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What's a good entry level mandolin?


butterknucket

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As with all makes of guitars, there's no one right answer and there is no subsitute for playing it.

I usually play a 1970 Gibson A5 special. Have played quite a few more expensive mandolins that don't hold a candle to it. Also have played an occasional "budget" model that has blowen me away.

Play all you can find, when you find the right one you'll know. A friend just bought a Johnson, new F style with case for $150. It's a real good one. When to the same store played the 5 they had left and not one was a keeper.

Stick to your price range and keep looking till you find one you like. The one I started on my Dad got at a flea market for $15, better than most under $300, but looked like {censored}. Painted with silver paint, brushed. I did refinish that one.

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