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a year ago i realised that i really needed a fully electric mandolin to add to my arsenal of stage equipment...an instrument that wouldn't have a feedback problem when played through bigger PA rigs...but i also wanted something special to me personally and so it was that i came up with the concept of the flying 'v' mandolin...a mandolin echoing the famous lines of the gibson guitars...i took the idea to the people at oakwood instruments who were responsible for building my first mandolin and they got excited about the project and started sketching little bits and pieces and discussing various woods and veneers and ways of making this special instrument...after waiting a whole year i finally picked it up on august 26 this year...the wait was more than worth it and the instrument itself superb...tonight i'm going to go out and introduce it to its first audience...let's rock!!...