grafik-obsessions
Apr-09-2004, 9:39pm
I went into my local music store and wanted a mandolin. #being a bit put off at the range of prices these instruments encompass, i decided on going under two-hundred dollars. i saw rogues, kentuckys, new yorker pros, bean blossoms, johnsons, and then this hideous headstock caught my eye. #it was the dean playmate tennessean ae model a style with a volume and tone knob mounted electric guitar style but no apparent pick-up. #later i find it's piezeo in the bridge. #it is set-up from the factory intonation is perfect and my only conplaint was strings. i bought a set of elixr lights and put on it. #needless to say the thing was so butt ugly (headstock) i just made a ridiculous offer to the manager of a hundred dollars out the door. #maybe he was hurting that day or hated the thing but i own it for that price and it's really a nice mandolin to learn on and sounds great through my line6 spider2 amp. #having bored you with this now the question, which other mandolin's come from the same plant in china and should i feel this good or am i just crazy?