New (to me) Collings

K20C · #1 09-24-2021, 02:54 PM

Well, the new Collings MT2 I bought last month was returned and I found this 2014 Collings MF Deluxe with James tailpiece.

Br1ck · #2 09-25-2021, 07:13 PM

Found some more change in your pockets? I love blond mandolins, and Collings does them as well as any. Quite different from an MTO.

Doons · #3 09-25-2021, 07:31 PM

I know nothing about mandolins but that thing is georgeous!

Br1ck · #4 09-26-2021, 01:37 PM

Short tutorial:

Lots of good imported mandolins from Eastman and Kentucky. Anyone would be happy with one if you don't try a Collings or other such wonder.

A style mandolins sound just as good as F style mandolins at half the cost.

Once bitten by the scroll bug, only an F style will do. All that extra cost is justified by the hours needed to build the darned things.

You need to adjust your thinking to, a moderately priced F style mandolin is going to cost $5,000-8,000.

The mandolin you really want is going to be $10,000+.

K20C · #5 09-26-2021, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Br1ck

Short tutorial:

Lots of good imported mandolins from Eastman and Kentucky. Anyone would be happy with one if you don't try a Collings or other such wonder.

A style mandolins sound just as good as F style mandolins at half the cost.

Once bitten by the scroll bug, only an F style will do. All that extra cost is justified by the hours needed to build the darned things.

You need to adjust your thinking to, a moderately priced F style mandolin is going to cost $5,000-8,000.

The mandolin you really want is going to be $10,000+.

The mandolin I really wanted was a late model mint condition Gibson F5 Fern but for a variety of reasons I passed on it. Perhaps someday.

bluemoon · #6 09-27-2021, 10:52 AM

Congrats on the Collings. I once had a MT2 and wish I never sold it. Since then I’ve played an awesome Ellis and a nice Weber. But I still lean towards the playability and tone of the Collings.

Br1ck · #7 09-28-2021, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by K20C

The mandolin I really wanted was a late model mint condition Gibson F5 Fern but for a variety of reasons I passed on it. Perhaps someday.

I'm with you on that one. The Gibson tone is IT for bluegrass for sure. I'd settle for a Cremona Rush. The Harvey era is primo. Great instruments comming out of Gibson these days. Still. a Collings is a fine mandolin.

Wade Hampton · #8 09-28-2021, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Br1ck

Short tutorial:

Lots of good imported mandolins from Eastman and Kentucky. Anyone would be happy with one if you don't try a Collings or other such wonder.

A style mandolins sound just as good as F style mandolins at half the cost.

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My only quibble with your post is that A models sound just as good. Which they do. But scroll models project better and cut through the clamor of a bluegrass band more effectively than A models - something about having the added mass of the maple chunk inside the scroll makes a difference there.

whm