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fezo · 09-16-2011, 04:07 PM

Good move.

Years ago I had a friend whose 5 year old sat on his Gilchrist mandolin. Even back then - a good 15 years ago that was a $10K instrument. He had to ship it back to Australia to get it fixed. In his words, "What are you gonna do? He's five years old."

Fortunately this guy was making tons of money (software engineer of some sort) and had another Gilchrist (!) and a Flatiron F. I'd be happy to have one nice mandolin....

09-16-2011, 04:07 PM	#3
fezo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Manahawkin, NJ, 08050 Posts: 806	Re: Of Guitars and Gold Good move. Years ago I had a friend whose 5 year old sat on his Gilchrist mandolin. Even back then - a good 15 years ago that was a $10K instrument. He had to ship it back to Australia to get it fixed. In his words, "What are you gonna do? He's five years old." Fortunately this guy was making tons of money (software engineer of some sort) and had another Gilchrist (!) and a Flatiron F. I'd be happy to have one nice mandolin....