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…
Teens/Twenties Unknown Mandolin
This was originally advertised as a Lyon & Healy manufactured mandolin — not an L&H brand but one that was…
Teens/Twenties Vega Bowlback Mandola
There are several Vegas being played in the mandolin orchestra I play in. I thought, I’d like a Vega…. This…
1916 Gibson A-4 Mandolin
This mid-teens Gibson mandolin is all original — from the Handel inlaid tuners, to the original red-lined Geib case (with…
1920 Gibson K1 Mandocello
This is the first one. The first step into the Gibson Mando world. Buying this mandocello brought back all the…