View Full Version : The new, solid wood, MM bean blossoms
grandmainger
Aug-24-2004, 2:11am
There's one in the classifieds (http://www.mandolincafe.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.cgi?search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=10696&query=retrieval).
It looks nice (well, not so much on that pic http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif ). Any idea of sound quality?
Cheerioh!
Germain
earthsave
Aug-24-2004, 10:05am
I've got one. It has good volume but the tone is just not there. Tinny. It actually sounds like an oval hole. It is great to leave sitting around to encourage picking and also to take outside on the deck to play. Mine is not the model shown in the Classifieds... it is a much cheaper version with plywood sides and back and a solid pressed top. Looks decent enough and workmanship is good for $200.
Rob Powell
Aug-25-2004, 7:10pm
Hey Germain,
Saw you got one of these on ebay...let us know what you think...
grandmainger
Aug-26-2004, 1:44am
Saw you got one of these on ebay...let us know what you think...
Will do! I took the plunge... MAS strikes again http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
I'm quite interested in that model, which looks good, and is all wood... I reckon it should be of the same standard as the solid wood MM range.
Anyway, should beat the hell out of my epiphone MM-20!
Stephen Perry
Aug-27-2004, 6:55pm
I liked the Morgan Monroe MMS-2 better. We've got those at $579 with goodies, so the Bean Blossom seems more expensive. Odd, considering that the Bean Blossom line is the low end of the Morgan Monroe line. I got a Bean Blossom guitar in, though. Reminded me very much of one of the Johnson models I used to carry, but sounds good and plays well.
Rob Powell
Aug-30-2004, 12:01pm
Hey Germain...did you get this one yet?
grandmainger
Aug-30-2004, 4:08pm
Hey Germain...did you get this one yet?
Rob Man I wish!
It got posted on Thursday. Count 5 working days for crossing the ocean. Count 4 weeks in the slimy hands of the British Customs & Excise. With a bit of luck, I'll have it by the 3rd week of September, having had to fork out 20% of the purchase price to cover import duty. Such is life on the other side of the pond. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif
Rest assured that the minute it gets to me, and once my fingers are bleeding from testing it, I'll put review and pictures up here for you all to have a look. I'm secretly hoping it will slip through customs, but that would really be a first.
In the meantime, I'm readying myself for my first ever picking weekend! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif
Germain
grandmainger
Sep-01-2004, 12:43pm
Well, it has arrived! Slipped through customs with not even import tax to pay! WeyHey!
I'll start a thread in the 'Post a pic...' section tomorrow. I'm too busy playing right now http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif
Rob Powell
Sep-01-2004, 2:30pm
Germain,
Fantastic! Can't wait to hear what you think as I've considered one of these myself.
Congrats Germain. Looking forward to a review. With the exception to the headstock (and finish) those mandolins look identical to my Fender. The position marker inlay, fingerboard extension, and lack of traditional F riser block make me believe they all come from the same factory. The Fenders have a reputation of being too quiet (part of that may be the light Fender strings) but it was a selling point for me. I can play full whack while the family sleeps and not wake anyone. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif Anxious to hear how yours sounds.
Here's what I'm talking about. Should have taken this on the patio against a darker wall. That closet door really blasts it.
http://home.comcast.net/~jtshannon/fender.jpg
grandmainger
Sep-02-2004, 2:24am
Jeffs, I think you might be right... they do look very similar!
Rob, here it is (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=15;t=18009) !!!
Greenmando
Sep-02-2004, 10:57pm
[quote=beergeek,Aug. 26 2004, 03:10]
Anyway, should beat the hell out of my epiphone MM-20!
Is anyone interested in a epiphone MM-30E ? Great shape, solid carved wood, electric pick up in bridge. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif