Re: Tacoma mandolins
The first mandolin I ever bought was a Tacoma M3 sunburst. I got it new just as they were coming to market. I knew I wanted to learn mandolin but at the time didn't have any frame of reference and was playing for Contra and English Country Dances so there was no pressure to go "traditional" by BG standards. My tastes have changed and it got sold but it was a very nice flat top, with outstanding playability, and a pleasing, rounded voice which I guess coming more from guitar sounded right to me then. It even had jumbo frets which are pretty popular these days. It came in a nice custom hard case as well. I took it to Telluride and though a few people were just curious about it they were much more interested in jamming, which it did admirably. Play what floats your boat.
current joys:
Gibson F-5G | Northfield A5 Special | Kentucky KM-150 | Mid-Mo M-70 Octave | Martin HD-28V | Gold Tone BC-350 | 5-string Mandoblaster | Les Paul | Strat | Piano | Bongos | Tacoma Thunderchief | old Dobro | Some amps & microphones
Bookmarks