Hello Mandoline players,
I'am Marco from Holland and after 30 years of playing acoustic and electric guitars I want to explore my playing and want to buy a Mandoline .I like bluegrass , celtic, blues and country music. Because I don't know if a Mandoline suits me so it's gonna be a beginners mandoline. I read a lot a lot on this forum about what to buy or not. Laminated vs massive tops... The only problem we have in Holland that there is only one shop that is selling decent mandolins and the prices are very high. When I see the dollar prices of what you pay for a simple Kentucky , we pay almost double in euros . If we want an instrument , let's say a epiphone MM30 we pay almost 200 euro's without a setup, buying online. A Mandoline with a massive top from The Loar , let's say a LM310 starts at 300 euro's without setup. I'am a beginner and I don't want to spend that much money on a first instrument. I've been looking at a second hand market and saw a Aria AM20S (all laminated) for 100 euro's. Almost new, and in great shape. It had a simple setup and I think , for what it's worth, that it is a decent starter instrument. The second hand market is not that big in our country. Can you give me some advice ? Thank you .
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