JazzMando welcomes new website sponsor, James Condino and his fine craft in repair and guitar, mandolin and bass luthiery, recently relocated to Asheville, North Carolina. We discovered his bold, gutsy work last year, and after the sensational opportunity to experience his instruments firsthand, we got to know James personally and found the man to be himself, bold and gutsy.

An avid mountaineer, this brilliant craftsman combines adventure and the science of physics in his instruments. Beneath the daring aesthetics, we uncover exacting calculation and intimate familiarity of wood and acoustics. We're thrilled to have him on board and expect to bring you the latest news of his adventures, including his new J5, the soundported scroll mandolin in the striped ebony series, a Loar inspired A5 New Century, and his passionate environmental efforts with the African Blackwood Conservation Project. (More on this soon!)

Until then, grab a desktop image out of our Wallpaper section, and read last Fall's Spotlight Review: Condino

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Posted by Ted at January 15, 2007 6:14 AM