Re: Waterloo Mandolin Released
I played a flat-topped Northfield at Greyfox which was a nice instrument although i can't remember the price since I wasn't really in the market (the neck didn't fit my arthritic hand), so it's nice to see flat tops from top instrument shops getting some love. But i wonder about the idea that a guitarist looking to get into mandolin would be the target market. Most of the guitar players who ask about moving to mandolin on this site seem to be looking for instruments in the $200 to $500 range. And a lot of people on this site wouldn't mention this because of the cost -- regardless of how good the sound is. Flat-tops aren't often what people are thinking of when they look at what mandolin is being played on stage or by their favorite mandolinist. It'll be interesting to see how this does.
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