Luthier Burgess mandolins

[old dog]

Hello everyone, I'm new to the mandolin and the Cafe. Looking for a mandolin, I have come across Luthier Burgess. Does anyone have any information or first hand experience with these mandolins? Thanks.

[Bill Snyder]

The ones showing up on ebay? Workmanship appears to be a bit rough and his choice of woods on some of them is VERY questionable.

[Ron McMillan]

Not to be unnecessarily harsh on the builder, but at the prices I see quoted on eBay, you can surely get something with a bit more finesse in its construction. His cheapest models are unlikely to be better than a comparably priced Kentucky, and the higher-priced ones have little chance of outdoing other, better-known makers (both small and large).

Look up Morris, Old Wave, Kentucky, The Loar and Breedlove Cross-over in the builder database, just for starters.

[Explorer]

Here's some recent discussion.

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...gess-mandolins