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Howdy again everyone, I am thinking that I would like to add a pickguard to my F Style mando. Where would you suggest to look for something that will work good, fit good and not break the bank ?
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Howdy everyone, I was thinking......yes I know...bad idea...

I have played acoustic guitar forever and just starting on mandolin. On an acoustic guitar, we always put a bone saddle in the bridge...

I think that once you have the setup done, you will be impressed with the tone of the LM520. I am just getting into the mandolins, but have played acoustic guitar for over 25 years. Play gigs just...

I,ll have to chime in here..... I placed an order for an LM520 from a dealer that performs setups prior to shipping. When the mandolin arrived I will have to admit that to my ears it sounded great....

Thank you Robert and to everyone that posted. I am so glad that I purchased this mandolin from Robert. He is honest and a stand up guy. I can understand that things like this will happen. Just...

Thank you so much for the post Robert. I will drop you an email or try and give you a call tomorrow. I truely like the LM-520 and think that this model will make a great starter mandolin for me. But...

Hopefully someone will chime in and let me know if it looks wrong to them, or is it normal. I would like to contact Robert from folksmusician and let him know about it, but dont want to bother him if...

Howdy everyone, Well my new "The Loar" arrived today and it looks like to me that the tailpiece was installed in the wrong location. It seems to be angled towards the G string instead of being...

After reading this post, it makes me wonder if I have a made a mistake of ordering a Loar 520 as my first Mandolin. I had my mind set up that I wanted an F style. So I looked over all of the F-style...

Howdy, We just looked at Folkmusician site and they offer 2 different Loar 520 deals. One is the mandolin only with no setup like you stated, and the one she purchased was a package deal with a...

Great question and super replies !! I am a newbie also and have been wondering the same thing.

Thanks for sharing your wisdom everyone !!
Bill

Howdy everyone, Well it looks like its going to be at least another week before I receive the Loar. My wife did not notice that they would not be avail for shipping until 1-20-12....... I am like a...

I think I will have to agree......plus its been 27 years together......

Thanks
Bill

Howdy again everyone, I just found out that my wonderful wife ordered me an LM-520 F-hole (The Loar) from Folkmusician today........YAHOOOOOOOO

She knew that I had been looking around for a good...

Thanks for your advice Terry, but there is only 2 music store here and none have any mandolins. I see you live in Wise county in Texas. Thats funny to me....my last name is Wise and I also live in...

WOW.....you guys are really full of.............wisdom :grin:

Thank you so much for all of the advice !

Thanks everyone for sharing your wisdom with me. I really like the looks of the F-style mandolin, but will prob end up with an A-style to start with. Will let ya know what I end up with.

Thanks...

Howdy again, Have another newbie question for ya. Looking to buy my first mandolin, what is the difference in tone between the F-hole, oval hole, A-style and F-style?

I play classic country mixed...

Thank you so much for the advice guys !! There is one for sale in the classifieds, thinking of contacting the guy about it

Thanks again
Bill

Howdy, Looking for my first Mandolin, was wondering what your opinions are of the Mid-Mo aka Big Muddy mandolins. American made and all solid wood ?

Thanks in advance
Bill

Thanks for the advice Rodney, I,ll take a look and see what I come up with.

Thats funny !!!

Howdy, Sure glad that I read this post, I am also just starting out and alot of great ifo here !!

Thank Kip !!

Howdy everyone, New to here and to the Mandolin. Been picking acoustic guitar for about 30 years, now wanting to learn the mandolin. So I,ll be looking forward to picking your brains for wisdom and...