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Hey Tony, Here's a snip from an email reply I got from Mike Dulak when I asked him about taking care of my '99 M-15:



Over on the Big Muddy/Mid Missouri social group there's a pic of a cool old...

Big Congrats that's always a good day. Don't have a flat top but enjoy playing them (have to watch string gauges tho...

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possible to own several different mandolins.

What? ...

Congrats, Tony, on your acquisition. Never had one like yours, but love my oval hole A.

I'll mention this: My friendly neighborhood music store signed on as a Washburn dealer somewhere around 2015. After receiving 2 shipments from them, he immediately cancelled his dealership and...

Video here
https://youtu.be/zZ_YbBPg5vc

Here's a 2010 thread on the M6SW. Lotsa pro and con. The specs on the mandolin, in Washburn's "Jethro Burns" series, are pretty impressive: carved solid woods, etc. It's a discontinued model,...

The builder, Mike Dulak, thinks that the M4 mandolins are the best sounding ones that he makes due to their rosewood backs.

A little less than your budget but I recently got my first mandolin, an MW0 from Big Muddy Mandolin. I like locally made instruments, and Mike Dulak was extremely easy to work with, made up my...

I think the vast majority, like 99+% had good/excellent build quality.

I had a 505 and 605 from 2006 and 2010, they had the characteristic bright tone which i compensated with monel or silk/steel...

Short ansoer, I would not be concerned at all.

Eastman was making well-thought-of violins before they branched out into mandolins and arch-top guitars, as well as even flat-tops. They are a small...

A few years back, I had a 2009 Eastman 505 pass through my hands on a trade. I sometimes wish I had kept it-- it was good enough to gig with. I did some very minor set up work on it and sold for...

They are also an Eastman dealer so would be good to give them a call an explain what you are looking for and get their recommendation.

I've had two or three of Will's two-points over the years. I am more of a pianist / guitar player than a mandolin player, but I have a hard time imagining anybody being able to do anything better at...