So up in the General section of the 'cafe there has been a discussion about the "top" mandolin builder. Many of the usual suspects have been discussed, Gil, Dude, Nugget, Kimble, Heiden, and on and on and on. And these mandolins come up for sale on a semi-regular basis.
With my recent purchase of a 'zouk I've been paying a little more attention to them lately and got to thinking.....I don't believe I've ever seen one of Mr. Smiths instruments for sale here in the classifieds or anywhere else for that matter. I know he's had a backlog of orders for a few years now and no longer maintains a website. I remember looking at his site a few years ago and being struck by the unique beauty of his instruments.
So what do y'all know about his instruments? I know taht Roger Landes, Chipper Thompson and Dan Biemborn have all owned and recorded with his instruments. Any other players of them out there? Any pics to share?
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