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I've been doing concurrent research into violoncelli and mandocelli alike. I've come to be quite interested in carbon fiber as a material for acoustic instruments. Luis and Clark...

While we're on the subject of Gibson mandos, what is the market value of a decent condition K-4?

I'm not quite sure I grasp all of the differences between the two models. Does one play or sound better than the other? What are the other differences?

Thank you to anyone who has the time to...

Thank you all kindly, sirs!

Why would they "engineer in" the buzz?

I'm wanting to compile some solo rep for solo mandolin to play on cello (possibly, anyway) and mandocello transposed down a 5th. I love the beautiful tremolo melodies characteristic of this type of...

Actually, I'm in South Carolina! Slim pickings on most things here.

Walt,

nice video, man! You can really pick! I appreciate the offer, but SC isn't as close to LA as I would like, otherwise I would certainly take you up. I really think I'm going to go with a...

Allen,

Does this wider fingerboard make any aspect of playing more difficult than a "big mandolin?" I understand that "different" doesn't always translate into "better" or "worse." Would a...

http://www.themandolinstore.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=8126

What say you, CBOM? Is this a good price? Is this a good model? It sure is pretty...

Impressions on soares'y instruments?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Soares-y-Portuguese-Mandocello_W0QQitemZ150431943187QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2306714a13#ht_9115wt_958

I've read...

Just got off the phone with Walt at gypsy's! Really nice guy, seems like an honest fellow. Very good chance we'll be doing business together, thank you for the recommendation!

Thanks for the responses, guys!

I talked with the guys at hobgoblin, it turns out its just sort of a deluxe model with some of the frou frou and an on board pickup system. Also found out...

Hello everyone, I've finally decided to stop lurking around here and join the community. The problem is that this is a mandolin community, and I have no mando! I'm trying to fix that however, by...