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Well...that's possible...but there's always the chance someone might have an octave mando I couldn' pass up for trade...say a nice two point arch top oval hole???

Well...I took the TC out to the session here tonight and loved it. You're right. It does sound great. Luckily a Joe Foley Bazouki showed up so I got to listen to the comparison of tone and volume. I hung right in there with the bazouki. yeah...that's what my says that I should keep the les paul. It'...

That's good to hear. I played an Alvarez A800 f-style mandolin when I first got started. I paid $500.00 for it I think. Then a couple years later I had a custom built mandolin made by Andrew Mowry and when I played that instrument compared to my A800 it just totally blew the a800 out of the water. M...

Hi There! I've recently fallen in love with the Octave mandolin and have a trinity college octave. I've got a feeling that a much better grade octave mandolin is out there with more solid tones and richness of sound. So I don't use my Gibson Les Paul Standard anymore and wondered if anyone is lookin...