Hi,
Rob here, an average guitar player looking to get into mandolin. Rather than asking for recommendations I think that I will proactively take the good advice I have seen elsewhere and go out and play a bunch and develop some preferences. Then I'll let you know what I am thinking and people can chime in. I will say that I have thoroughly perused these boards and have exchanged PM's and emails with members and builders that have been extremely helpful. This place is fun, friendly, and informative.
Here is a link that I found that I thought was pretty good. It is a tour, of sorts, of some the mandolins at Mandolin Brothers in New York. Looks like a great place to browse. Not sure if somebody else has posted this before, I used the search function but didn't find it so I thought I would post it. There are 4 short videos, each about 5 minutes or less, in the first one about halfway through, one of the guys (I think it is Brad) mentions the Mandolin Cafe. Anyway, here you go, more later on my mandolin choices.
Rob
http://www.smokemusic.tv/content/how-buy-mandolin#
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