New Mandolin Day - Bourgeois M5F

Please ignore the state of my spare room where I unboxed it - I've been travelling for a couple of weeks so there's shit everywhere in there  :s 

Looks great, congratulations on your new mandolin

wise decision getting a good one from the get go, never found a “cheap” mandolin that had anything apart from a rather thin unwoody tone

gawjus. I don't play my mando nearly enough.

mgaw said:

Looks great, congratulations on your new mandolin

wise decision getting a good one from the get go, never found a “cheap” mandolin that had anything apart from a rather thin unwoody tone

Thanks - yeh, there seems a fairly significant space in the market between cheap ones and heinously expensive luthier made ones, and only Northfield, Bourgeois, and maybe Collins seem to be available really in the mid-market. 

VimFuego said:

gawjus. I don't play my mando nearly enough.

Thanks man

Wow! What a stunner. Love natural finished mandolins and it's very unusual on an F5 style. Nice that they've scooped the fretboard extension too as that's something you'd probably end up getting done.

I very much approve of going "all in" even on your first mandolin (as long as nobody goes bankrupt or gets hurt) as it's a classic instrument that'll do you for ever. (Also, you can't kid yourself that you'd sound better if only you'd bought a more expensive one!)

Absolutely beautiful instrument.

Basher said:

Wow! What a stunner. Love natural finished mandolins and it's very unusual on an F5 style. Nice that they've scooped the fretboard extension too as that's something you'd probably end up getting done.

I very much approve of going "all in" even on your first mandolin (as long as nobody goes bankrupt or gets hurt) as it's a classic instrument that'll do you for ever. (Also, you can't kid yourself that you'd sound better if only you'd bought a more expensive one!)

Absolutely beautiful instrument.

What really surprised me was how resonant it is. There was a load of marketing bumf around the wood being torrified and aged, but genuinely it’s far more impressive than I expected.

And yes, the only thing that’ll be making this sound bad is my poor technique lol. 

Nice

maltingsaudio said:

Nice

Cheers

Very nice, love that top

drofluf said:

Very nice, love that top

The back is super flamed, too, but I was too lazy to take a picture  :#

mo6020 said:

drofluf said:

Very nice, love that top

The back is super flamed, too, but I was too lazy to take a picture  :#

Well now you have to! You can’t leave us hanging. 

Congrats!

drofluf said:

mo6020 said:

drofluf said:

Very nice, love that top

The back is super flamed, too, but I was too lazy to take a picture  :#

Well now you have to! You can’t leave us hanging. 

Hah, I’ll sort it tomorrow when I’m on my computer. 

guitargeek62 said:

Congrats!

Cheers man