Ryan is making new Webers -- I bought one from the Mandolin Store at the very end of last year. It's a red rocks model with a cedar top and it's an outstanding mandolin with great depth. I highly...
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Ryan is making new Webers -- I bought one from the Mandolin Store at the very end of last year. It's a red rocks model with a cedar top and it's an outstanding mandolin with great depth. I highly...
About a month ago, I got the brand new Weber Red Rocks (one of the first new ones to come out since the ownership change), it's a cedar top with a slightly deeper body than normal. It was a total...
If you're like me, then the inexplicable opposition that some people seem to have to using a capo on a mandolin makes me want to use one even more. If it helps you play better and enjoy making music,...
In like June 2020, when I realized I'd be spending a lot of time at home, I bought a $100 mandolin and a $100 guitar, having never played either, at 45 years old. I've made some pretty considerable...
Nope. $140 for shipping and because Reverb always charges sales taxes, I had to pay VA sales tax. Nothing else international though.
I took the risk and pulled the trigger on one of the octaves a few months ago. Glad I did -- I think it's pretty great. The build quality is top notch, and I agree with others that Northfields are...
That's funny, Jeff. I think that's exactly where I'm at, and all the good suggestions that everyone has for me here is just making me even more contemplative! I'll let y'all know if I pull the...
Good questions! I actually already have an MDO305 and was thinking of an upgrade - or even just something complementary to it, thus the flat top octave. And I play a wide range of styles. Mostly...
I've come into some money and have been traveling around trying things out. From what I've learned I like, here's my thinking about my top five options for blowing my money:
1. A Northfield Big...
I actually wouldn't be surprised if this ends up being the opposite of what many of you are saying, given the quote from the company, I could see them ramping up mandolin production (not necessarily...
I just have one hygrometer. I just spot check the cases from time to time. I put it in the case, leave it in there for an hour or so and check the humidity level. Otherwise I just keep it out in my...
I think they're amazing. I use the 49% ones (which they indeed market as perfect for stringed instruments) in all of my cases, and when I first started using them, I'd check the cases with my...
I can kind of speak to this directly, as at the start of the pandemic I bought a cheap mandolin and a cheap guitar and set off to learn both at the same time. Which I now realize was a very naive...
I was wondering if this was the same one -- I played this at that shop a couple of years ago. I wasn't looking for a mandola at the time, but I thought it sounded good. I did notice a bit of a buzz...
I can't speak to the comparison to the 815 or an A model from Northfield, but I was at Elderly today and played the M5A right beside a pretty much exactly priced KM 1500 and I liked the Kentucky a...
I realize that I've gone overboard with buying mandolins since I got into it a few years ago, but one of my great joys is learning a new song and then playing it on all four of them back to back and...
I recently got a varnish 515 and it's really quite good. It probably actually sounds better than my Northfield Big Mon, which is not a knock on the Northfield. But that said, I played the 515 and a...
I have to say. As a newbie, I found this whole thread discouraging. I mean, I get it, you don't want to be rude and play over people when you don't know the song, or interrupt instruction by...
I got a Northfield flat top just a few weeks ago and I really like it so far. It's kind of guitary sounding with the flat top and oval hole and if you were playing it with others it might well sound...
Hi all,
I'm mostly a lurker, but I saw a couple of June mandolins post in the classifieds recently, and I just wanted to put a plug in for Walter's work. I got one from this batch a few weeks ago,...
I was actually able to get a discount on Sierra's course as a subscriber to Mike's and Bryan's courses. If you're a subscriber, just keep an eye on the home page. Without the discount, I probably...
I had an MDO-305, and agree that it's a good value and a good instrument. For me it was just the scale length -- I was really surprised at the difference between the 21" of the Eastman and the 20"...