One question people often ask is whether or not this can be plugged in. They also like that is has an adjustable truss-rod and bridge which allows them to customize the action to their liking Players cite value as the number one reason they chose this mandolin. It didn’t entirely change the mandolin, but it sure does sound a lot better than it did with the original strings. There was a noticeable improvement in the tone. After playing it for a while with the included strings, I changed them to a set of EJ74. We did notice the strings are not the greatest quality. If you use good technique and can play mandolin well, it doesn’t sound too bad. I still believe that is perfectly acceptable for a beginner quality instrument. The tone lacks some of the depth and woodiness we experience with the higher cost mandolins. We’re happy to report that it is also not the worst I have ever heard. I am not going to lie to you and tell you that this is the best sounding mandolin I have ever heard. This wasn’t for playability, but more for tone which we will talk about next! WarrantyĪs an added bonus, the Morgan Monroe Rocky top mandolins offer a 10 year warranty. Later I will so some bridge modes to get the action even lower. I am leaving it as is for now though, because it really isn’t too bad to play. Once the nut was lowered, I noticed the bridge was still higher than I prefer. If you don’t have files, you may need to improvise something to do this step. Once this was done, the playability was noticeably better. I happen to have some files for lowering string grooves, so it only took a few minutes to get the nut how I liked it. So no unexpected issues and all I needed to do was lower the action down. I laces a strip of leather through the strings and the buzz stopped. There was a slight buzz where the G strings were touching the tailpiece. My pickguard was rattling, until I noticed the screw was loose. For now, I played it as is because I was excited and couldn’t wait! The tuning machines are stiff and not exactly smooth, but they seem to be holding tuning just fine so I am not worried about that. The string height at the nut needed to be lowered.
PlayabilityĪfter getting the bridge where I wanted it and all the strings tuned up, I noticed the action was still higher than I like. I expected it to need fretwork, but no problems there either. Sighting down the neck, everything looks nice and straight. The body is nicely bound and I don’t see any signs of weak seems or other potential issues. Looking at the label, China of course! But I bet you guessed that already. Other than that, everything matches up with the description. It is a standard gloss sunburst and doesn’t really look like the images shown. Much better than the photos I had seen online. Opening the second box resulted in a sigh of relief. With fingers crossed, I opened up the box to find the mandolin in a second triangular box. I had heard some reports of these arriving damaged.
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