One more quick post to emphasize that I really do not want to be negative about this builder or his mandolins. I'm simply questioning how he chooses to communicate his mission and message.
Anyone who has seen my (often long-winded) posts on the Cafe knows that I am a vocal advocate for small shop domestic mandolin builders.
I really do wish him all the best.
I couldn't find a website for him (or really much at all on-line), but I did find this section on an interview published in the Charleston (WV) Gazette. Looks like his "The Bluegrass" F5 mandolins go for $3,000:
INNERVIEWS: ; My mandolins are louder; Pickers beat a path to Davis Creek mandolin maker
"He built a better mandolin. Now the bluegrass world beats a path to his door. Glen Dean Cecil hasn't budged from the Davis Creek hollow where he grew up. Despite the remote location, pickers from all over find their way to his door, eager to plunk down $3,000 for The Bluegrass, a painstakingly handcrafted mandolin with a mother-of-pearl logo inlaid on the neck. He promises a louder sound, a distinctive resonance achieved with West Virginia curly maple or Brazilian rosewood no longer available in the United States. In the summer, he plays with his bluegrass band, Front Page. Every winter, he builds four mandolins in the workshop beside his mountain- hugging home..."
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