Originally Posted By: bobcflatpicker
Mario,

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I'd love to have an archtop octave mandolin. It gives you full bodied sound of a guitar while being easier to play than a mandolin since it isn't as small.

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Me too, but they are around $5K! That is over my budget by $4.9K!

I have a couple of over 100 year old mandolins here. I will take a few pictures of them if you are interested in seeing them. One is a banjo mandolin and the other a round back mandolin. I also have a 100 year old banjolele.


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