I am a beginning Mandolin player and I purchased an Ibanez M700 AVS and (with some reservations I really love it) It has a beautiful lighter sunburst color, Solid wood top, sides and back and plays wonderfully even though I am just starting out learning the mandolin. The reservations were: the tuning machines were almost completely frozen I had to use a drill and tuning peg adaptor to "break them in" they are still bad but not unusable. I contacted Ibanez warranty by phone and they are sending me a new set .
In comparing this to other mandolins I like this color best of all and solid wood construction through out. Others in this price range did not have solid wood back and sides.
Does anyone else play this instrument? I would appreciate your comments and impressions.
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