1918/19 Gibson K1 Mandocello
This K1 Mandocello is the result of my giving up on being able to keep my 1920 K1 Mandocello in working…
1984 Casio CZ-101
So I decided that I wanted to play the piano. And for the first year at least of my piano…
Bowlback Mandola
This lively looking mandola was a gift by a very good friend. She remembers playing it when younger so that…
1994 Guild B4E Acoustic/Electric Bass Guitar
This is number #2 of these. The first I used during the revival of Bean in the early 2000s when…
1999(ish) Guild D-55
The Workhorse. I bought this beauty, used, somewhen around 1997/8 and it has been my gigging guitar ever since. I…
Sitar (from Bangalore, India)
I don’t know when it was made. I don’t know who made it. And I don’t care. It’s beautiful. I…
1917 Gibson U-Style Harp Guitar
Meet ‘Melisandre’ — by leaps and bounds the most beautiful instrument in the collection (apart perhaps from the sitar). A…
1927 Gibson J-Type Mandobass
This is “Vader”. He’s big, all black, and mean. It is also very much the crown jewel of my collection…
1915 Gibson H-1 Mandola
I bought this mandola via craigslist off some guy in New York. This was the final purchase of the landmark…
1925 Gibson MB-3 “Trapdoor” Banjolin
Mandolin-Banjo, Banjolin, Manjo — whatever you want to call it — it packs a punch. Likely has replacement tuners and…