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LOL. If we've learned nothing else, there is [sadly] a huge market out there for this sort of thing.

Good luck on your travels. You started a few years after me, but it's never too late! If you're up for some travel and a bit of money, I'd recommend a camp where you can get together with others and...

Evaluating one mandolin in “a vacuum” is tricky unless you’re already pretty proficient, IMHO. And, shipping costs can be significant, once distance and insurance are factored in, eating into your...

Remove the neck entirely and drill the first, small pilot hole from the inside. Put some painters tape on the heel to reduce splintering in exit, or use the smallest brad-point bit you can find on...

Final bid was $1201. Only a coupla hundred more than a new one. That “magic marker” Gibson flourish really lived up to its name.

It could just be the cost of figured wood has guided some choices. My KM950 isn't new, but it has enough figure. You can pay more for mandolins that don't have any more figure than Kentucky Master...

I saw her and the band at Old Settlers last year and they were all amazing. Definitely worth seeing. I'd expect that there's going to be some interaction between her and the band and Old Crow, so...

Well, use of laminates for back and sides should probably not be a "deal-breaker" in that price range, but I believe the entry "The Loar" A-style (LM-110) is close to meeting your criteria. I believe...

I first dabbled with the mandolin on A-styles - first a very basic Kentucky I got in a pawn shop while killing time waiting for a motorcycle tire change (at least a dozen years ago); and when MAS...

Maybe I'm blind, but I've never been able to find a way to mark all forums read in my mobile version. Yes, going to the full version and back is an option, but I'd like to see that somewhere on the...

With the hatchet finished speed neck, removed frets and original brand coverups, IMO, it’s a poor value at the current bid.

There's plenty of competition from lower priced models so I don't think they'll get far by raising prices. The last round [of increases] effectively, unfortunately, pushed them out of consideration...

Honestly, how long is the trip? We did that kind of travel for a decade or so (across country and overseas), and while I did carry on a fiddle a few times, it was after the stroller and port-a-crib...

I knew the new A case was coming, as I'd actually had some email exchanges with Crossrock about their guitar cases (I ended up with a fiberglass one) and did tell them about the shortcomings of their...

I think you'd have a hard time finding a MD315 Eastman at that price. If you could get one in hand to compare with what you've got, that's the best way to decide.

I've had a couple different...

A crack repair should not require that kind of “paint job” unless it was done poorly or it was more than a crack. Either way, it may not be redeemable and never would be worth the trouble IMHO.

Is it really silk, or [nowadays] synthetic satin? I'd think silk anything would be a pretty expensive, and rare, addition to any commodity-priced case, never mind the eventual dry-cleaning costs :).

I'm sure I got the same luck googling, so the model number is a mistake, at best. Looks like a rattle-can refinish to me. No picture of the label? I'd avoid this based on the pictures. But if you're...

Interesting DeArmond “Guitar Mike” pickup!

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Miscellaneous/Mandolin-Mandolin.gc

Or just experiment with a range of picks - thicknesses, materials, shapes…. The rounder tips have more of an effect on the treble strings, too, IME.

I like the GHS A270 set with the .016 A...

Just a guess that maybe it was simply to keep rosin dust from the bows, typically stored in the lid, off the violin?

I’d think it would get to be a pain with the string ends at the tuners always...

On closer reading I do see that this is in relation to slotted peg heads, but the "slop" in tuning, I think, has much to do with the precision of the manufacturing as anything. Regardless of...

To me, "over/under" is much more obvious because I think of "upside down" tuners as (e.g.) worm-over tuners installed in a location designed worm-under ones, i.e., so the turning of the keys goes...

I don't, honestly, and I play guitar at least as much as mandolin (neither not enough). And, there are a couple acoustic-guitar focused forums where I can find hundreds of guitars for sale, never...

The older ('09) MD815v I got from a friend came in a case like that - very much like a "Hill style" violin case. I don't know how much they've changed, but it's a nice case with lots of storage room....