About me: I first started building mandolins in 1994 when I got the great privilege to work as an apprentice to Paul Schneider of Summit Mandolins. I have been building mandolins under my own name since 2008 and have been building mandolins full time since 2014. I'm focusing on A4 & A5 Mandolins in the tradition of the late 1920's Gibson A4 Snakeheads and the Lloyd Loar A5, as well as Octave Mandolins and Piccolo Mandolins.