Last week I bought I believe it is a 1981(based on serial number research) Jethro Burns Washburn M4S mandolin.
I bought the mandolin for the trip I was taking, because I didn't want to take one of my more expensive mandolins. The plan was to list the mandolin for sale when I got back home from my trip, but I think I am going to keep it, because it sounds much better than I expected it would.
Really great sounding mandolin with better volume than I thought it would have. Even with old light gauge strings it sounds surprisingly good. I can't wait to install new D'addario EJ-74 strings on this mandolin.
Is this great tone typical of the 1980's built Jethro Burns Washburn mandolins? Or did I just get lucky?
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