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Hi Nick, do you still have yours? Are you happy with it? What did the expert say?

OK, so here is a clip of playing some on one. I am still novice in playing so forgive me on simplicity ;)
This is just to show how the mandolin looks and sounds like.
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Hi Nick, thats great news about the Feeling instrument. I would be interested to see more details about the mandolin. Like some more photos of the back and if you can take a photo of the inside...

Nick, just to tell you why I went for Afanti instead of Felling mandolin - Feeling mandolins have single action truss rod while Afanti mandolins have double action truss rod.
Probably not that...

Actually I didn`t go with that one at the end. I went with Afanti A-style mandolin. The same one somebody here on this forum has already bought. But I got it from Afanti factory instead from Pango...

OK, will do :)

Hi all, just wanted to say I have just received a Chinese mandolin I decided to order afterall. If someone is interested I will post a review. Let me know please. Best wishes.

True, but you can get one for $420 on Alibaba.
And I think its of a similar built like the better of the two at the start of the thread. It even has the same hardware.

You can order them online from Alibaba. Free delivery to Germany.

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I would go with Afanti A5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODWgWmh78Y

New is around $420

This guy here is very happy with one of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODWgWmh78Y

Yup

Here is what they said when asked about pressed top or carved top:

"The shape of the top was in virtue of the mould but the all carved by hand."

I guess its carved then?

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Thanks about the hint about the pressed top. I will ask them about it. Actually Mandolin 1 with 3AAA grade wood is the one where the holes are dark and can not be seen through. Here are a few more...

I asked about some more details and here is what they say:

Mandolin 1 has dove tail neck joint, Mandolin 2 has standard neck joint (whatever that means?!).
Mandolin 2 has standard Baking finish...

Thanks Don. Actually they both have single action truss rods. The cover is just not very well visble on one of them from these pictures.

I sent you message with the source.

Hi, thanks for the comment. I will check what kind of joints they make. The brand is "Feeling" but they can print on whatever you want as a name :) Yes, according to photos the more expensive one has...

Hi, I am novice, thinking of buying a Chinese mandolin. They seem well build and offer two all solid models. Spruce top and maple back and sides. Attached find the photos. Mandolin 1 is more...

Hi Bill,

I did buy Siminoff book on F style mandolin, however, would still like to have original Saga A style instructions. From what I have read here and on Amazon, some people did get...

Speaking of Saga mandolin kit - I didn`t get any instructions with it. I browsed through the topics but even though some of people here had the same problem, I couldn`t found .pdf for download. Can...

Thank you guys for the welcome and effort in explaining. Its more or less clear now. I am sure I will have more questions about it when I actually start working on the detail.

Hello all ! I am new here so let me introduce myself. I am 35 years old guy from Croatia. Civil engineer by vocation, but carpenter hobbyst. My late grandfather was a carpenter and I used to help him...