Post a picture of an unconventional colour scheme/finish

[Pete Jenner]

I agree with Lauri - Dale's 'Bluebursts' are totally awesome !!!.The purple Silver Angel is another show stopper - purple ! - who'd have thought that would look so cool. For me,one 'naturally' unconventional (wood wise) mandolin, is this Cocobolo mandolin made by Robb Brophy who makes the 'Elkhorn' mandolins.I can't imagine any 'applied' colour scheme matching the awesome wood that Robb used in this one

If memory serves me correctly, that Cocobolo made him quite ill.

[Pete Jenner]

How about some green ones? Dale Ludewig's, James Condino's, John Monteleone's (in that order).

There is something about the green of that Dale Ludwig mandolin that I find really compelling and attractive. Maybe I'm just strange. ...maybe?

[Jim Nollman]

how's the cocobolo sound?

[LM_in_KY]

This is #52 and is known as "Shira Blue"

Absolutely stunning.

[SternART]

I once had a 'Malibu Sunset' Monteleone Radio Flyer A model........and wish I still had it,
that was indeed a very nice mandolin. Photo is from John Monteleone's workbench.

[MANNDOLINS]

Here are some wilder ones from Mann land...
reverse blue burst

choral reef

grasshopper burst

[Ivan Kelsall]

Peter - Yes,Robb hard a hard time coping with the toxic dust from the Cocobolo.I think he's put that species on the back burner for now,
Ivan

[Pete Jenner]

Peter - Yes,Robb hard a hard time coping with the toxic dust from the Cocobolo.I think he's put that species on the back burner for now,
Ivan

Probably a good idea Ivan. Pity though, it sounded great.

[Jeff Budz]

Freaking awesome thread! I can't understand why there are so many Sunburst F5s out there, most every maker mostly makes them. Why is there so little variety in the mandolin world? Why do mandolin players all want to play the same looking instrument? This thread gives me a warm fuzzy..

[David Houchens]

I can't find any pictures of the top, but heres the back of one the buyer wanted orange.

[Bill Snyder]

Martin you need to post a good shot of your wine colored Celtic mandolin (the one in your avatar). I really like that color and it inspired me to shoot one with a similar color. Here is mine. I like the color on Martin's better.

[Dale Ludewig]

Thank you all for your kind appreciation for my willingness to go into "other" colors.
Speaking of orange, or should I say Pumpkiny, here's a shot of the back of one I did a few years ago. It's an Emory Lester model, so the front is all jet black.

[blauserk]

Anyone for Pelham Blue?

[Marty Jacobson]

Ok Bill, here you go... Yeah, I need to revisit this finish. I like it a lot.

[trevor]

I've been lusting after that Radio Flyer A for years. Here's a couple of mine. First the aforementioned Bussmann melon.







And my Brentrup Eclipse V8.

[Steve Sorensen]

This one drew a lot of players last week at IBMA -



Steve

[JeffD]

Remember these??

[lauri Girouard]

Remember these??

Sort of but not sure where I saw them. Did I see those on ebay a while bacK? Interesting Beadazzled headstock. Too funny.

[Skip Kelley]

Steve, this one is my favorite!!!

This one drew a lot of players last week at IBMA -



Steve

[Bluejay]

What about the Gibson 'skunkburst' ?? Could someone post a picture of that one. I really liked it. I agree that there could be more variety in finishes.

[Soundfarmer Pete]

Here`s one I did a while back...

Although it doesn`t show up on the image, the top`s a rather nice flame maple faded orange to red before the decal work was added.
This was a really fun project with the design work being done totally by email - I sent the outline drawing, the customer populated the outline with the comic book style graphics and emailed the design back and the result was divided into useable chunks, printed onto decal paper and applied......still one of my favourite projects

[Soundfarmer Pete]

Here`s one I did a while back...

Although it doesn`t show up on the image, the top`s a rather nice flame maple faded orange to red before the decal work was added.
This was a really fun project with the design work being done totally by email - I sent the outline drawing, the customer populated the outline with the comic book style graphics and emailed the design back and the result was divided into useable chunks, printed onto decal paper and applied......still one of my favourite projects

[Chinn]

Where'd that bridge come from Pete? Stunning e-mando!

[Soundfarmer Pete]

Where'd that bridge come from Pete? Stunning e-mando!

Cheap Tune-O-Matic for bushes, screws and saddles then the actual bridge is drilled and carved from 1/2" X 1/4" brass bar stock (polished and nickel plated in a home made plating tank made from a 1/2 gallon plastic bucket)!!! I`m a big fan of DIY

[Keith Erickson]

Yeppers!!! I can't say enough about this mandolin..... Dale hit it out of the ball park with it's craftsmanship, tone, volume, Pumpkin back and sides with the Black Top to boot. If you think this pic is nice, you should see it in person. I'm very luck to play this very mandolin each and every day

Thank you all for your kind appreciation for my willingness to go into "other" colors.
Speaking of orange, or should I say Pumpkiny, here's a shot of the back of one I did a few years ago. It's an Emory Lester model, so the front is all jet black.