Think I found a nice "take everywhere" mandolin.

[B381]

MAS has set in pretty firmly over the past year's journey since I first picked up a mandolin. It's like a sickness I tell ya.

I have a few, some very good, some that most would consider basic beginner.

Stumbled across this one about a week ago. Looks like it was never played, beautiful mandolin, nice mahogany wood grain. Added a simple armrest and slipped a tone-gard on the back and it actually sounds awesome. Either this model was overlooked/dismissed by many without really looking into it or the name kept many way. I think I have found a diamond in the rough here. For $125, I don't think I did too bad for something I can take with me out and about and not worry too much.

2006 Morgan Monroe MFM300 mahogany F5 style.



Does this thread really do anything other than let me express my happiness with my find, nope. Over the past year of learning both, hands on and through written word research, one thing kept popping up....even a cheaper mandolin can sound really good when in skilled hands. Thus....my focus has switched to improving the one thing money can't buy.....my skill. Hopefully newer players won't get so entangled in name brands, price, etc and will come to realize that no matter how much you invest in a mandolin, if you don't invest in your skill to play, it REALLY WON'T MATTER.

Play on....enjoy it and don't quit! Did I say, DON'T QUIT? DON'T QUIT!

[Zigeuner]

This is some very sage advice. For the record, I've heard some wonderful music played on some very inexpensive instruments. A while back, I decided that it's much more important to work on my playing skills than to worry about how much I spend on musical instruments.

[Jim]

You got a great deal on that Mandolin! Some good advice too.

[MikeZito]

Congratulations - that mandolin is a beauty, and you got it at a great price!

Back in the early 2000's I played a Morgan Monroe F-style that I bought from our old friends at 'Folk Of The Wood'; (I don't remember the model number). It was a surprisingly nice mandolin, played well, did lots of recording with it and never had a complaint about the tone.

Enjoy!

[B381]

Happened across the mandolin on guitar center's used area. Just took a look and it appears every used is free shipping right now, that's a $15 savings, just fyi.

[OldSausage]

Play on....enjoy it and don't quit! Did I say, DON'T QUIT? DON'T QUIT!

Any mandolin that you can play without hurting yourself is perfect. Why would you quit?

[Br1ck]

But really, you can practice for what, two or three hours a day? But you can fuel your MAS for eight or ten.

But I will concede, if you were to practice two or three hours a day while investing $2000 in a good teacher, you'd end up happier than if you bought a $2000 mandolin

[Roger Moss]

Getting that model for just $125 is a bonus score indeed. I would like something like that to baby and coddle. As a knock around instrument you could do way worse. Congratulations.

[Hypoxia]

Nice catch with that mando!

Meanwhile, my Rogue doesn't care where I haul it.

Except into the water.

Enjoy!