Re: Got me an Eastman MD315...
Welcome! I've got the scroll-free sister to your 315, the A-style 305, and an MDO 305, which is the octave mandolin. They're both serving me well as I learn. I come from a violin background, so it's the frets, not the skinny fingerboard, that's new to me, but I'm getting it. I'm taking an online group class with Don Julin, who wrote Mandolins for Dummies--he's an amazing teacher. Lots of free material is available online, too. And the good people here will answer most any question you can dream up.
As for MAS, I have a GBORM (Guitar Bodied Octave Resonator Mandolin) on order and should have it in two weeks or so. And I do find myself scanning the classifieds here. . . .
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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