Eye Candy Section - New List Request

[crazymandolinist]

Not sure this is the area to post this, but considering the section itself is about showing off the work of builders I thought it would fit well enough.

My request is to put a new section for all of the flat top mandolins, regardless of shape. Currently most all of them reside in the "A Style" section but I think there are so many they should get their own, because they aren't really even inspired by A Style mandolins anyway. Posting this in a public forum so others can chime in for a "yay" or "nay"

Thank you

Ian

[Bruce Clausen]

It's a minor complaint about a great site, but I agree. The Eye Candy pages are an important resource for mandolin models and producers, but the categories seem arbitrary. Acoustically, the important distinctions are between arched tops and flat or canted ones, and then between f holes and centre holes on arched instruments. Using the Gibson company's terms A and F is confusing already, since the acoustically almost irrelevant scroll is made the criterion instead of the type of soundhole. Putting flattop instruments together with archtops compounds the confusion. If it were up to me, I would give the flattops their own page, like the bowlbacks.

[Jill McAuley]

I'd cast my vote for a "flat tops" section - "yay" says I!

Cheers,
Jill

[Bob Clark]

And another vote in the "yay" column.

Bob

[8ch(pl)]

I agree as well.

[crazymandolinist]

bump

[GarY Nava]

Yay!!!!