Re: Petersen Octave Mandolin
Mine is a Level 3 with a 22.5” scale length built in 2006. I’ve only used EJ80’s on it because I’ve always been thrilled by their tone on all four courses.
As for the levels, they definitely indicate the level of ornamentation, but I think Bill also used better quality tonewoods on his higher level instruments, but I’m not positive about that. I did play a new Level 1 side-by-side with this one when I bought it used at Gryphon, and the wood on the Level 3 seemed significantly nicer.
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