We Should Build Mandolins
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- We Should Build Mandolins is the story of Tom Ellis, Austin, Texas' master mandolin builder and inlay master. After successfully building some of the world's finest mandolins from 1970s to the early 1990s, Ellis quit building instruments to run a successful company (Precision Pearl Inlay) that built parts for many other guitar and mandolin manufacturers.
In this new Fretboard Journal documentary, we go behind-the-scenes at Ellis' Austin workshop and hear the unlikely story of how he got back into building again, thanks to the help of a new employee. Filmed by Matt Miles and Lindsay Marie Stewart of Approach Media exclusively for the Fretboard Journal. Every month, we unveil a new short documentary featuring the world of music, lutherie and guitars.
Go to the FJ's website - fretboardjournal.com - to see even more exclusive interviews, podcasts, performance videos and more. The Fretboard Journal is the guitarist's bible, featuring in-depth interviews with legendary players and builders, photo essays and more. Every three months, subscribers receive a new, 128 page keepsake issue of the magazine in the mail.
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Just discovered Fretboard Films. Thank you so much TH-cam can be a wonderful window on the world.
Ellis mandolins are either great or greater. I've had the good fortune to play approx. 10 and all were UNBELIEVEABLE!. I hope Tom Ellis lives for 200 years because the world needs more quality instruments. Can anyone provide the background music for download? It has a great vibe especially at the beginning. Again, Thank you Tom, Pava, and crew for the works of useable art.
Here's my thinking, if everybody on earth played a musical instrument or appreciated music of some sort ( mine is mandolin and mandolin music) there would be no need for wars. Good music expresses the soul of humanity. War destroys the soul and is not safe for children and all living thinks we as humans cherish in this life. Yes, we should build Mandolins -- I personally have brought three mandos into this world, and with luck and care they will be around for many, many decades after I have gone to the other side of this life. Cheers, good people. Bob in Montana
I have played most all brands of Mandolins and to me Ellis is #1
Build your boat.......build your rifle.......build your aeroplane.........love, light and happiness to you.
Marcus Mason. Another of my favorite things to keep in mind: Always find time for the things that make you feel happy to be alive. When I am around mandolins and pickers that appreciate mandolins and music, I feel happy to be alive. The late John Denver comes to mind -- he died doing something that made him happy.
Best mandolins in the world! Nothing comes close.
I guess you've never played one of Randy Wood's Mandolins.
Enjoyed this, how does one enquire information about this mans business
I played a Bill Collins!!!
Hi Tom ! Hope you have gotten to build a boat by now, if not, check out Chesapeake Light Craft : th-cam.com/users/CLCBoats1
I never tire of watching this video. I spoke with Pava just yesterday. She was at the Ellis booth at IBMA. Delightful lady. Rock Star.
Pava makes awesome instruments I wish I could afford one!
Thanks Tom, a very inspirational video, I also like the background music very much. Thanks again.
That's. what I am talking about.
To bad 99 percent of us in the USA will never own a mandolin from this guy to expensive ,I had a hand made one made in Tijuana Mexico Almond shape with a sound hole real maple and spruce top $ 400 dllrs .
My home flooded from hurricane Sally so I gifted myself a used 2018 Pava A5 Pro # 311. Thank you Sally !!
They look like great instruments. I’ve been thinking of getting back into the mandolin, I’ll have to take a look when I can afford an instrument.
Really enjoyed that, and great music :)
First of all let me say how your video making as far as camera angles, lighting, etc. is done extremely well. Second, I absolutely love the fact that you made a Mandolin, and I appreciate your skill and love for woodworking.
I heard allot of good things about your mandolins
When you have your heart in the right place, you can do anything- wonderful video, showing how what he makes is not just a ' product' !
Damn. I purchased a kit from Stew -Mac one winter when I was convalescing from back surgery. It was just a simple A style, and it actually sounds OK, but I made a hell of a wood pile building that thing. LOL After that, I purchased an instructional DVD on how to build an F style with a carved top, and after about 30 minutes it became very clear that I was out of my realm. If I was in my 30's I might seriously try it as a vocation, but at 51, there is not enough time for me to learn on my own. If Tom was my uncle, and he was so inclined to tutor me as I built more wood piles and toxic waste dumps of varnish, nitro cellulose, and other solvents I might give it a shot, but it's not in the cards. There is a very good reason why they cost $20K and above.
Allen Donaldson -- Check out Jerry Rosa at Rosa String Works on TH-cam. He builds and repairs musical instruments. He is in Missouri near Rolla and Newburg. A very entertaining bunch of videos. Lots of tips and information. Cheers, my friend. Bob in Montana
Allen, good on you for attempting to build mandos. If you feel you can't build what you want, then perhaps you should reconsider. I was 72 and 73 when I built two electric mandos from scratch and both are wonderful to see and play. Don't give up if that is your dream. Bob
Hi! Nice video. Does the song in the background have a name?
mandolins rule
What song is in the background? Is the mandolin being played in that song an Ellis or a Pava?
@natural guitar I meant did the song have a pava mandolin in it?
Does the intro music have a name?
What's your contact info,and do you custom work,thanks.are you still in business,and can you be visited,thanks.
You can't do business without contact information being available.!!!!
very intresting, if you only lower the backgroundmusik so one understand the words better.
I want to learn building Mandolins ... Can you teach me?
Awesome story, I love how you work as a team and create such beautiful instruments.
Wow awesome
I'd love to make is into a future career but don't know how or where to start
apprentice
I applaud your will because I know what it takes to build one. 3 years ago I built my last two instruments, a Les Paul copy and a Gibson Snakehead Mandolin. It took months part time. These were Christmas presents for my daughter and son-in-law. Modern Asian CDC machines can make an instrument now for pennies on the dollar of what a hand built costs. When you can buy a mandolin for $200 that looks similar and plays similar to a $5,000 handmade by a master luthier, even if the tone is not quite as good, you destroy the genius of the luthier. I wish you well.
"I lika do also inlay."