Has anyone ever tried a Pilgrim mandola? I found one on Reverb for a great price, but know nothing about them. Thanks!
Has anyone ever tried a Pilgrim mandola? I found one on Reverb for a great price, but know nothing about them. Thanks!
They appear to be a line of budget instruments, mostly distributed in the UK, and probably built somewhere in Asia.
I haven't personally seen one.
I'd always assumed that the Pilgrim mandola was a rebranded Trinity College TM-275, given the identical body, oval soundhole shape and faux-"bone" button on the back at the heel of the neck.
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I’ve never played one of their mandolas, but did check out a couple of Pilgrim mandolins in a store a few years back. Definitely the budget end of the market.
By the way, I'd instrad keep my eyes open for a used mandola from Big Muddy or Mid Missouri (name changed, but same company). Much better playing and sounding for the price.
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Playing a funky oval-hole scroll-body mandolin, several mandolins retuned to CGDA, three CGDA-tuned Flatiron mandolas, two Flatiron mandolas tuned as octave mandolins,and a six-course 25.5" scale CGDAEB-tuned Ovation Mandophone.
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