My wife has spent our married life together dealing with my sense of interior decoration using instrument cases and amps...
My wife has spent our married life together dealing with my sense of interior decoration using instrument cases and amps...
I hear ya. I fell in love with the sound and figured it could have a place in my music.
It took me three years (until December last year) to decide I was really gonna buckle down and learn to play it the way it was intended.
I decided to get a KM-550 (the KM-505 was sold out), which I think is even above the starter-level instruments. I'm collecting my personal starter instruments first, and upgrade what I enjoy the most. I'm currently saving for a banjo.
Having said all that, it might take a couple of years for me to upgrade my KM-550, since I reckon it's not a bad instrument to stick with at all.
However, I do have a little scroll envy. With my recent explosion of interest in Bill Monroe and his Loar, I gotta have at least an F5 or a copy someday.
So I too have MAS after only playing since Oct. I have a lovely KM 160 bought here from the classifieds. I do like it but here's where MAS sets in. Would like something with a more mellow woodsy tone. I live in the Boston area so no opportunity to play other mandos. Would like to stay under $800. Suggestions welcome. Thanks as always
You have in your area an excellent music store. The Music Emporium. Not right in Boston, but in Lexington, prob about 40 minutes from you. They do carry Eastman and Kentucky so prob have something in your range.
Jim
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1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Maybe a Mid-Missouri or Big Muddy M11 with lots of mellow mahogany: http://bigmuddymandolin.com/product/m-11/
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
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