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Top 3, to my ears...
414, U 87, MA 300 tube

Welcome from the land of OZ...
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A Vote for Lakota
Prefer the flat straps
Ultra Soft!
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Have a wonderful Thankgiving and blessings to all...
:)

More midrangy, older ones are a little darker = Neuman U 87
Heavier on bottom end, Very flat and accurate = AKG C414 B-ULS
AKG very versatile with 5 different polar patterns
Cheaper but still very...

Sales manager:
Welcome!
Always good to have representation from a manufacturer, that musicians use..
Reid

PICKUPS
KNA UP-2 w/ volume control ~ Black
FISHMAN M-200 w/ carpenter jack ~ Gibson
FISHMAN M-100 converted into end pin jack ~ Washburn

SPEAKER & MONITOR
QSC K8.2 Speaker
VoiceSolo VSM-300...

Not sure those are correct, at least not in America
I believe here, they should be....
1 ounce = 28.349 523 125 gram [28.35 gr/oz]
1 pound = 453.592 37 gram [453.59 gr/lb]
May be different system...

notamusician:

WELCOME
And the journey begins, best of luck... :)

Reid

Don't know anything about the show, but I do know...
Buffalo Springfield wouldn't have been the band they were, without him
Young totally completed and improved by great deal, Crosby, Stills & Nash...

Thanks Don & pheffernan for the kind words...
When I first played it, I knew it was special.
And besides all the great volume, tone & balance, He makes a REALLY sweet varnish finish!
Not only...

You can't see the first one on my list, and it's long gone, but you can see the next two that I've had for long time on my signature list, and then the Black, which is very new

You tell me if you...

So true!
My thoughts about intermediate would be like in the 1.5k-3k range
Many here might consider 5k-7k intermediate or more etc..
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What price point are you considering "intermediate"?

Aravind Bhargav:

I see avatar, so you play electric mandolin, not acoustic through amp?
If so, don't know how much it will change an instrument if it has magnetic pickups

What is your mandolin...

I personally don't mind a little humor every now and then, to lighten it up
Tons of sarcasm and patronizing talk is done. I would rather they removed that and left a little humor...:)

Still...

Agree, think Stevie Ray Vaughan, who raised string height, used heavy strings and I think it helped in achieving his unique tone and volume
He reportedly used normal amps that anyone else could use,...

WELCOME to the forum!
Hope you find much enjoyment, as I have... :)

Reid

I wonder, is that determined by what the bugs had eaten? or something else....

Thoughts and prayers to you and your family....

I'm sure the OP is done with this, but....
If I had similar question in my mind and was trying to research subject, I would appreciate any further comments that might be helpful, even if the thread...

Speaking of the bridge, it may need fitting to the top plate
The contact made from the bridge to the top will affect the tone and sound overall, greatly

I have one (It was my first owned...

What year did tone-gard come to market?

And like it was said earlier, "Strings are cheap: try them all" ;)