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Location: 6 String Ranch | Dave, Randy Woods is right up the road from here, good stuff.
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1. grab Dave's book mando
2. second choice is get a Collings Varnish MF5. They'll run about 10. |
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Location: Indiana | Randy has that rare combination of talent and humility.
He built a 12 fret slothead for a friend of mine that is a piece of art. |
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Location: Utah | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
Morgan Monroe makes fantastic mando's. They range in price from $420 for an all mahogany A model to $1200 for an all maple F model. I know a guy who sold his "The Gibson" in favor of this mandolin. He made a bunch of money and got a better sounding instrument. The MMS-9FE/C has a solid spruce top and Fishman electronics for a little over $700. All Morgan Monroes come with a lifetime warranty. I'll second that opinion. My son bought himself a MM mando two summers ago. It is a very nice instrument and a great value. His is the A style and he paid about $400 for it. For someone looking in that kind of price range, the Morgan Monroe has a nice sound and decent quality. He put a hot dot piezo on it for gigging and it sounds good enough for what he does. |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | Here ya go...
eBay MM-68 |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Nice price so far. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I don't play mandolin really well, but enough to know that I'm not really fond of the O's. I've only played a couple, but they slid all around on my lap and I never felt comfortably situated with them (one was a new MM-68 at the Mothership.)
When I am free to mando shop I'm gonna pay a visit to Mandolin Brothers, and take heed of what you've all said about some of the other brands.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I just found out that this place is less than an hour from my house ...
THE MANDOLIN STORE
My goal is to buy a world class mandolin and I have no freaking idea why. Also no idea how I would pay for it. But I'm gonna do it. Someday.
Toby |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Get yourself an original Loar, Dave..... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Thanks, Patch. I'm watching it. This sure looks like a similar one on the Bay a few weeks ago. Shoot, I was just in Irvine, too. |
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Question for the mandolin players . . .
