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I found a used Flea for my daughter when she was four and we still have it. The plastic fretboard never thrilled me but she was four, and the top was pistachio! I always thought the design of the...

We have a Morgan Monroe MAM 200 -- it's the all mahogany A style. It's not too loud, it is warm, very easy to play (I purchased it from an independent shop and had the stock nut replaced). For what...

what a sweet dilemma to have! A K or an O --

They're both wonderful. I really dig the K and if I had a chance wouldn't hesitate, and that's not to admire the funkiness of the O, either --

I...

Re the Breedlove: For me when I was looking specifically for a Breedlove I went back and forth between the F and the O, trying several over a period of a couple weeks, when I re-committed to the...

We have a Morgan Monroe 200 that's the Family Mandolin (my kids all play it): it's mahogany back, sides, and top; satin finish; after shipping and set up it came in under 400. It sounds pretty and...

for me they each feed the other: I make a point to play the same things on each instrument -- well at least tunes. If I learn a sprightly tune on the mandolin then I teach myself to play it in all...

This describes my Breedlove 00, down to the chunky neck, which I use as my traveling instrument. I think you can pick up used Quartz / Americans (a styles without the sunbursts) for around 900.00. ...

I know the f's are beautiful. For what it's worth I really love my MT20 and can't imagine ever parting with it.

You might call Jeff at Acoustic Vibes in Tempe. He has an incredible acoustic inventory and is only twenty minutes from Sky Harbor International. Safe travels --

You know, I had a Lowden -- I think it was the F32, does that sound right? I forget the number, but it was rosewood with that thick spruce top, a cutaway. I LOVED that guitar. I mean I've never...

When I asked myself a similar question, the under 3500 bar, I looked around and picked, after looking around, a Collings MT2-0. Around 32 and change at the time. I still love it. It seems to me...

You know I have a Breedlove 00. It was my very first mando, complete whim, and then I traded up, so I sold it, then when I needed a travelling mando, I went and sought out the same Breedlove 00. ...

My experience is really similar to Reid and Hddn!

I've played guitar since I was eight; the mando for only two years. What I've found for me is that the mando is a much friendlier instrument to...

To the OP, it's a fine and very fair price, seems to me. I love the Quartz / American series. What's not to like?

Well, the tuners. I love everything about my OO except the tuners which sort of...

My MT20 makes my heart sing. Truth is I'd prefer an MT, with Satin, because I worry about damaging the pretty lacquer, but that's just a cosmetic concern. What I love is the fact of it, the sound:...

When I started out w/ the mando, I brought home (total whim) a Breedlove 00 quartz/now American. All true-blue instrument w/ faintly funky lines and spacious neck built by Kim Breedlove (a very...

Hey CZ,

I've got a feeling, given your enthusiasm and experience with the guitar, that you're going to grow really, really fast with the mandolin. If you're hanging in the zone with Andy McKee,...

Well, it's not a movie, but it's really remarkable: Mad Men.

In Season 1, episode 6 — the title of the episode is "Babylon."

The final scene takes place at a hip anti-establishment...

I love them all: and I really love my own: it's an Oval A.

I came from the guitar, so I guess I like the familiarity of the sound. That's the first part. The sound, or tone. I started playing...

When I was fifteen my family moved across the country at the same time "New Kid in Town" hit the air waves. When I was fifteen, everything felt personal. Years later, I generally can't bear to hear...

I have a MAM 200, or rather my kids do. We call it the Family Mandolin.

The appointments are very modest. After the set up, and the changing of the nut (bone), the price came in around $380.00. ...

Re the 12:

I've had a Martin 12, lovely (d-18, mahogany, but hard to play and many neck issues over ten years);

I also had a Taylor Big Leaf Maple 12, fairly recent vintage, which was also...

Hey Keith:

I support you, like so many others here. It's one thing to know one isn't responsible and another for the heart not to feel as if one is. Grief, it weighs. Mercifully, it also...

Hey All,

I have a Collings MT2-O, which I love, as in, I can't imagine where I was before it came into my life. It has a light sunburst, which I guess makes it a little unusual. And it sounds so...

Too, one thing I think about these sorts of conversations is how much a person always loves his or her dog, regardless of breed. Or car. Well, I guess some people hate their dogs. But in general? ...