Noob with my brand new michael kelly legacy a-o

[johnnyo]

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[JEStanek]

Nice and welcome to the Mandolin Café.

Jamie

[billkilpatrick]

welcome twice - very envious of that recessed fretboard extension yours has over the sound hole. my new oval hole "f" makes no such concession - from above it looks a bit like a diving board ... or a pirate's plank.

[Jason Kessler]

Welcome three times.

[johnnyo]

Well Thanks for the warm welcome and compliments folks!

[Jim MacDaniel]

Have fun with that -- I've always wanted to check out one of those AO's myself. How does it play and sound?

[johnnyo]

Thanks! It's my first mandolin but I tried some this one and some cheaper ones at stores before I bought the A-O online. Hands down it was definetely worth the extra money for the Michael Kelly. Wonderful tone and ring, nice and loud although I will need to buy a pickup for live performances but that wont be for a couple mionths down the road. I would like to know some good string suggestions for Irish/Celtic music if anyone knows. I'm gonna wear the stock strings out quick at the rate of my practices.