Paris swing

[monkiman818]

the Paris Swing brand mandolins any good?

[MikeEdgerton]

It's been a while since these have been discussed. Here are two pages of previous threads about Paris Swing mandolins.

[Sarge]

I ran into one in a music shop while in Galway on my trip to Ireland a few weeks ago. They had a nuages model (meant to mimic the petite bouche Selmer guitars) that i played around with. For the money theyre pretty good instruments, and this one wasnt even set up that well. A decent setup and some nice TI's or jazzmando strings would do it a lot of good. It has an interesting tone, but I wouldnt say they sound anything like the Selmer-Macafferi theyre ment to imitate.

[John Flynn]

I think they are well made, quality instruments for their price range, although in that price range, I would carefully inspect anything I bought and make sure I got a good setup on it. I just don't care for the looks or the sound and I think there are better instruments to be had for the money. Just MHO.

[Paul Hostetter]

Please have patience as that entire line of instruments switches from Korean production to a very different iteration made in Shanghai. I agree that with some determined setup, they're surprisingly good. But y'ain't heard nothin' yet.

BTW, I like the aesthetic a lot, but my favorite of the three main models so far is the one with f-holes. But the oval-hole model made some real progress recently, probably the last tweak for the Korean production:



The guy who knows how to dress is Greg Rich, Music Link's Artistic Guiding Light.

[TomTyrrell]

I've had this one for about a year now. Where exactly is "China, Korea" anyway?

[Paul Hostetter]

China, Korea is just over the border from Wyoming, Montana.