Flatiron OM at McCabe's

[Petrus]

Here's something I didn't know they even made: an octave mando, by the folks that made all those cool Flatiron pancake style mandos. I saw it at McCabes in Santa Monica the other week. NFI, it's out of my price range (about a grand) but if anyone is in that area and interested in this sort of instrument it might be worth stopping in and taking a look (if it's still there.)

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[allenhopkins]

The Flatiron "3's" are good instruments. I've owned my 3K for nearly 30 years now, gotten a lot of mileage out of it. Price is at the higher end of what they seem to go for, but not unreasonable.

[delsbrother]

How'd it sound?

[trevor]

There's plenty around, they pop in the classifieds fairly regularly. Chris Thile plays one.

[Petrus]

It sounded pretty good. The thing that surprised me about the Flatirons (the OM as well as the mandos) is how small the body is. In the photo you can see a bit of a Trinity College OM hanging next to it and you can get idea of how small the Flatiron is by comparison. But it still produces a good sound.

[trevor]

Agreed, the mandolins have remarkably small bodies, I always marvel at how they produce so much sound.

[Eddie Sheehy]

Flatiron OM's/Zouks produce a much bigger sound than the TC's...