Up to now, I would never have considered trying to justify spending three- to four- times the price of one of my existing mandolins for an upper tier brand. In my mind there simply couldn’t be that much incremental value. So I’ve never tried out, much less pursued, a Nugget, Gilchrist, Dudenbostel, or Monteleone.
Please note: the operative phrase is “up to now.”
Last week I posted a video on another thread that featured a performer playing a Monteleone Grand Artist. An excellent sounding mandolin with, to my eyes, one of the most pleasing designs I’ve encountered. Yeah, you guessed it. I started falling for one – hard.
And then to top it off, I found that this one is for sale in Denver.
http://www.picknparlor.com/mandolins...e-grand-artist
I realize that I may play it and go ‘meh; what I have is all I need.’ Or I may find that it is THE mandolin that could put an end to any future MAS. Of course, there’s only one way to find out.
It will be a couple of weeks before my next scheduled foray back into Denver and have an opportunity to check it out. So I reach out to all of you on the Café. Won’t one of you please buy it in the meantime so the temptation will be removed? Please.
And just the for the record: NFI
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