Great photo, thanks for sharing.
Does anyone know what happened to the 2nd hutto dempsey had? I know his wife had his main one for sale, I wonder if he sold earlier or if it's still around. I talked to larry sparks's mandolin player a bean blossom last year, he said when he went to john to order his hutto he handed him larrys old d28 and said make something that will match this. If you ever hear larry live you'll notice how that mandolin compliments that guitar perfectly in its tone. I believe he said he had to have someone else finish that mandolin and maybe even do the inlay work, because john would send his mandolins out in the white and let folks play them for awhile to make sure they were happy, I guess john passed before he ever sent the mandolin back
I think that 2nd Hutto got damaged pretty bad. Seems like General Mills said someone was restoring it.
Maybe Scott Napier will confirm who might be doing the work.
Russ Jordan
Hello Russ, Long story short- Hutto built the mandolin for Dempsey, Dempsey wanted some changes made so Hutto removed the top, A few years pass, Thats around the time Dempsey started endorsing Dearstones. John wasn't to happy about that so he called Dempsey up, told him his mandolin was ready, Dempsey goes to get it, Hutto gives it to him in a pillow case in parts. "true story" Dempsey never played that mandolin that Im aware of. Oddly enuff Ray Dearstone recently put a top on it. It's got "The Dempsey" on the headstock and a wider, flat fingerboard like his old one. The back and sides was finished by Hutto, it has his label dated 1990. It's a really good mandolin, I just played it on a show. It's a little brighter than most Hutto's but it's really well balanced. Dempsey son has the mandolin.
Here is a Weber compared to a Hutto: http://youtu.be/Vi2A-QvIRqE
John was a character. I thought his "The Lilly" was the best sounding mandolin that I ever heard. The owner refused my offer so I ordered a new one from John just as he was discovered in 1994. It took over two years to complete my new 3 pointer, meanwhile I was offered "the Lilly" and immediately bought it. It was pretty worn so I sent it to John to restore and put "the Hutto" on the headstock.
I later met Everett Lilly who was surprised to see the 3 pointer that he ordered in the 1970s. He finally got a chance to play it on stage. I probably should not have had John restore it. It is nice to have two Huttos that will blow the doors of any other.
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