Love David Rawling's playing, but I started on a gorgeous 40's Epiphone Triumph arch top I found in the garbage when I was 15 years old, 50 years ago. I played it for several years and then sold it so it could get into the hands of a jazz player, where it really belonged.
This is my dad's old Kay arch top that I broke the headstock off of when I was a teen. I carried the body around all this time until I realized it really wanted to be an octave mandolin.
