Hi everybody!! Just checking in #33! I recently upgraded (tremendously) to the BRW. WHOA!!! Even for a instrument that's got a few years on it, this thing is fantastic!! Being my first quality mandolin, I could not be any happier! The craftmanship on this blew me away! Fit & finish are 2nd to none, and a tone to match! ....now if I could only play the thing~ Ive never felt anything quite like the ownership of a hand-made American mandolin... A true master artisan he is! Time to practice...