just received my Eastwood Airline electric mandola today. based on the fact its a $300 rig i give it 2 thumbs up. it is quite playable out of the box after tuning and intonating. the bridge could have been a little better thought out and there is not a lot of room for moving the saddles.as well the height adjustment seems too rock the saddle back instead of raising it. the guitar size pick up is good and hot, though i find i prefer to switch my amp to bright from normal setting .tuners seem good.frets feel nice neck is strait. the strings are pinching a bit at the nut so i need to sit down and work on this a bit. i will be shimming the neck to get more back angle for lower action if the bridge will allow for it.probably change to larger string gadge for bassier tuning in G or F maybe,make it an octave mando/or baritone.perhaps lower the action at the nut as well.
any way short story is that with a little setup you have a workable axe if you don't mind the action up a little and are not concerned about total perfect intonation.
and if you are this instrument could be upgraded and modded easily to be a great professional axe.
please remember this is an after 2 hours of ownership review and is solely my opinion which may change by tomorrow.
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