manufacturer of mandolins and other stringed instruments . jbovier stringed instruments industry musical instruments headquarters kentucky area served global products mandolins electric mandolins website official website contents 1 company history 2 products 2.1 a style mandolins 2.2 f style mandolins 2.3 electric mandolins 3 artists who use jbovier mandolins 4 notes 5 external links company history edit jbovier stringed instruments was founded in 2005 when founder and designer jeff cowherd first began selling jbovier instruments out of his own small shop mandolins & more in walton ky. jeff s goal was to produce a professional quality mandolin that was affordable for serious players like himself but who didn t necessarily have deep pockets . 1 as of 2013 the instruments are produced in china then shipped back to jeff where he finishes them . 2 products edit jbovier manufactures a variety a & f style acoustic mandolins as well as a line of electric mandos . a style mandolins edit a4 oval holed a5 f holed f style mandolins edit f5s studio f5t tradition f5z zebrawood f5 special electric mandolins edit in 2009 jbovier launched a new series of solid body electric mandolins e mandos inspired by the classic instruments of the 1950s and 1960s . 3 emc available in 4 string and 5 string els available in 5 string artists who use jbovier mandolins edit brian nutter multi instrumentalist for keith urban played a jbovier emc e mando throughout the band s summer 2010 tour . mike meadows multi instrumentalist for taylor swift plays a jbovier f5t and f5z mandolin . darren nicholson of the bluegrass band balsam range plays a jbovier mandolin . susie brown of the janedear girls plays a custom shop jbovier emc e mando . rob grant of the cameltones plays a jbouvier f5 studio . notes edit http www.entrepreneur.com tradejournals article 192801624.html http mandolins.ecrater.com about.php http jazzmando.com new archives 001171 . shtml external links edit jbovier official website musiquip usa distributor sf marketing canadian distributor retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jbovier stringed instruments & oldid 650823591 categories american musical instrument makers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 march 2015 at 22 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view