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How interested would you be in a Collings Mandola? I know I would be. Especially in an oval-hole mandola.
sparky |
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Yes, I'd go for an F style.
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By 'interested', you of course mean ' also able to purchase' right? There is hardly an instrument that Collings makes that I would not be 'interested' in. All that being said though, I Would LOVE a Collings 'F' mandola. I don't see it happening in my lifetime though, unless Bill starts making them AND I win a lottery. I don't think that there is much chance of it happening. I'm pretty sure that Bill does quite a bit of market research before he would even start doing prototypes, and this market would'nt be there. Sure would be nice though MF!...
"You know you have a problem when the box you put your guitar in, costs more than the box you'll eventually put yourself in." |
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Your dream might just come true. Prototype was in my hands Thursday. I'm all over it when they feel it's ready for public consumption. Hoping they'll do an oval-hole, which I believe they will. Can't wait. God, I'm gonna be broke soon.
sparky |
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That's very cool news. Hopefully that means an octave isn't too far down the line???
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If I did'nt know MF better, I'd say that he was pulling our leg, But seein' as I kinda DO know him, I guess we have to believe ya buddy. Any pics? Was it an F or A?
"You know you have a problem when the box you put your guitar in, costs more than the box you'll eventually put yourself in." |
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One I held was destined to be an F, but they are thinking about both hole versions. The thing I really liked about this one was that it's a real mandola, just a bit bigger than a standard mando, but not those huge, big long things that say they're mandos. It's a mando on a bit of steroids, I would say. No sound, wasn't finished, but it felt great. Lotta room on that fingerboard. And I made very sure that this was no secret, that it was ok to spread the news. It was really sweet. Felt very comfortable. Like the mando's slightly bigger brother.
sparky |
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ONE PLEASE. I'm thrilled to hear you say it isn't too long. I'm fantasizing about an oval hole without a scroll or point and a Gibson-esque scale length, but I'm open minded.
It'd be nice if I didn't have to crash my car for the insurance and sell my neighbor's flat screen TV on Craig's List, but a mandola player's got to do what a mandola player's got to do. Jake |
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I would have figured that Collings would sell about two mandolas for every 15 mandolins. (?) What do the rest of you think? I wonder how they figure that they can make this profitable?
"You know you have a problem when the box you put your guitar in, costs more than the box you'll eventually put yourself in." |
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An A-style with a round-hole in varnish would be something I would be seriously interseted in. Chuck
1993 Collings D2H 1996 Collings D-1 1999 Collings CJ 2000 Collings D1A 1960 Martin D-18 1961 Martin D-28 2002 Collings MT-2 2004 Brentrup L-21V 2008 A.L. Smart A-5 |
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Me 2!
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1 mandola for every 15 mandolins. as a former mandola owner(A-style, oval hole), i am really surprised at this news. a baritone uke can't be far behind... |
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