Collings MT2 vs MF-GT?
I'm planning to buy a used mandolin this week, none of which are where I can play them. (I have about eight candidates from five different stores, lol, but not all candidates are Collings.)
I'm looking for opinions from players who own or have played a reasonable number of MF and MT2 mandolins. I've played one MF and two MT2's in the past year and liked both models. I do love a scroll, so the MF would have that in its favor, but with the MT2 being the top of the MT family and the MF being the bottom of the F family, am I losing any volume/tone by going with the MF? Am I mainly losing the glossy back and sides as well as the extra binding and headstock inlay? I managed to play an MT2 and an MT in one store last fall and the MT2 did seem to have a more refined tone. Would the MF be closer to the MT?
Any opinions appreciated! (Unfortunately, I do understand that models vary from instrument to instrument, but I keep reading that Collings seem to be pretty consistent.)
Doug Brock
2018 Kimble 2 point (#259), Eastman MD315, Eastman MDA315, some guitars, banjos, and fiddles
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