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    I was thinking in my life as a mandolin player I have purchased or owned

    6 Mandolins

    4 Mandolas

    7 Octave mandolins

    3 Mandocellos

    2 10 String Citterns ( cello octave hybrid)

    I still have about 10 total mandos, too much is never enough
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    People admire a person with a lot of mandolins.
    "It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
    --M. Stillion

    "Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton View Post
    People admire a person with a lot of mandolins.
    You have obviously never met my wife
    It ain't gotta be perfect, as long as it's perfect enough!

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    Quote Originally Posted by tmsweeney View Post
    I was thinking in my life as a mandolin player I have purchased or owned

    6 Mandolins

    4 Mandolas

    7 Octave mandolins

    3 Mandocellos

    2 10 String Citterns ( cello octave hybrid)

    I still have about 10 total mandos, too much is never enough
    Frankly you need more mandolins, you have barely started.

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    Now you need a mando-bass.
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    SEVEN octave mandolins?!?!?!

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    What!! No electrics??? A whole new landscape to explore, not to mention the supporting gear rathole
    Not all the clams are at the beach

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill McCall View Post
    What!! No electrics??? A whole new landscape to explore, not to mention the supporting gear rathole
    Let's not assume. Maybe all six were electrics.

    And how many resonators were in the bunch?

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    I do have one electric, a Kent mandola - really cool instrument , and one of the citterns is an electric a prototype that was further prototyped! - on loan to a friend currently.
    its not "how many" I have
    just the journey you know....instruments I have been familiar with, including some mandolins owned by friends...
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    Hmm, now you've got me counting: In an 11 year timeframe I've had:

    3 flat top oval hole (Flatiron 2M, Redline Traveller, Weber Aspen 2)

    1 F oval hole (Weber Custom Gallatin)

    6 A oval hole (Pomeroy A2, Weber Vintage A, Mike Black A2Z, Gibson A-jr, Collings MTO, Girouard Concert model)

    2 A5 (Eastman 905, Hilburn A5)

    1 electric (J.Bouvier)

    1 mandola (Mid-Mo)
    2018 Girouard Concert oval A
    2015 JP "Whitechapel" tenor banjo
    2018 Frank Tate tenor guitar
    1969 Martin 00-18




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    To me they are like friends you can count on that don't go away unless you decided they should....
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    clearly I am the amateur here
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    Quote Originally Posted by tmsweeney View Post
    I was thinking in my life as a mandolin player I have purchased or owned

    6 Mandolins

    4 Mandolas

    7 Octave mandolins

    3 Mandocellos

    2 10 String Citterns ( cello octave hybrid)

    I still have about 10 total mandos, too much is never enough
    How many wives ?

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    Amateurs.....

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    If my memory is correct - this has been my 22 year progression:

    - Santa Rosa MAND11
    - Goya GM23
    - Applause MAE148
    - Morgan Monroe (F-style, can't remember the model number)
    - Martin Style 20
    - Rigel R-100 Custom (first white one ever made!)
    - Savannah SF-100
    - The Loar 310F
    - Washburn M1SDL
    - Gibson F-9
    - Kentucky KM-272
    - Eastman MD415-GD
    - Martin Style 20
    - Rogue RM100-F
    - Gretsch G9350 Park Avenue

    Only the Kentucky and the Washburn remain . . . . and don't even get me started on guitars, basses, and a slew of other stringed instruments which would have to number well over 200 . . . and yes, I do realize that I have a problem . . . .

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    I've only owned 5 mandolins in my life, and still have 3 of them. Not bad for 35 years.

    Don't get me started on guitars, let's just say I've gone through a bunch. Most of which weren't very good. But I'm still wondering why I sold that Martin D 35 about 10 years ago.
    A quarter tone flat and a half a beat behind.

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