Re: When or why to upgrade
Ok, having never owned anything better than an Eastman, just from reading around here, this is how I think things are supposed to work (slightly tongue in cheek):
Beginner instruments (gateway drugs) range from the bare-bones basic Rover, to the mid-range Kentucky's and Eastmans (both of which make pretty decent instruments). Once those instruments have effectively infected you with MAS, then...
Once you decide you are going to get a great instrument, you have to buy a Gibson (preferably an F5), it's the standard against which all others are judged.
Then based on that reference point you buy others, and try to brag (politely) how it's better than the Gibson in some way...
Best I've seen lately was the Apitius thread, best sales job in a thread I've read in a while, made me want one. :-)
Or... if you can't (or won't) afford a Gibson, you buy what you can afford that imitates it, Pava, Northfield, etc, and work you way up or around from there. If you started with a Rover it might be a long journey too, or you can just buy a Gibson...
At least that's how I think it is supposed to work based on what I've read.
Given that theory I've started looking at F9's (cheapest form of Gibson...), although Pava's and Northfield's seem more reachable.
Mostly what holds me back is I can't play worth beans, so that limits how many beans I want to spend. :-)
Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design).
Eastman MD-604SB with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: THR-10, Sony XB-20.
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