Re: Budget A-style Octave: Is there such a thing?
I have a Lafferty octave I just picked up this summer used off the classifieds here. It's a nice journeyman instrument, wouldn't hesitate to gig with it. I have played some of the guitar bodied ones that I loved and wanted, but they were over $4000 used. So the Lafferty was a nice entry to see if I liked the sound (I do) and will do me for a while until I can save the coin for a GBOM.
It was above $1000, but not too much over and seems well made. Mine needs some setup and a bit of fret dressing, but it's a really nice sounding instrument.
Andrew Frink
Phoenix Bluegrass, '23 Gibson A Snakehead, Clark octave coming soon
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