Gail & Chuck Hester
Look what my wife made me!
That was the title of a thread that Chuck started on Mandolin Cafe many years ago to share the mandolin Gail had just completed for him. It was her first build and it’s still the mandolin he plays today!
Hester F5 #36
Hester F5 #21, 1922 Gibson F5 Loar, Hester F5 #36
Hester F5 #36
Hester F5
Hester F5
Hester F5
Hester F5
Hester F5
Hester F Headstock
Gail with some of her instruments
Hester F5
Hester F5 Fern Inlay
Hester F5
Hester Right Handed and Left Handed F5s
Hester F5s, Right and Left Handed
Hester F Headstock
Hester F5 and Gibson F5 Lloyd Loar
Hester F5
Hester F4 with a Virzi
Hester #1, #2 and #3
Hester H5 Mandola Headstock
Hester F5 Mandola
Hester F4
Hester F4
Hester F4
Hester F4 in the making
Hester F5
Hester A5 with Darryl Wolfe pickguard
Hester A5
Hester A5z with Darryl Wolfe pickguard
Hester A5 Headstock
Gail with the original Gibson Lloyd Loar A5 and one of her A5s
Hester A Headstock
Hester A5
Hester A5
Hester A5
Pair of Hester A5 Mandolins
Hester A5 with A2z Appointments
Hester A4
Hester A5 peghead
Hester A5 with A2z Appointments
Hester A Headstock
Loar Era Lute/Mandola Conversion with Hester A5
Hester Mandola & A5 Mandolin
Hester A5
Hester A4 Back
Hester Mandola and Mandolin
Hester A4
Hester F5 In The Making!
Hester F5 with a Virzi Tone Producer
Hester A5 in the making
Hester F5 in the White
Pair of Hester A5s in the White
Hester F4 in the making
Gail Working on a Mandolin
Hester F4 in the white
Gail Carving a Mandolin Back
A Hester F5 Drying in the Sun
Gail and Jesse Brock
Bryan Sutton and Adam Steffey playing Hester mandolins in the studio.
Sierra Hull playing Hester F5 #21
Andy Statman playing Hester F5 #36 in Concert
Cody Shuler & Hester F5