Today I finally made the visit to Fiddler's Green to drop my MD404 off for upgrade work. After explaining to what I needed installed and setup. I got a chance to play all their mandolins they had in stock..
I played everything from Eastmans (ovals and FF) to Ratliff, Collings, Northfield and SilverAngel.
My favorite by far was the SilverAngel F-style that was built in 2011. Very full sounding and even across the frequency spectrum... once I upgrade from the MD404 in a number of years it will be to a SA.
The Collings sounded and played well but not nearly as full as the SA. There was a nice Gibson oval that was a joy to play as well.
I was really surprised the Northfield Ff f-style sounded on the thin side.
I can't wait until the MD404 is finished so I can compare it to the list above!
Very happy I got to visit this great shop.
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