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Just ordered one of these. I've been thinking about them for a while now. I've been playing strictly 12-strings in my acoustic trio lately, because they fill up the sound so well. But I'm the "lead player" in the trio, so I had been thinking about getting another mandolin for a while. But being a guitar player, I just don't care for the tiny necks and different tuning of mandolins (I've had four of them and know my way around them). So I finally couldn't stand it any longer and decided to pull the trigger on one of these Veillette instruments. I would eventually like to work my way up to their higher-end stuff, such as a double-neck (six string + Gryphon, or 12-string guitar + Gryphon). But I think the Avante will be a good starting point for me. It should be perfect for tunes that I need to play in the higher registers. Anyone else own/owned one of these?