My new mandolin is a real piece of s--t!

Tony Davis · Post by **Tony Davis** » 31 Mar 2005 3:49 am

Hey Mike !.....you got a few frinds here...maybe 4000 or so.....aint no law in putting up the email address of this company..............or just telling this company that you are not Happy and have about 4000 musician friends that you accidentally hit the copy button when you were posting to them....dont have to really copy your friends.....but I am sure it may get their attention !!!!!!!!
Tony

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 31 Mar 2005 8:10 am

Tony, The guy's name is Jim Taylor, his company is called Music Pals, and his E-mail address is musicpals@aol.com

Dan Sawyer · Post by **Dan Sawyer** » 31 Mar 2005 10:47 am

Flatiron mandos are really good. I use mine all the time. You can find used pancakes in the 300-600 range. Look for the 3 series. Mid-Missouri is another no-frills mando (made in usa) that sounds good. Eastman is a new brand out of China, kind of like the Kellys only better with beuatiful wood and finishes.

Gavin Dunn · Post by **Gavin Dunn** » 31 Mar 2005 2:26 pm

If anyone is looking for lower end stuff around $600, check out Eastman stuff.
Solid wood, hand finished....
They are a violin building company from China, and recently started on guitars and mandolins.
They're hand made, solid wood, carved top guitars go for around $2800 Canadian and are beautiful.
The Mandolins are getting great feedback, and the quality I've seen so far(we carry the line where I work), is consistant.
I think the guys at Mandolincafe won't shut up about them.

Their web site is under...

eastmanstrings.com

I think.....gd

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 31 Mar 2005 5:56 pm

I've tried out the Eastmans (Eastmen?) and they are really nice. If I wanted an acoustic mandolin I'd have gotten one. But they are not electric, and I need something that can be amplified. I chose the Rigel because it has a built in pickup, and this thing I bought (I cannot call it an instrument) is a solid body.

BTW the E-ddress for Music Pals is Musicpals2004@aol.com

I forgot to add the "2004."

Gavin Dunn · Post by **Gavin Dunn** » 31 Mar 2005 11:53 pm

Yeah, sorry Mike,

Electric....I was reading your thread at work, and well, to be honest, played a gig last night and got into it a little.....I just might have drank away my ability to read.

Anyways.... yep, Eastman makes good acoustic mandos..

gd

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 9 Apr 2005 3:06 pm

Mike, on one of my local music shop expeditions a couple of months ago. I came across an old solid-body mando. I think it may have been a Kent. Cheesoid shape, hyper-funky little axe! It had been well set-up, and it sounded great! Too much fun! It wasn't too expensive either. JB

Billy Joe Bailey · Post by **Billy Joe Bailey** » 9 Apr 2005 6:41 pm

According to the title of your post you play one filthy instrument??

Billy Joe Bailey · Post by **Billy Joe Bailey** » 9 Apr 2005 6:42 pm

According to the title of your post you play one filthy instrument??

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 9 Apr 2005 7:09 pm

<SMALL>According to the title of your post you play one filthy instrument??</SMALL>

Several.

Jonh B, I still need a decent solid body. If you can find out any more about the one you saw, please let me know.

Keith Cordell · Post by **Keith Cordell** » 10 Apr 2005 5:47 am

Mike, there is a fellow in Phoenix AZ you should talk to. His name is Joe Vallee and he is a lutherie instructor at Roberto-Venn School of Lutherie. He makes a thinline (like a tele) mandolin that is absolutely smoking, they aren't cheap but less than the guitars at the previously mentioned site. He is also the tech for the Doobie Brothers, has been for years. He built Randy Bachmans mando.

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 10 Apr 2005 7:33 am

Lots of choices in the more expensive lines, but in that $100 range- look around and see if you can find as Hondo- I had one, solid body F style, very playable with a decent sounding pickup. Looks like a classic Gibson from a few feet away(!) I've seen them going for $250 and less.

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Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 11 Apr 2005 1:37 pm

Take the fingerboard off your busted Epiphone mando, put it on the Galveston, reset the bridge, and start playin'.