Re: MAS or not
Back when I only had a lesser mandolin, I went and played a bunch of top level mandolins, and it ruined the way I looked at my little mandolin.
I had no idea how much better the top level mandolins would be than the one I was playing.
They were just on a completely different level as acoustic machines.
It put me on a mission to get a really good mandolin because I couldn't stop thinking about how awesome the mandolins I played were, and even though I still love my old mandolin, it just didn't thrill the way it did before my eyes were opened.
I ended up buying a Northfield Artist model, which can hold its own against mandolins WAY above its price range.
I am perfectly happy with it, and don't often find mandolins I would trade it for, and when I do they are $12-$20k or more, so I couldn't have them even if I wanted them.
Now I love going to stores to check out the cool instruments, BUT I already have a beautiful Northfield Artist model, so even if I love something I find, I will still be going home to my beautiful mandolin...
If you go checking out nice mandolins you just might come home with a new mandolin, or you might find yourself looking at your current mandolin in a different light. I would bet you will find yourself trying to figure out how you can swing getting something nicer.
It is a risk, but probably a risk worth taking.
A really fine mandolin is a thing of beauty.
Mandolins: Northfield 5-Bar Artist Model "Old Dog", J Bovier F5 Special, Gibson A-00 (1940)
Fiddles: 1920s Strad copy, 1930s Strad copy, Liu Xi T20, Liu Xi T19+ Dark.
Guitars: Taylor 514c (1995), Gibson Southern Jumbo (1940s), Gibson L-48 (1940s), Les Paul Custom (1978), Fender Strat (Black/RWFB) (1984), Fender Strat (Candy Apple Red/MFB) (1985).
Sitars: Hiren Roy KP (1980s), Naskar (1970s), Naskar (1960s).
Misc: 8 Course Lute (L.K.Brown)
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