Mandolin Brothers Celebrates 36th Anniversary ..........“Every instrument tells a story,” commented Jay, “and since I speak fretted instrument as a second language I’m able to tell that story.” And tell it he does. Every issue of The Vintage News, a bi-monthly periodical, contains hundreds of titillating tales for worldwide readers of the acoustic and electric persuasion. Likewise, the website, www.mandoweb.com.
Jay is known for his unusual descriptions. On the back cover of the 2007 Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide he wrote: “Those of us who dine in the truck stop at the corner of Fretted Felicity and Fluent Facility…keep a copy of [this book] in the office, another in the car, a third one at home. When the need strikes—which happens at least a dozen times a day—we can accurately price guitars from Abel to Zon, from darkness to dawn, at the shop/on the lawn, domestic and foreign.” In describing a McPherson flattop he said, “Its other-worldly bracing seems to have been passed down to the human race by benevolent aliens. From its all-koa wood bindings to its jet black fingerboard; from the chiaroscuro of lights and shadows that makes up a two-piece, book-matched back that can only be called radiant and resplendent, combined with a perfectly straight-grained redwood top that brings to mind the towering tabernacle of Woody’s fabled forest, this guitar redefines the six-string experience.” Thirty-six years after a founding moment that goes beyond simple “happenstance,” Mandolin Brothers still sets the standard for quality niche-market merchandising, friendly professionalism, and reliability..”Get the complete article: order Music Trades Today |
