Keith Miller
May-15-2006, 5:12pm
I see a couple of Gold tone rigel mandolins on "that" auction site, are these made the same way as "proper"Rigels ie with the carved rims
Keith
JEStanek
May-15-2006, 7:15pm
They are offically liscensed by Rigel... However, you often get what you pay for... Gold tone page on them. (http://www.goldtone.com/products/pages/gm-110.asp) Peter Mix with Rigel has written on the board a couple of times today. Perhaps he can comment on this mandolin Gold Tone makes. I don't believe the Gold Tone has the radiused fingerboard that Rigels are so well known for. There may be other construction differences as well.
Music123 has some buyer reviews. (http://www.music123.com/Goldtone-GM-110-Mandolin-i126012.music)For $650 is this worth it when you can often find a used rigel for ~$1200? Unless you gotta have the shape on this one...
Jamie
Jim MacDaniel
May-15-2006, 7:40pm
Click here (http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Data4/Gold_Tone/GM_110_Mandolin-1.html) for a couple more reviews at Harmony Central...