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Chisholm mandolin

Mandolin
When I commissioned my tenor guitar from Ian Chisholm, there was wood left over - English walnut and Sitka spruce.

I had my 65th birthday bash in a local pub one Sunday afternoon and evening - about 70 people, musicians and other friends and family - and in walked Ian carrying the mandolin with a nice bow tied round the fretboard!

The instrument label is signed by all the (then) members of the Unreel Ceilidh Band, with whom I'm still playing years later - so I must be doing something right!

It's a sweet sounding mandolin, with bags of projection and, as you can see from the picture, has been well played in. I use Elixir Nanoweb .010 strings on it.

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Site last updated: 27th May 2022