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It doesn't look like the fleur-de-lis on my Kentucky. Regarding the KM-150 you can get it for a lot less than $350.

Nice look!

I think that knowing one stringed instrument is helpful in learning another stringed instrument. That's not to say that knowing how to play a mandolin directly transfers to the guitar however.

You...

Build a kit for the fun and experience of building something. If a better quality mandolin is your sole concern then this isn't the best route to take. Take your entire budget and get something used...

Maybe there were a fan of Danelectro guitars (regarding the tape). :)

My thought was who hand makes a mandolin and then uses a laminated soundboard (and tape)?

"Laminated" and "heavy" kind of stand out. :)

Some medium is required and since air is what we have around us that particular question probably results in arguments where the distinction is without a difference.:) The simple answer is that the...

Has anyone actually played one? The unusual wording is just, of course, a non-native English speaker trying to describe the product. The price has more to do with reduced labor costs. It doesn't look...

There are a lot of notes on the mandolin fretboard and (for example) any "C", "E", and "G" that you can put your fingers on will form a C major chord.

You should be able to do it yourself enough to get it playing and then you can decide if you need further help (using something like Rob's ebook that is).

It's not hard to do a set up with some reference material like Rob's ebook. It is helpful to have a little experience with a mandolin or rather with what a properly set up mandolin looks like. The...

I'll give my understanding (as a non-physicist) who has read some of these more scientific works on the subject of sound and musical instruments. I don't pretend to be 100% correct.

I'm posting...

But it's still just the difference between Pepsi and Coke. It's a preference.

When you spend hours and hours with a very expensive mandolin before you can "appreciate" it that's just learning to...

That only applies if we are compared really cheap mandolins and ones a bit above that. When you are talking about $1k vs $5k vs $10k this wouldn't be an issue.

This discussion isn't really about music. It's about "art" or whatever gives someone pleasure. It's totally subjective. Expensive watches don't tell time better, they aren't even made any better in...

The paper isn't important. It's there only for the original glue job of the "spars". Once that's glued the paper doesn't matter.

A fret job is leveling the frets and rounding off the edges...

I had a similar problem with a bowlback mandolin. It's not hard to buy a replacement tailpiece nor is it hard to install it (just a few screws).

Look at Youtube videos, learn the easier forms of all of the major, minor and dominant 7th chords. As mentioned learn the chord progressions for each key. Learn a few easy chords and then find a few...

It depends on what we are talking about. If two people are talking about selling or trading their personal instrument then it's the same value more or less. If you are talking about trading in an...

I find the right hand technique to be hard to learn. It's a nice sounding instrument and turned in open G chords are no problem.

I think people sometimes rely on intuition where bridges are concerned rather than an understanding of what is actually going on. I'm not referring to anyone here with actual knowledge, experimental...

That works too. I was just thinking of some kind of open G tuning (like a banjo) where you barre and it's a major chord, not fretting at all and it's a G major, one simple shape for a minor and the...

Dusty Strings in Seattle and Guitar Center of course. I've just bought everything online however.

Companies use that is available locally the world over. If the wood isn't too soft or ugly it works.

Just put it into GDBD and your fretting worries will be over. :)