I suspect you're right, Mike. IIRC the Korean models had some kind of ornamentation on the headstock. Still, I owned some MIJ Kentuckys years ago, including some 200 series models, and none looked...
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I suspect you're right, Mike. IIRC the Korean models had some kind of ornamentation on the headstock. Still, I owned some MIJ Kentuckys years ago, including some 200 series models, and none looked...
My guess is it is a South Korean-made KM-250. I don't think they used the Korean shop very long, and I think they transitioned to China around 2001 or 2002. Don't confuse it with the new KM-250,...
The OP says a $500 mandolin is a few years away, so the most realistic advice is to practice with what he has now and keep on the lookout for a killer deal. If anyone really knows where Flatiron...
The page won't even load for me. Do you think it does a quick riff-raff check?
Indeed. I always assumed he was some kind of wizard.
There are three or four non-Eastman or Gold Tone options ~2500 in the classifieds right now. One is about $200 above your stated price. BTW, you might have better luck posting your query in the CBOM...
You are going to need to adjust the truss rod at some point. Why not just give it a little turn one way and then turn it back? Also, it sounds like the issues with the instruments in the other thread...
As the owner of a Weber Fern, I can say, emphatically, no. I wish you were right, though. :))
I always love seeing the videos with Tal, because he took such delight in her playing.
Gauche, even.
Mike is a prince of a fellow and his mandolins are excellent. Congratulations on your new instrument. May it bring you years of enjoyment.
Then you would have no choice but to buy another mandolin, preferably a more expensive one.
Seriously, though, don't worry about it. I'm not saying it won't happen, but it's pretty unlikely....
Congrats on the new instrument. You can get started at mandolessons.com
You're buying it based on looks so get the one that looks better to you if price is not an issue. Any appreciable difference in sound will be due to the natural variability between instruments, not...
I enjoyed that!
I went through airport security in Austin after SXSW years ago behind David Byrne, who, when the agent asked me what was in the case, opined that it's always the mandolin players who cause trouble.
Looks pretty, Charles, that's for sure. I own a Fern oval that haunted my dreams after I played it in the store, and I've liked every Weber oval I've played. I owned a Pomeroy many years ago and it...
I can't speak for the current iteration, but Weber made some fantastic ovals.
So nice!
David, we call that "nasty little itch" mandolin acquisition syndrome. Be sure to let us know what you get and how it's going. Curious minds want to know.
I don't know about dusting my fretboard, but i do know about dusting my broom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEgGslcXXL0
Absolutely charming.
Pierre, Sonny Morris and Howard Morris are the same person. Hope that clears things up.
You have three very different instruments there. It's kind of like asking if you should have apples, a...
Gorgeous tune, Don. And that New Mexico sky has always called to me.
You're right about YouTube. My 14-year-old won't even watch a movie. (OTOH, she's read 40 books in the past six months.) Anyway, I'll take just any excuse to slip in a reference to The Princess Bride.