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Glad to hear the great review Mike!

At O'Flaherty's I went to her Informance and too realized much of what you stated about how she is a dynamic mandolin player, and as you said she does not treat...

Hot dang, if you don't buy that let me know because I just might!

Whoah that's awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!

Howdy!

I recently went through your experience purchasing my first mandolin, and I ended up going with a good deal on a used Eastman and couldn't be happier!

I went through a several month...

I was making the same kind of decision you were last week after having played quite a few at a local brick and mortar.

I got lucky and ended up getting an Eastman 505, and I am absolutely thrilled...

Well call it fate or pure dumb luck, but a day or so after I posted this someone put an Eastman 505 for sale on Craigslist locally, for $500.

It was the first owner, purchased new from a local...

Howdy MandolinCafe, and thanks for your time.

I'm about to buy my first mandolin, and while I've spent the past months reading these forums trying to absorb as much as I can and searching through...

While not a mandolin player yet (still shopping) I do play other instruments that require me to perform in front of a crowd, and have wrestled with distraction my entire music playing career.

I...

Another "youngin" here (mid 30s), with a couple of my own thoughts on this subject.

There are a couple of factors for why vintage instruments don't hold much appeal/priority for me.

First is...