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February 1, 2006 | Old Wave Mandola

Can you keep a secret? Yeah, well neither can we; here goes. We've enlisted the master craftsmanship of innovative veteran builder Bill Bussmann in designing the new Solocomp JM, Alto Guitar/ 4-string Jazz Mandola. While this is in the hopper, we're running through some Bach and some Jethro-esque chord melody on one of his terrific Old Wave Mandolas in preparation (and edge-of-the seat anticpation!).

We thought you might be interested in our opinion of one of Bill's masterpieces:

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Posted by Ted at February 1, 2006 9:24 AM

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