The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #118505   Message #2562871
Posted By: Wesley S
10-Feb-09 - 12:40 PM
Thread Name: $165,000 mandolin
Subject: RE: $165,000 mandolin
Yes he did. But they eventually kissed and made up and Bill let them replace the logo.

A lot of you know that two of Bill Monroes mandolins were smashed by someone who broke into the house. Rumor was it was a jilted lover. All of the pieces - resembling a sack of tootpicks - was brought to Charlie Darrington at Gibson. He actually reassembled Bill's mandolin to a playable condition. All reports were that it sounded just as good as before someone took a fireplace poker to them. An amazing story of reconstruction. Sadly Charlie Darrington was killed about a year ago by a drunk driver.