Thanks for sharing your perspective! It’s interesting how ears, hands, and instruments differ. I liked how my MT played in large part due to the neck...
My only advice, from a fellow inhabitant of a traditional mandolin desert, is to buy used and appropriately depreciated so that you can move it along...
The only exception I’d add is that there are instruments, often custom ordered, that would not otherwise exist in nature and turn up used as deals in...
GHS makes two sets like this, the A260’s in phosphor bronze and the PF250’s in bright bronze, and I’m pretty sure that Mike Dulak installs the latter...