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Thanks again guys for all the new feedback!

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PS: i also have the chance to get a 1946 A00 Gibson for about 1000€. Seems to be in a good shape. Is that a good...

Just found an A model made in Japan in the ‘80s on Ebay. I believe it’s a KM200s, for about 400. Is that something to have in consideration?

Thank you all guys for the feedback, highly valuable.
As i am a profesional musician for the past 20 years i know what i can and can’t do with my fingers and practice and in this particular...

When i said good i meant better than mine hahaha. I played an Eastman 315, a custom made by an american violin maker F mando (beautiful instrument!) and a discontinued Kentucky which i can recall the...

I'd love to but they're 3000€, just talked to Eda Krishot a few weeks ago...
Being primarily a bassist, i can't spend (nor can find the way of making those extra) 3000 for a mandolin. That's why i'm...

Dear all,
it's about time to upgrade. I've been playing a surprisingly good Rover RM-75 (refretted, cumberland bridge and stuff) but i feel, after playing other good instruments around that it...

Hey everybody! Just quick update: got the mando for 100€ and sucsefully refreted myself amd swaped the bridge for an ebony german made one. So far, sounds sweet! Plays nice and all, i think the old...

Hey Bob, not sure what you mean with the dark stain but i assume you're talking about the regular three colours sunburst (black to blonde) in contrast with the older "reddish" models? Here some...

Thanks Rob for the reply! So you'd think, in the case i manage to get it for about 150€, should be worth it?

Hey folks!
A friend of mine lend me his old Rover RM75 from around 2008. After cleaning all the fat, dust and stuff off the top, reseting and re sanding the bridge and setting up all the rest, it...

Hey folks,
i just ran into this mando online. Never seen any of these around. It seems to be a modern Chinese Aria mandolin. Looks craved though, which is weird cause of the logo on the headstock,...

Thanks a lot!
I was actually thinking that, it was 7 years ago and everything has improved.
Eastman MD315 all day! Love that one! :)

Hey there folks,
still on the quest for non-hyper expensive f mando in Germany and i saw the MVF 1 for about 400$ on ebay. Any thoughts about it? There's nearly no info on the net but i've read a...

Sure thing there Mandoplumb, that's why i called already my mandolin player pall to do the blind test!
They were all f holes though, except for one F shape with oval hole which sounded really nice...

Mandoplumb, i believe there is usually a big eyecatching thing but even before deciding on a body shape i was looking just for a better mando, regardless of the looks, and i'm sure i can't tell the...

Mando people, sorry, i just posted as couple of hours ago on which one would be a very very decent affordable mando, options were Eastman MD315 and a Loar LM590.
Well, now a friend in southern...

Excellent!
I might even just get the Loar from Thomann and compare it side by side with the MD315 at the local shop and then just return the Loar if it's too bad, they have a "no questions asked" 30...

Thanks a lot Colorado, highly appreciated!
Well, i know the thing about As and Fs, but somehow to my ears there's a huge difference between them. I've tried pretty much all the Eastman models on F...

Dear all,
i'm on the quest for a lil' upgrade but it can't be expensive, sadly (as a bass player i need to spend most of my money on bass stuff...and my rent...).
I've been playing a nice old Kay,...

Mandoplumb, you're in a way right, but the thing is in Germany is a bit hard to even find bluegrass mandolins, and i tried all the ones i could put my hands and compared side by side with that...

Thanks a lot guys! Nevin, i did ask for a neck reset and indeed it's way more expensive than the actual cost of the mandolin and for twice as much i can get a better one.
Tavi, i did check if the...

Hey Folks,
i'm a bass player new to the forum and the mandolin world!
Here's my lil' story...
I'vo got, from a friend of mine, an old Kay mandolin. It seems to be a rather better one than the...