SRT FT-5 9
| SRT FT-5 #9 | |
|---|---|
| |
| Type | Mandolin |
| Serial | 9 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Owner | Justin Myles Holmes
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| Construction | |
| Body | F-style |
| Top | Maple |
| Back/Sides | Maple |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fingerboard | Ebony |
| Electronics | |
| K&K Twin Fusion | |
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SRT #9 is the primary stage and studio mandolin of Justin Myles Holmes.
It was purchased by Holmes new, directly from luthier Steven Thomas at the Seman Violins booth at IBMA 2023.
SRT #9 was made at the Seman Violins workshop in Skokie, IL in 2023, and modified soon after purchase by Seven C Music to incorporate the K&K Twin Fusion electronics.
Russian Security Encounter
In 2025, Holmes traveled to Tuva to participate in a Tuvan Throatsinging Masterclass. While transiting the border from Mongolia to Russia, he was interrogated for several hours by Russian security, and subsequently Russian customs. According to Holmes, customs agents took dozens of photographs of SRT #9 and asked questions about it, using a translation app, for about two hours. He says he was asked to prove its date of manufacture and purchase, its materials, the modification to add electronics, and to prove that he was capable of playing it.
