Got to play a Flatiron N1 today for the first time. It was at Gryphon, and I was very impressed with the tone, playability, and evenness from string to string. I liked it more than every other oval hole in the store. Way cheaper too. If you edon't need to play bluegrass, it is a fabulous mandolin. I played mostly fiddle tunes on it. It was pretty loud too.
They had some nice old Martin's too, but I didn't like the feel of them, and they sounded too sweet if that makes any sense.
My Silverangel has the warm, woody, resonant thing covered, but if I had a bluegrass type instrument and wanted a compliment to it you could do far worse than the N1.
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