Re: Need opinions Gibson Flatiron
1. You're considering buying a very nice mandolin -- if it's in good condition, playable, etc. -- at a decent market price.
B. However, if you're not sure you really want to play mandolin, you might consider getting a good quality student instrument, for perhaps $1K less than your considering spending. While you could probably get most of your purchase price back if you sold the Flatiron, instruments are chancy "investments." Often you find yourself "buying retail, selling wholesale," plus there's the work involved in advertising and selling the instrument. You won't get all your money back on a sub-$300 beginner mandolin, but you won't have a grand or more tied up in it.
iii. $1.5K is not a bargain price on an A-50 from the 1950's. These are decent mandolins; had I to choose one or the other, I'd take the Flatiron.
Just my 2¢.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
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Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
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