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  1. Feb-20-2010, 12:56pm #1
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    Default Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    Interested to here any first hand experience or what anyone has heard about Hennis Mandolins if any. Thanks. Glenn Hurley
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    His website hennismandolins.com says that Ricky Woods of the Wood Brothers at Dollywood endorses them and that Travers Chandler of Dan Paisley group endorses them. Anyone know these guys and can comment?
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    He has a recent new website http://www.hennismandolins.org
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    Really good prices for a US handmade piece. Is there a catch to this?
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    Here's a previous discussion.
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    Saw this one today
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    Am I missing something?

    That thing looks like it was built with a stone-age chisel...brother!
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    Didn't miss a thing
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    The standard comment around here for instruments with, um, "primitive" fit and finish:

    It's folk art!
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    It looks better than anything I could build but, I still wouldn't buy it.
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    “my Hennis mandolin has one of the best sounds of mandolins I’ve played” Travers Chandler
    That's some high praise
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    Hm he's just up the road, I may check out his shop.
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    Default Re: Hennis Mandolin, any comments?

    The one in Gary's shop was made by someone else named Hennis or else it was one of his very earliest ones. From what I can tell from his web site, none of his mandolins look anywhere as rough as that one.
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