Just what I needed, another expensive “toy” to lust after

I suppose I should consider myself lucky. When most other men my age feel the need to splurge on a sleek, racy, Italian ride it costs them several orders of magnitude more than my new ride, my Bianchi Pista.

Now I’ve got a new mandolin to lust after. National Reso-Phonic Guitars has just re-introduced a wood bodied resophonic mandolin.

When I first heard Sam Bush play a National Reso on the tune “Swamp Thing” from his collaboration with David Grisman, “Hold on, We’re Strummin’”, I thought “wow, I love that sound… I want one of those!” By the way, I highly recommend this CD. If you like the sound of mandolin-family instruments, or are just a fan of good acoustic music, you can’t go wrong with this one.