Strings are fun to experiment with! Try as many you can and write down what is currently on your mandolin so you can remember if you liked it or not...
I like the idea of buying a Big Muddy but I would be looking at the MW-0 and even that is stretching the budget. Is that model a normal mandolin. Or...
It seems like in the mandolin world, "looks good" very often equates to "looks fancy". Maybe not universally true, though. I personally am a big fan...
Went on a road trip with my brother in 2019 and brought back an 83 280ZX from Tucson AZ. Riding in that thing on the Blue Ridge Parkway, t-top open & listening to bluegrass made me remember I always wanted to learn the mandolin. So much fun!
Location:
New Hampshire
Interests:
Family (including Cats), Gardening, reading, cooking, hiking, crafting ... and now the Mandolin
Occupation:
Semi-Retired:former lives include ecology, manufacturing engineering and computer graphics