Mandolin pics
As promised, here's a link to a description & photo of my new mandolin, a Stagg M30 (Note: it's not the electric/acoustic model below the description. That's my new baby to the right of the "EPICEA TOP MANDOLIN REDBURST" label.) I basically bought it sight unseen (sound unheard?), not knowing anything about mandolins, but it occurred to me to give it a completely amateur playing test last night. Good news: it seems to play pretty well. No obvious intonation problems except on the lowest string, which is about a 1/4 tone off on the 12th fret. I suspect I could compensate for this with a setup change, but really who hits the 12th fret on the lowest string. Certainly not me, at least not for a few months until I learn to play the dang thing.