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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