Yup, I still have mine, and the three other folks that I bought them for are also still using theirs, actually more regularly than I do...
Mine was/is intended as a backup for my F-9, which I really spend a lot of time playing. So my MK unfortunately doesn't get a lot of use and it still looks like new. But it's there ready to play for travel or any situations where I don't want to bring out my F-9, so it's serving a good purpose.
I'm actually bringing it this coming weekend to a bluegrass association camp out in the (windy) desert, and I expect I'll be using it there.
-- Don
"Music: A minor auditory irritation occasionally characterized as pleasant."
"It is a lot more fun to make music than it is to argue about it."
2002 Gibson F-9
2016 MK LFSTB
1975 Suzuki taterbug (plus many other noisemakers)
[About how I tune my mandolins]
[Our recent arrival]
I have one right here. A few hours' work, and it turned into a perfectly good instrument. Plays nicely, and it's loud. Good enough for probably 90 percent of the time.
Yes. I thank Mike Edgerton for that one! If it's the one I'm thinking about. I think they came with gold tuning machines. Does the one pictured?
Mine did not. I tried to attach a picture here but never could get it to work.
Do you guys remember what time period those mandos were around? Just curious.
Eastman 515 Mando
Gibson J-30 Guitar
RK-80 Banjo
I do. I started that thread on Sep-21-2016 at 10:13am.
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...style-mandolin
By the way, mine ended up being gifted to my son-in-law. It's still in the family
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
What an enigma. I just enjoyed reading most of that thread. I think i just figured something out. I feel much less guilty not playing my MK, than if I had an F5G.
It was a funny situation. I spotted an open box listing on Musicians Friend for the MK solid F style. I posted figuring it was a decent deal for someone looking for an inexpensive solid F style. It took off and they just kept filling more and more orders. What I thought was one and then maybe two became who knows how many. Not everyone that saw the thread posted that they got one. That's how the Cafe has always been. I finally grabbed one for myself just to make sure I didn't miss out
It was a good deal and it's really nice to see people playing them that could be playing much more expensive instruments.
I really screwed up on the Fullerton mandolins that Jim Broyles identified a few years earlier.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
As a matter of fact I was playing mine this morning thinking what a wonderful instrument it is, and such a good deal (thanks Mike). Lots of volume and crisp "snap" but with body. Great neck, tuning machines and bridge too.
Yes, thanks Mike!!! In my little circle, myself and 3 non-MC folks are enjoying these mandolins because you posted about them!
(I have a link to the original "$199.00 solid F style" thread in my signature line under "2016" if anyone needs it in the future.)
-- Don
"Music: A minor auditory irritation occasionally characterized as pleasant."
"It is a lot more fun to make music than it is to argue about it."
2002 Gibson F-9
2016 MK LFSTB
1975 Suzuki taterbug (plus many other noisemakers)
[About how I tune my mandolins]
[Our recent arrival]
what better way to practice, "Random Hippie Sanding?"
f-d
ˇpapá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
https://youtu.be/HPW5KrGlbEQ
There she is in action. With way old strings to boot.
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