Sounds exactly like a man'lin!

Why

Probably the '89 F5L, but not by much. They all sound good to my ears, so if I had to choose one for a player, I'd probably think more about what it cost and how it felt. If I wanted an investment, I might make a different choice. You have a good touch on all them!

I've been watching your videos and wondering what kind of tool that is.

Reminds me of Farmville for some reason

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What are you going to ask for that Flatiron m

The year I was born.

Great Wildwood Flower....I love it without a lot of extra stuff added to fancy it up.! Thanks! Beautiful guitar.

My dad did a show with the Delmore Brothers.....Big River Blues (changed to Deep River Blues).

Nice picking, Drew. She's a beauty!

I ordered one of these

Im gonna get one of these

Tres bien!

Great work!

Nice work!!!!! I say distress it! You already want to, or you wouldn't have mentioned it! BTW.....what is the LSV guitar hanging near the old Gibson?

Awesome job on it. Good tone on that bad boy!

Noice!

Good stuff!

Nice work, Drew!

Don’t distress it. Let that come naturally

She sounds great and looks even better!

I say distress it. I had a KM-1000B myself, and it was a Hoss!

I'm not a big fan of "relic'ed" instruments, and you're going to the trouble of improving the fretboard, so why beat it up when you're done?

That's awesome. I did not know it would sound so good. I need to show some of my bluegrass friends.

Love my Eastmans. I have two. Looking to add one more prior to my retirement. Has to be the best that I can afford, since it will be my last. That 915 looks amazing. The sound is nice and will only get better with more play time.

What year is that. Looks old. Reminds me of a 1904 five string I saw once. The resonator looks more modern, but still has that plane old-fashioned look.

That banjo is so pretty. Was that song blackberry blossom?

Looking at buying this, worries that the slanted scoop is a little small though?

I was planning on checking out the 815v in a couple weeks but idk now… That’s an awesome job you did setting this one up! May have to go blonde!

A beautiful guitar, however I'm not good enough to deserve a $9000 guitar.

Amazing mahogany guitar, I thought I was a tried and true HD-28 owner. Now I have to rethink this.😮

Cedar top is very loud - very ringing and warm. The Spruce top has great clarity and distinct separation of the notes - perfect for a singer songwriter. I was surprised by the Koa model - shimmering and mellow at the same time. The Breedlove didn't really fit into that demo next to the Bedel models (although I know that Bedel owns the Breedlove company). Cool demo nonetheless.

I only need one...more.

The eastman sounds better in my opinion. I'd go with the eastman, the fact that it has a bound front and ebony fingerboard for a little less money is wild

Greetings...I like your style of playing. A feeling of happiness. This Eastman E1D Classic finish, really has a warm inviting sound...Beautiful.👍 Cheers from Australia.

After clicking the links, they all sound like unobtanium.

Like the richer deeper tones. Can it be played strumming?

Wow! That sounds great!

I have an old Kentucky A model .handmade in Korea, and an Eastman 315..... Personally , I prefer the A model Kentuky, not only in sound be also in playability.... That Eastman has a fat neck ... It kind of reminds me of the old Gibson V-neck with fat cheeks to boot...That said , I plan on slimming thst down... it's not a hard process to do, and i want to "speed neck" it anyway... The eastman does wave a woodier tone and not as much bite with the chops because the Kentucky has a red Spruce top.. And before anybody gets upset over them being different models, a versus f, I can say that makes no difference at all a mandolin because the app model is nothing more than a solid block of wood that makes the scroll up, the rest of the top is carved just the same as the a model. I will say this , if you ever run across 70s or 80s, Kentucky, either F or A, snatch it up... It will say "made in Korea" .. and even their lower cost models back then we're pretty doggone good. P.S ..The F stsnds for florentine, which is what they call instruments with Scrolls on them. And this is strictly aesthetic and not a tonal aspect of building a mandolin. As far as the two different tones go each one has a good place for it. It all depends on your picking style, if you are playing it on stage or if you are recording with it.

Thank you.

The 150 gets ot as the cheapest brass flatjead tone ring, double cut peg head which are selling factors. The finish and inlay are crap . The 250 is over rated in price and the only reason I would even consider yhe 150 is for the tone ring and peg head, change the finger board to inlat with glying eagle and tefinish it. That said, its just easier to build when they could have put more into it for the price. Thete aee still madter clones out there from Japan yhat are fecades old and better.

Nice Wildwood Flower.

Having played most mandolins at this price range, I would choose Loar 600 or 700. All 3xx series Eastmans I tried sounded dead in comparison. Kentucky was better, but still not quite there. The satin finish might have something to do with it, but I don't know. Eastman on the video sounds way better. Maybe the three examples that I tried were from a bad batch or something..

Very nice playing! Love the guts of the mandocello!

Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues by Skip James

Can't remember the name of the song but Tommy Johnson played it O Brother.

WELL dont know sounds like blue grass to me one of my old time favorits .. iv been looking for a guitar like this thank you im intrested

Open key or standard?

You guys are jamming and sound great!! Thank you so much for this ! Man that's just what I needed right now ! Thanks again from this ole Ky boy.... You guys Keep on hitting them licks !!!