Re: Mandolin recommendation for new player
I'm also a new (okay, returning) mandolin player, and I was fortunate enough to find a new Eastman MD 305 that one of the Mandolin Cafe sponsors was selling as used because it had a flaw in the finish. If you study the mandolin for some time under bright light, you may be able to discern that "flaw." The distinction, though, brought the price down to well within your range. I don't expect to need to move up for a long, long time. Irresistible desire to move up might be another matter.
Last edited by Sheila Lagrand; Oct-26-2020 at 10:03pm.
Reason: Edited to add brand name.
Phoebe, my 2021 Collings MT mandolin
Dolly, my 2021 Ibanez M522 mandolin
Louise, my 193x SS Maxwell mandolin
Fiona, My 2021 GSM guitar-bodied octave resonator mandolin
Charlotte, my 2016 Eastman MDO 305 octave mandolin
And Giuliana, my 2002 Hans Schuster 505 violin, Nehenehe, my 2021 Aklot concert ukulele,
Annie, my 2022 Guild M-140 guitar, Joni, my 1963 Harmony 1215 Archtone archtop guitar,
Yoko, my ca. 1963 Yamaha Dynamic No.15 guitar, and Rich, my 1959 husband.
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