Hello my name is Jonathan McClanahan. It is often said that “Success is in the details” and with being a mandolinist of 30 years, I know what it takes to build an instrument that meets the demands of the most stringent Bluegrass and Jazz mandolinists. I began my career as a repairman doing my own repair work. During these years I gained intricate insight into the asthetics of acoustic instruments and the mathematical physics behind sound waves. My family and I moved to Nashville Tennessee in 1995 where I landed a job at the Gibson Guitar Custom Shop. While there, I worked in various departments making all the different Gibson models but I found my passion in the Carved Top department where I built the worlds benchmark guitars such as the Citation, Super 400, L-5, L-4, Byrdland, etc… My heart and soul goes into every mandolin and acoustic instrument I build, and that passion is made manifest in the Vintage Tone, Volume, Playability, and Cosmetics of each instrument I build.