Walmart Mandolins on Clearance!

[DaveGinNJ]

For anyone thinking buying into this scam you have until until Sat, Jul 6 to return it for your money back or a replacement. Wal-Mart shows the package as being at a carriers terminal in New Jersey (where I am) for delivery tomorrow. They did charge me tax. The total is 31.01.

Definitely post a review. Interested what a $30 mandolin sounds like

[pops1]

Mine is supposed to be here Friday, no tax.

[Timbofood]

I’m ready to hear reviews!

[Jeff Mando]

A brand new mandolin for $30 WITH SHIPPING?

Walmart has really "rolled back" prices!!!

[MikeEdgerton]

Out for delivery. It should be there by the time I get home.

[pops1]

Let us know Mike, I am curious to know how much setup work I will have to do.

[MikeEdgerton]

I seriously doubt it will be setup. That's why God created Rob Meldrum

FedEx just delivered a box the size of a mandolin to my house.

[Jim Garber]

Out for delivery. It should be there by the time I get home.

Much heartfelt thanks to you, Mike, for your sacrifice for all of us.

[JPS]

Another Walmart seller's Irin mandolin page shows that you don't even need to actually *play* this mandolin in order to achieve total bliss and contentment, as shown by the following picture, one merely needs to be in the same vicinity as the mandolin for it to work its ethereal magic:

I have one exactly like this, actually. Everybody's happier when I'm not playing it.

[Jim Garber]

Definitely post a review. Interested what a $30 mandolin sounds like

Probably, $20 less than a $50 mandolin.

[DaveGinNJ]

Probably, $20 less than a $50 mandolin.

I pulled out $20 dollars from my wallet and listened to it. I didn't hear anything

[Jim Garber]

I pulled out $20 dollars from my wallet and listened to it. I didn't hear anything

Wait! Send me that $20 and I can get a sound from it.

[MikeEdgerton]

There's this part of me that says I should put Waverly tuners, a James tailpiece, a Cumberland Acoustics bridge and a pearl nut on this thing.....

I can probably get over this.

[Jim Garber]

There's this part of me that says I should put Waverly tuners, a James tailpiece, a Cumberland Acoustics bridge and a pearl nut on this thing.....

I can probably get over this.

Yes, but you will also need an armrest, a fossil ivory saddle and a Tone-Gard.

[MikeEdgerton]

Yes, but you will also need an armrest, a fossil ivory saddle and a Tone-Gard.

Well yeah, and a Calton case.

[Jim Garber]

Well yeah, and a Calton case.

Perfect. Happy NMD, Mike. You are a role model for us. I remember the solid wood $199 mandolin and you had a number of acolytes who bought those.

[Louise NM]

It's shipped in a Calton isn't it?

[mandolin tony]

tick, tick, tick and we wait for Mike to get home. plus it's good to know why Rob has got a reason for being with us. thank you God.

[vetus scotia]

Probably, $20 less than a $50 mandolin.

For those who are interested in what a $50 mandolin sounds like



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr8IB5rQXps

[Rob Meldrum]

So that's why God put me on this earth. Wait 'til I tell my wife...

[MikeEdgerton]

OK, so this puppy has arrived, boxed well, shipped from a distribution center in New Jersey via FedEx. The box it arrived in was a clean Chinese labeled shipping box. Inside that box was the customary triangular (kind of) shaped box that musical instruments are shipped in. Inside that box was a decent little gig bag with backpack straps labeled Irin. There was also a set of Irin mandolin strings and a Irin branded cleaning cloth. I assumed wrongly that the mandolin would have to be strung up. Nope, the strings are on it and are wrapped in paper. The bridge is in place and on a quick examination looks pretty good. I tuned it up. The tuners are a little stiff. Brought it up to tune and it's playable. Could it benefit from a setup? Sure, most musical instruments could but it's pretty playable right out of the box. How does it sound? Pretty much like a Rogue because that's what it is. It's the same instrument only not labeled. It's well built for what it is, the finish is good. I would have no problem recommending this $29.00 Wal-Mart closeout mandolin to anyone looking for a cheap mandolin. I would also have no problem recommending a Rogue. It is what it is, a cheap instrument. If there were any more I'd consider buying them for gifts to kids. As much as some wanted this to be some sort of scam it isn't. One problem I do see, the tuners are an unusual spacing. There seems to be an added gap in the middle on both sides, a tuners change will not be a drop in fit. One final note, when I looked inside there were two cursive upper case L's penciled in on the underside of the soundboard. Yeah, that last one was a lie.

If you got one of these congratulations.

[Ranald]

Thanks, Mike.
But how does it sound when you play it like the woman does in the OP?
Are you going to buy the strings in this other thread and review them for us?

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...27#post1708527

[Merula]

Walmart usually sell First Act. Turns out there is a First Act mandolin!!

https://www.amazon.com/First-Act-MG9...ct_top?ie=UTF8


EEEEK!

[MikeEdgerton]

Thanks, Mike.
But how does it sound when you play it like the woman does in the OP?
Are you going to buy the strings in this other thread and review them for us?

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...27#post1708527

Probably not, I have a few extra sets of D'Addario strings laying around. I had planned on cutting this up but I'm thinking it might make some new player happy. Still working that out in my mind.

[Gary Leonard]

Thanks for the review Mike!

Thanks for whoever posted this, now I will never be satisfied with any mandolin I try, I will be forever searching for one that sounds "ethereal, finely broken, clean. "