Third time, yet beginner, mandolin buyer looking for advice
Third times a charm as they say.
I made this username 12 years ago and purchased a very nice Big Muddy M4 mandolin from the classifieds. Before this I was primarily an acoustic guitar player, but had played some nice mandolins which inspired me to get one.
I didn't totally connect with the tone of the M4, as I was more into bluegrass music at the time, so I didn't find myself playing it and moved it on. It likely would have gotten wrecked due to my nomadic lifestyle for those next years, which did a number on a couple of acoustic guitars. What a beautiful instrument though with amazing bookmatched back.
Since then, I've advanced with guitar, picked up clawhammer banjo, ukulele, bass, piano, drums, lapsteel...tambourine, computer. At one point I had a well broken in/broken Kentucky KM100S (flatiron) which played poorly and mostly stayed in the case. I ended up selling that along with my deering goodtime, telling myself I would replace them both with better instruments. Well, it's been 10 years...
I'm trying to stay in the $500-$600 range, but willing to sell one of my electric guitars to move up to the $1000-$1200 zone if I can get something that is a lifetime instrument. I'm still interested in bluegrass, but more newgrass, folk, jamgrass, dawg, and django jazz than trad. I could see myself getting into sessions eventually (wish I still had that M4).
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