Re: Interested in picking up mandolin, advice on buying first.
Originally Posted by
sja33
thanks all for the info and advice. I'm down to two: Eastman 305L or the Big Muddy MW-0pc. Both same price, I've been taking with Mike from Big Muddy, and he would make me the LH version.
so final opinions on those two?
I adore my 305s, but having an instrument made just for you by a respected luthier wins out over just about every other option. I'd choose the Big Muddy.
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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