If my wife found out how much...
She would probably have me committed.
I am having a hard enough time trying to convince her of my need for another
mandolin and fiddle.
Fred


Hey Fred, I just finished Casting a Spell too, and I really dug it. I
wasn't sure how exciting a whole book on the history on bamboo would
be but it was a good read for sure. Very informative, the best part is
gives a nice narrative around the different builders, so now when you
look at the Boo catalogs, and dealers, I feel like I have some idea of
who and what each rod REALLY means. Which is a lot better than not
knowing.

But I think Bamboo is fairly affordable compared to a mandolin. Custom
Bamboo rods can be had from a bunch of smaller builder in $1000, rage
but you can't touch a custom mando for less than $2000. High end
colectable mint condition rods from the the best makers in the best
eras, are probably still under $10,000 for the most part. But Gibson
Loars are in the $150,000 range. Sadly I know people who actually
collect loars, but not Boo...