Great little mandolin, came ready to play out of the box. Lowered the saddle a bit for lower action at 12th fret. Lacks volume for playing in a jam circle. It would be wise if the makers would offer the mandolin without the shiny volume soaking finish, and who needs all the bling binding especially on the neck without fret markers. Plastic tuning knobs would soak up less volume than the metal one on board now. Neck design is very fast. Maker could provide string gauge for buyers info for replacing them with something similar.
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The tuning pegs are inconsistently tight. Some you can barely turn, others turn with ease and fall out of tune. The little silver cover for the bottom won't stay on. I don't know if there's a trick for that. But for the price, it's a great Mando.
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Great little instrument for the money. Nice finish and appears well built. The only real problem so far has been keeping the E strings in tune. Not sure if its an issue with the strings slipping on the pegs or just the strings stretching. Tried over tuning to increase the stretch and they seemed to hold key a bit longer. I,ve had it for almost two weeks and the tuning issue appears to be getting better. Think maybe a good set of strings would help, but for now will use what came on the unit.
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I was skeptical about it at first but I adjusted the bridge and I have been playing it everyday since I purchased it. This is very well worth the price. There are also so many upgrade possibilities, you can make it sound like a $200 mando. This is great for beginners but has the capabilities to be upgraded to an intermediate.
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I think this is an excellent value for learning the instrument. If I get to a certain level, I will want at least a student model of better quality of around $300. Really good instruments go from about $600 or much more. The instrument's short comings are the tone and tuning. The tone is so-so, but it plays well. I find it needs probably more frequent tuning than I expected, and I presume that is from the low-cost quality. Of course there's not guarantee you'll get a much better instrument if you pay more, so be careful. There is also some "buzzing" noise which I can't tell where it's coming from. I didn't have to do anything to adjust the instrument. I looked at adjusting the bridge, but it seemed to be adjusted correctly from what I could tell. The return cost is prohibitive, because you have to pay both the delivery and return shipping.Read full review
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