After six months with my Red Valley EM mandolin, which is still a far better mandolin than I am a player, my eye began to wander. I kept an eye on the local Craigslist, contacted one seller about a teens Gibson A and the seller flaked out by just ignoring my texts, calls, and email when I was near the appointed time and place. Others just wanted too damned much ($4400 for a white face A3 is too much, I don't care how clean it is, and the original receipt doesn't make it play better), or were too ...