i've got it bad all of a sudden, no A in the house, recently sold my beloved NorthField F(still have a BitterRoot F thank goodness).
I've been all over the map with this MAS lately, Heffernan is of no use in talking me off the ledge-in fact, he keeps enabling. I have arrived at the Collings MT2V. I have a very good prospect at a reasonable price. Knowing the price range i would be entering, and i've always had a big eye for the Ellis A mandolins, i started wondering "why not".
Over the past year, with all my buying/selling/trading, i could have simply purchased an Ellis A and been done with it-course, its taken me a few to figure out things i like, i haven't lost "that much", especially considering the fun of having the different mandos around and enjoying that time with them-before shipping them to someone else.
One of the big things that i consider is neck profile. I have via email, spoken with Ellis mandolins months ago and know that Tom can shape a neck to a preference(we were talking of doing a Pava with a wider nut width and more V shape).
The Pava i owned had a less defined V shape, more what i would call a U, became quite deep around the 12th fret going into the heel. Compared that to my Collings MT at the time and it had a definite defined V shape and went up the neck not gaining so much depth-which i know i now prefer.
1)My question to Ellis A owners is, tell me about the neck profile of your A. Is it a standard shape or did you special order it?
2)if you own a Pava, or have had good access to one and compared, did the necks feel the same or different.
3)i would be ordering a 1 3/16" nut width-anyone out there have an Ellis with that spec?
4)is there anything you would change on your Ellis A at this point after having owned it?
i plan to email Ellis Mandolins tonight with the profile shape question, would love to hear from owners here also.
thank you much
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