Weber Aspen/Y2K Players: Review please.

[telepbrman]

Hey, if you have an Aspen or Y2K_ please pass along a mini review for me. What type of tunes are you playing, any workmanship issues, repairs, heavy or light strings? Thanks, dy.

[clarksavage]

Aspen 1 in my room for the last few months. No issues here. I find the strings it came with to be precisely what I like and I'll stick with them (GHS medium gauge as I recall). I chose the Aspen 1 over a bunch of other mandolins I played (at 3X the price of the Aspen) because of its sweet, ringing tone and lingering harmonics. It has less "bottom" for sure, but the mid and high sounds just speak to me in some form. The fretboard is a little narrower than my A4 and I am working with that, not a big deal (except when I switch instruments :-) Though "small" by comparison, the Aspen is pretty loud.

I recommend you play a couple of these instruments. My dealer (Blue Note in SLO, CA.) liked the one I bought so much that they got another one on the wall within about a week of the sale to me. On the coast of CA? Come on over.

[Richard Singleton]

I've had mine for 5 years, bought new at Mandolin Brothers. Still love it, no issues with it, play primarily Irish trad and some folk with it, and use it a a monthly seisiun. Next string change I'm switching from J 74's to J 62's and also want to try out GHS A 250's at some point. I also plan on upgrading it with the cast Weber tailpiece. When I bought it, I chose it over a Mid-Mo, an 84 Flatiron pancake and a Ditson/Martin from the 20's. They all sounded nice, but the Aspen won out after about 4 hours of playing them all and having a great time.

[telepbrman]

Thanks to you two, I see many words that I like: Loud, J74's, and ringing tone...I will keep you posted, dy.