Sblock I think you laid out a very nice argument. My Northfield MM ordered June 2014 is #268, I've been playing mandolin for about a year now and stepped up from an Eastman 315.
I live near a shop that has mandolins that go up to $20,000 so everytime I go in there I'm playing a variety of mandolins. Before I ordered the NF last year I played a lot of very high end mandolins and decided on the NF. Cost was certainly a consideration but I really felt the NF held its own when compared to other brands, others will feel differently.
And where is the OP? These threads get started by new (or low posting) Cafe members and they don't seem to return......
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