Opinions on Arnold Cross Fingers Mando

[George Henry]

I play mostly old time and Celtic music. Not much bluegrass. My current mandolin is a Lafferty A model with oval sound hole by Paul Schneider of Summit. I have examined three Cross mandos and have one I'm interested in. Bird's eye maple and nice Sitka top, honey burst finish. I like this mando. Good workmanship, nice recurve, sharp lines. The tone is nice; certainly different than the decidedly old time sounding Lafferty. The Cross is sweet,
with good definition. The Cross seems a little heavy, with a top that looks a little a little thick.

What do you familiar with Cross Mandolins think?

[George Henry]

F mando. I hate autocorrect!

[pops1]

The decision is one only you can make. If you like it, it sounds good to you, you have won most of the battle. My Brentrup has a heavy top, it doesn't overdrive and sounds great, I wouldn't let that worry you. I will admit I am not familiar with Cross mandolins, but if you like it yada yada yada.