Re: What price level and up gets you a "lifelong keeper" mandolin
My date of death comes with the caveat TBD - TO BE DETERMINED! right now my Ratliff R5 is my lifer about 2.8 k at time of purchase 14 yrs ago. Lucky to get my Capek A for about 650 dollars 17 years ago. But wait, there's more! My Mid-Mo M2 at about $450 from the classifieds. So I believe I'm set for life for under 5k. But....TBD!
Ratliff R5 2007, Capek A5 2003, Washburn M5S-SB Jethro Burns 1982, Mid-Mo M-2, Epiphone MM 30 Bk mandolins, Harmony Batwing 1970's, George Bauer bowlback early 1900's Philadelphia.
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