Re: Inexpensive starter mandolin advice needed
Originally Posted by
allenhopkins
And, by the way I call "ham sandwich" (long-time Cafe-ers will get the reference). First thing you do is answer OP's question about the two mandolins she was considering; then you say, "You might also want to look at other models."
IMHO, anyway.
And then someone says, "if you add a few hundred dollars to your absolute maximum price, you can buy the Acme Deluxe, which is a much better instrument."
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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