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I just use a Shubb C1. It's bigger than the C5r but worked well with Crump, Weber, and Gernandt octave mandolins.

This would be nice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nqEL-PTuR0

Well your American Breedloves are solid mandolins. They won't hold you back. And you love them. They're in a price range where it's hard to just turn up the "better".

I would hold off upgrading...

We did a wedding where the bride picked O'Carolan's Sheebeg and Sheemore. I think it worked very well.

Here's the mando in question:
https://www.elderly.com/products/cedar-mountain-mandolins-lewandowski-cma5-90u-219230?variant=42792265154751

Here's the builders site:
https://cedarmtm.com/
Pretty...

It can be tricky. When I sell, I honor returns but the buyer pays shipping both ways. I wouldn't want anyone to have an instrument they don't want. But I also wouldn't want to miss a sale or lose...

I don't but he does:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSe2tzdIi8E

I haven't played any mandolins worth more than 10k. I've played most of the usual suspects in that 4-7k range and haven't found anything that beats my Girouard A5 Concert.

Looking back, there was...

I think Reunion Blues, Mono, Gator Icon, etc are really a different animal than a gig bag. Great drop protection. Maybe a little less crush protection. I've carried some good gear in a Reunion...

I have this case for an octave mandolin:
https://www.thomannmusic.com/thomann_abs_banjo_case.htm

If the dimensions fit (It's probably a little long but that shouldn't matter as long as the...

Beautiful Frank! That A5 Special sure sounds nice on the double stops. Very rich.

That might be an idea. I would only want the bottom string capoed.

The pin point capos do work just fine. I've played an instrument with them. I just don't know if you would need to get a whole...

Would it be possible/feasible to add something like this:
https://christeradin.wixsite.com/christeradin/pin-point-capo

to an already finished instrument?

I love the mandola I have but it would...

Hot cars are trouble, I wouldn't leave it in a car in the summer. 20 degrees, in a case, wrapped in a blanket with a few hours to acclimate before removing it from the case? I would be fine with...

Nice work! Just bought it :)

I was going to take a just quick glance at the video and then.....it's 40 minutes later.

Good way to spend 40 minutes. Thanks Daryl!

I really like the look of the darker shade. This could be a great first mandolin or a cost effective way to add a different sound to your collection.

Hope to hear it in action soon.

This human converts all kinds of guitars to octave mandolins. This one is a 23 inch scale so you're in octave mandolin scale territory. Fits your price:...

My favorite back is on my Girouard Oval. Love the look of quilted maple!
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I've had two wide nut mandolins and both were uncomfortable for my left thumb. I don't know if it was the wide nut or just coincidence but it's enough evidence for me to stick with a standard nut...

Mainstage will do specialty cases. You'll be over 1k but if the new OM is your lifer and if you travel a lot, maybe its worth it!
https://mainstagecases.com/cases/specialty-cases/

Cedar Creek...

https://youtu.be/WI7l_YAH0o8

I commissioned Massimo Barbi to make a mandola similar to his flat top mandolin. His mandolins already have a bit larger body and you could probably talk scale length...

I think the best upgrade to a 315 is a new mandolin.

I can think of two good reasons to upgrade it:
-If you see it as a lifelong mandolin then I would get a James Tailpiece. It probably won't...

It's kind of a generalization but I think of the Eastman octave as a big mandolin and the Gold tone octave as a little Irish bouzouki.

Merry Christmas friends!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v81LKkUOYj4