provines
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Here's another one of my mandolin experiments. I have a Breedlove that I'm playing so I really don't need this one.
This mandolin was built in 2000 by an unknown luthier in Iowa. There is some fret wear on the top fret but I don't notice any impact on sound, intonation etc. It is very nicely built from mahogany and maple. Even the purfling is mahogany and maple. There is not a truss rod in the neck but the neck is rock solid. I work in a building where all the mail is x-ray'd before it enters the mail room so I asked the guys to x-ray it for me just to be sure. It is tuned gcEa. I switched the a and e strings and lowered the d string using regular mandolin strings.
My issue is that when I play with a group in these parts of the woods, my unamped uke gets swallowed by the guitars, fiddles and bass. So, I wanted something to play using my uke chord shapes that I could hang with and be heard. Thus, my mandolin tuned like a uke project.
I paid just a little under $500 for it and then replaced the chipboard case with a nice Kaces gig bag and gave it a new leather strap.
So, I'd like $400 shipped to the lower 48. A little help getting it to HI and AK would be appreciated.
Trades for ukes for similar quality always interest me. Let me know what you're thinking.
My email is dprovines@provines.net or PM me here.
Here's a short video:
This mandolin was built in 2000 by an unknown luthier in Iowa. There is some fret wear on the top fret but I don't notice any impact on sound, intonation etc. It is very nicely built from mahogany and maple. Even the purfling is mahogany and maple. There is not a truss rod in the neck but the neck is rock solid. I work in a building where all the mail is x-ray'd before it enters the mail room so I asked the guys to x-ray it for me just to be sure. It is tuned gcEa. I switched the a and e strings and lowered the d string using regular mandolin strings.
My issue is that when I play with a group in these parts of the woods, my unamped uke gets swallowed by the guitars, fiddles and bass. So, I wanted something to play using my uke chord shapes that I could hang with and be heard. Thus, my mandolin tuned like a uke project.
I paid just a little under $500 for it and then replaced the chipboard case with a nice Kaces gig bag and gave it a new leather strap.
So, I'd like $400 shipped to the lower 48. A little help getting it to HI and AK would be appreciated.
Trades for ukes for similar quality always interest me. Let me know what you're thinking.
My email is dprovines@provines.net or PM me here.
Here's a short video:
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