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Thank you all for your helpful input. I bought the 505 over the 305 because of the finish, the tailpiece and, especially, the tuners. The 300 series listed gotoh and Nickel economy F tuners while the...

I have a fairly new Eastman MD-505 with Schaller tuners. Several are so tight that it can be painful to turn them. How do I adjust that tension without losing the peg's ability to hold tone (as well...

After listening to Mike Marshall test drive this Northfield archtop octave, I was blown away by the depth of the sound and the remarkable sustain. Of course, it WAS Marshall. But what a sound. I...

Thank you all for the valuable input. Love this forum. So many friendly, helpful members. I think I may try to find a luthier or tech nearby here in the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC and get a...

I’m playing an Eastman MD-505 and picked up a Long Hollow Leather mandolin strap. No problem at the tail piece, of course, but the instrument has no body button. I have seen two different ways of...

I have a new 505. It has Schallers.

This is a terrific resource. Thanks for posting it

Thanks to all of you for your very helpful specific suggestions and all the warm encouragement you've offered me in this forum chain. I have felt welcomed by new friends and am glad to be among you....

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I want a ride when you're done! :-)

Thanks for the encouragement. And I did find a nice instrument today after obsessing the hell out of the decision. I'll post below. What a great bunch of people on this forum!

LOL - I would but I finally settled on a mandolin today. I'll post particulars below

Thank you for your kind words.

It always has for me. I can’t imagine a day without some music listened to or played.

Absolutely! I’m a shrink by profession, albeit retired, and I’m taking that advice I used to dispense for a fee... ��

Thanks. My thinking has also headed in the direction you recommend. I just posted same to pheffernan.

Yeah, that vintage $2k Bayard is a beauty! But I think I find myself leaning back toward starting with a mandolin and mastering some basics and then graduate to a fine OM instrument like that if...

I’m in awe of the amount of research you’ve done and all the specifics, which are really helpful and transcend generalities. I’m going to take my time digesting this. Thank you.

Like all good Swede boys, I do play pinochle and will throw in an AARP membership to sweeten the deal... ��

My only reservation about the 520 is that Florida peninsula, which looks like it might make picking harder for a newbie. The LM 590 doesn’t have one. Would that be comparable?

I guess I don't want to overplay the difficulty issue, recognizing that the rental instrument they gave me has set-up problems and isn't a high quality instrument in any case - plus knowing that only...

Simon, let me pursue this a bit more. I am increasingly intrigued by the idea of starting my Mandolin experience with an OM instead of a standard. I’m not all that interested in playing Irish music...

Sorry folks for the reply mess above - new to the cafe and learning the interface. Thought in the replies above I was responding to individual postings below each and can see I am not. Thanks to...

Makes sense - and that is encouraging. Thought I'd give the rental a few days in case the issue is new strings stretching, but if there's no improvement, I'll bring it back and ask for a different...

Thanks for the reply. The Eastman looks like a nice instrument.