Y Stern Mandos-Octave

[M19]

I am looking (on line) at a couple of octave mandolins from Y Stern (Canada). The recordings sound OK, and they have an interesting design aesthetic and a reasonable price point (under $2k). Anyone have one of these or experience with the builder, Octave, Mandolin or Mandola?

Thanks,

[Jim Garber]

He is Israeli and the “interesting design aesthetic” is similar to the Kerman mandolins that most of the virtuosi over there play.