This past summer I bough a B stock Samick Greg Bennett Mandolin. It's a nice solid top and sound pretty good if you ask me for $100-1/3 the cost of a non B stock. I did a nice setup on it and it plays great. After learning the basic chords and noodling for the past 6 months or so I've developed my technique and have begin writing songs and playing along with acoustic. My 3 1/2 month old son seems to really enjoy watchng me play, and I probably play more mandolin than I do acoustic guitar now days. Now I just bought a B stock ukulele- a Lanikai S-C Concert size with a solid spruce top. Goes for $159 new, got it for $65 because it has a scratch on the side.
Actually all of my instruments are B stock blemished models I found on ebay.
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