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I have an Ibanez mandolin (I think it is the 511 "Gibson lawsuit model".
I'd like to install a pickup. Don't know if this mandolin has any vintage or collectible value. My question is, if it may...

I think having an armrest is a matter of personal preference. Builders should offer installing an armrest as an option, but not as part of the instrument. Again, player/picker personal preference

I would recommend the John Pearce armrest. Easy to install (just take the adhesive cover and apply to instrument. www.jpstrings.com

I have a John Pearce armrest on my Guild D35 acoustic guitar. I highly recommend armrests. I'm told that without the armrest your arm rests on the upper part of instrument's body and may muffle the...

I hope to post a picture of my Russian made mandolin soon. It is a little shorter than our standard scale mandolin. I only found this out when I tried to put my Ibanez mandolin in the hard shell...

This was my Celtic band singer's mandolin which she let me play when my first mandolin - a Russian made mandolin - developed cracks. She gave it to me last year as a gift

I'll check when I get home. I am at work now, but I think it is standard mandola scale. 18"?

Sekova electric mandolin

Here is my Kent electric mandola. Saw this hanging in a music shop in Newark, NJ and couldn't resist.

I would have preferred an 8-string model. Maybe they'll offer that also. In my opinion a 4-string electric mandolin will sound like an electric guitar.
I have a Winston solid-body electric tenor...

I have little fat fingers and it's difficult playing my mandolin. But I do it because I love the sound of the mando. Have been considering getting the Gold Tone GM-12 (which is the 12-string...

I Am planning to buy this. Called Gold Tone to ask if I can take off the low three strings in essence having the low three strings as singles and the high three strings as doubles. They said that as...

Am planning to buy this. Called Gold Tone to ask if I can take off the low three strings in essence having the low three strings as unison and the high three strings as doubles. They said that as...