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So a month later I find myself in Nashville on vacation and I bring the mandolin with me. I decided to look for an arm rest for it, while I am here and found it much harder than I expected it to be...

After spending a bit of time with it and a self-educated setup and restring, here are my thoughts on the M700AVS:

1) The tuners are so-so, probably as expected for the price point. I had to send...

Can you add me for Sampler 2 also? Thanks.

I think it will serve a beginner very well. My personal verdict is still out on whether or not its the best option out there at the price point. I was in a music store that had a Loar LM-310F and I...

Well, on the third round of tuning it, after removing the foam under the bridge and adjusting the bridge for intonation, one of the pearloid buttons cracked where it meets the post on the inside of...

That particular set are flatwounds - heard a good shootout on the toob between D'Addario XTs and TI flatwounds - You could definitely hear that flatwounds are warmer, not as cutting (highs) but they...

It arrived a day later than expected, but overall I am happy with it. I have not had much time to play around with it, nor do I have sufficient experience to know how it sounds compared to "better"...

Ok, I understand that - my Mando is coming from SW and for various reasons of timing, life circumstances and free money for XX months, the Ibby is what I could do. I know enough that I can correct...

I am getting one of these as well, and it does seem these are not looked favorably upon. I am just curious why. I often read "you can do better for the price range" but is that all it is or is there...

I am interested.

Thanks to all who have responded thus far. It is clear I have my work cut out for me.

One thing to note is that my reference sound, the one I am probably after, at least initially, are the sounds...

Thank you for the response. Haven't found much love for the M700 - not saying there isn't any, just most tend to point to other options when this one comes up in discussions I've read. We'll see how...

I recently (well, it arrives tomorrow) added a Mandolin to my instrument collection and have a question about picks...but first, quick back story.

I took violin for 2 years in 3rd grade and then...