If you play bluegrass mandolin — or even guitar, bass, or fiddle– at some point you've gone to either a jam session or a gig and someone–usually someone dressed as if they plan to two-step across Texas–has asked you, "Is that a banjo?" (I was carrying my upright bass–not in a case, either–once, and a lady (in a cowboy hat) asked me, straight-faced, "Is that a guitar?" If it's never happened to you, be assured, it will. It will. I guess we shouldn't poke fun at the uneducated, but REALLY, people. Anyway, this design features the silhouette of a mandolin and reads, "Definitely not a banjo."
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Bluegrass Mandolin – All the Percussion You Need Pinback Buttons
This design features the silhouette of a mandolin, and the words "Bluegrass Mandolin: All the percussion you could ever need." Bluegrass fans and musicians will instantly understand, and agree, with the undeniable truth of this statement. Everyone else will go "huh?" This is as it should be.
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