the mandolin cafe and the internet at large and came up short on both accounts.
Try Devon MacRae at http://www.macraeguitars.com/ or on Facebook. I checked with them about a year ago on a very reasonably priced Mandolinetto.
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Unfortunately that website goes to nowhere and I am not having luck finding them on fb.
Champlin Guitar. I know nothing about the maker but they are in the Builder's Database.
https://www.champlinguitars.com/mandolinettos
Note: As I said I don't know this builder but we apparently have some friends in common
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--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
His band has a Facebook page; you could start there.
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