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You might reach out to Mike Dulak at Big Muddy and get the specs and see if he has a recommendation for replacements.

I was just looking at the Boston area Craigslist before I saw this post and saw the Redline and Flatiron I believe you referenced. Both are good flat tops. I like flat tops but they're a specific...

Hi Mick, you're actually in the wrong place IN the right place. If you scroll further down the columns, you'll see one labelled CBOM. The letters stand for Cittern, Bouzouki, Octave,...

It truely is. Ye Vagabonds are the best thing I've heard in quite a while.

I made this suggestion to another poster recently, but you may want to move your post to the CBOM section where it might be seen my more people who play these types of instruments. The old Flatiron...

You can get some pretty nice things at that price point. The problem is it's hard to just get out and play some. I would find as many video clips as you can to get a sense of the different voices...

I don't have experience with either, but my impressions from what I've read would have me lean toward the Carvalho. I would recommend posting this in the CBOM section where more people who play...

If possible, I'd have a luthier make or at least order and fit one for you. I think the odds of getting an off the rack bridge you'de be satisfied with are not so good. Can you show a photo of...

I noticed it was a resurrected thread. I still think updated information to the original question is potentially useful to someone.

Diamond Cove Music in Gloucester, Ma. has a decent selection of Eastman mandolins.

Do you read notation or do you need TAB? A pretty approchable couple of Irish books are Brid Cranitch's Irish Session Tunes (Blue and Orange) Fairly slow tempos and arranged in sets, notation only...

I bought a set from my pumpkin top without checking the measurements. A very good luthier was able to install them and I like them a lot but he said it was extremely difficult.

If you're wanting a good quality mando with a wide fingerboard, you might keep your eyes peeled for made in USA Breedloves.

thanks for these posts, guys. I like this music a lot when I hear it, but that's the tricky part. I knew a couple of people who played hurdy gurdy and they played this kind of stuff all the time,...

The L R Baggs M1 is a good choice. Available as active or passive.

I think there are better things to be had for $600.

I have a shorter scale 4 course version of this. It's strange, but I like it. The tuners really are crap. If it's structurally sound and playable that's a good price. Mine has a Cedar top and it...

Yukon/Stubblebine can be very slow and uncommunicative. I won't use him again. I've had only good experiences with the Mouradians, though I've mostly used them for guitars. I use Tippin for my mando...

I still enjoy bands. I listen to Danu, Malinky, Old Blind Dogs, Bua, Tannahill Weavers. I also like Barry and Laura Kerr, Ye Vagabonds. It would help to know what you've got that you don't like to...

I have a 2012 Level 1 I bought used from Bernunzio's a couple of years ago. Scale is about 22". I use the GHS phos bronze octave mando set which runs 12/22/32/44.
I use it pretty exclusively for...

If you're still shopping, I'd grab the Fylde in Canada (Not the one with the pin bridge in Montana). I passed on one a while back that one of my students bought from another and I've regretted it. ...

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I would have a look at these APC Portuguese made instruments exported from Ireland. I haven't played one myself, but the reviews I've seen have been positive and I guess the guy does a reasonable...

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. If you want to play in DADGAD, start there. It's great for the kind of music you want to play and there's much more educational material...

Another vote for GHS A250s