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To be honest, I love the look of the Kentucky matte finish. I would love to hear the sound of it.

Hey MonaLisa,
What I have done is to visit many charity shops looking for belts and I have made many mandolin straps(for my one mandolin ), out of them. Some of them are unique :-) I then went to...

thanks Ivan.
BTW, I think I'm turning into a mando freak as I keep looking at mandolins :)

Hey All (and Newbies)
Just thought I would give some sort of update on what I have learnt, that other new Mando players may experience and will know that there is another guy going through the same...

Having just bought my first mandolin, I ordered quite a number of DVD's from various places that were selling them off cheap, and was not allowed to see them until Christmas Day. Amongst them were,...

Well,
Took of all the old strings, cleaned up everything, adjusted the truss rod to straighten the neck up after looking at it all strung off, adjusted the bridge, had to take the saddle all the...

I'll be doing the action this weekend, just reading up everything on adjustments before tackling.

Evan Marshall's playing, is something special, and as someone totally new to the mandolin, you do not have to recognise that. brilliant.

Hey
So I bought the Eastman 815 as mentioned in the other thread.
It was from a shop in Chester, UK.
Great mandolin(well, as much as I know about them). The shop was selling it(from what they...

Hey all,
I cannot thank you enough for your advice. Only reason I was going to check out the truss rod is to make sure it was O.K.
And Rob, if everything checks out, this time tomorrow, I'll have...

Hi All,
Many thanks for all the replies an advice. It is appreciated more than you know. Hey Allen, Hopkins, great Welsh name. As a complete newbie to the mandolin, I have played guitar for many...

Many thanks Both,
I'm due to see the mandolin on Thursday. He's holding it for me. Here are some more pictures, I suppose I don't really want to miss out on a good sounding mandolin at a good...

Hi Rob,
Many thanks for your reply, really appreciated. I've been checking back and for the forum all day hoping for some advice. Basically the guy is asking £700 for the mandolin, made in 2008....

Hi All,
Great forum, so much to learn and enjoy reading.
Don't have a mandolin, but about to pull the trigger on a used Eastman MD815 for a reasonably good price here in the UK. Really excited in...