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I've never heard of those before! But I took a quick look at the price and that's definitely something that might be hard to find in my price range, unless I get lucky!

Thanks for the tip! :)

I was definitely looking at Trinity College octave mandolins because of the low price but I wasn't sure about the tone. The videos I found made them seem very bright. Is this the case?

What was...

I've actually been eyeing this one; but from what I understand maple instruments tend to have very bright tones with little/no sustain.

Do you by chance know anything about the Bitterroot line?...

I'm not nearly as concerned about something as superficial as the look as I am about the tone and sustain, which is what I asked above.
I am aware of the many materials, hence my comment about the...

I'm a violinist-turned-fiddler, and while I've been teaching myself the mandolin I've recently caught the octave mandolin bug and have been creeping in the classifieds for quite some time.

Because...