collecting and playing mandolins ?

[Roger Adams]

I ran across a Ukulele player that owned over 100 of the little fellas...... Hey, they're small.....

As for me, I only have two mandolins, a Gibson and a Vega CB. I rarely play anything but the Gibson, but the little Vega Cylinder back has a very special voice that is prefect for some fiddle tunes.

[DGtryin]

Here is a You Tube video of a mandolin collection and, or, mandolin museum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn0lGHvB7o0

[John Soper]

I have 3 wooden acoustic mandolins, one National, and two electric. They all have very different sounds and uses. Of the three acoustic wooden mandolins, two have tonalities that I really like and for now are keepers. The third is undergoing an extended audition; different neck, much different tonality - it may get churned.

[JeffD]

I have about an accumulation of mandolins. The purchase of each one is justified on the basis that I wanted it, and could afford it without going into debt or touching unassigned money.

No regrets.

First of all we don't need a mandolin anyway.

Secondly, as soon as you purchase a second one, you have more mandolins than you can play at once.

The incremental ridiculousness of the whole affair is spread evenly over the remaining purchases.

[OldSausage]

First of all we don't need a mandolin anyway.

What’s all this we stuff?