3rd Avenue Rocket Series Traditional Bluegrass Acoustic Mandolin in Violinburst with Padded Gig Bag

Great quality! Value for money. I would highly recommend it.

I have owned 2 other mandolins, which I paid alot for, so comparing this mandolin to those would be unfair.So in fairness, I have to say that this mandolin is well worth the money. However... it may need a little fine tuning, a lighter set of strings and perhaps a little shave on the bridge. That's the worst I can say!!!!Overall it's a decent little instrument, the pickup sounds pretty good running through an amp, and the seller is amazing (I received my mandolin quickly) recommend

Really good mandolin for the price. It has a good sound,good string action,nice and loud even when not amplifies and a great tone.A weel made and finished instrument.

Nearly 5 stars.Value for money definitely 5 stars.The main problem is that this should make an excellent beginners mandolin, however, tuning it resulted in one of the E strings coming off because the loop had unravelled. This should have been easy to fix, but the reason why the other string had been a problem was the tailpiece that required surgery before a string could be properly attached. This problem must have been noticed when being assembled. I accept that this is hopefully a rare occurrence since it hasn't been mentioned before, but it is something that could have resulted in a beginner giving up or spoiling a present.On a positive note the bridge was simple to position and intonation is as good as mandolins costing a lot more.The machine heads are obviously not the worlds best, but will allow the instrument to be tuned and hold tune well. The user has to be prepared to be firm when tuning some of the strings.There is no truss rod for adjusting the neck, but in the case of my mandolin the neck was fine anyway.The nut may be slightly high, but the bridge on minimum height gives good action over most of the neck, I have seen worse on more expensive instruments.The standard of construction is excellent.The supplied strings are acceptable and it certainly doesn't sound too bad at all.If the illustration shows it with a gig bag and the manufacturers description further down the page says one is included - one should be included or change the information.Once set up it is fine, just the need for some metal working on the tailpiece before you could properly attach all 8 strings, which may well have been a one off.

I bought this from Amazon Warehouse as I have experience repairing fretted instruments and it was a good price. This mandolin is not suitable for a beginner or if you lack experience setting up/repairing fretted instruments. The mandolin I received required several hours of setting up/repair work before it became playable.The pickup was too far away from the strings.The volume and tone potentiometers were loose and rotating with the knobs.There is no output to the amplifier - I've yet to check/repair/replace the electrical components.The machine heads were not seated properly. Two of the strings were not wound on the machine heads properly.The bridge was an inch away from its required position.The fret ends were very sharp and required filing. Several frets needed to be levelled because of fret buzz.I had to scrape glue off the fingerboard and treat it with lemon oil as it was very dry.I had to file the nut slots so the fretted notes at the first/second frets were not sharp.*UPDATE*I checked the electrical components and they were well soldered and working. At its highest setting, the pickup was still too far away from the strings to pick up vibrations. I had to remove the springs under the pickup for it to get closer to the strings, but it needs to be higher still. It does pickup the string vibrations now.

Great little mandolin for beginners I have been bashing it around and it stays in tune for quite a whileFor the money great fun

My boyfriend, who is a guitar player, really enjoyed this Christmas gift. It looked nice and arrived in very good packaging.

Cheap mandolin. Not worth the money paid. String broke on first tuning but that happens. I would have thought the fretboard should either be flat or convex radius not concave. Frets not crowned so dead frets everywhere. Not great sounding either.

Die ROCKET MAE02 kann ich leider nicht empfehlen. Schon beim Auspacken war das Instrument mit irgendwelchen Krümeln behaftet. Die Schutzfolie des Schlagbrettes hatte sich fast komplett gelöst und eine A-Saite war gerissen. Sämtliche Schrauben an den Wirbelköpfen waren lose. Dafür ließen sich die Schraubräder am Steg nicht bewegen. Im Gegenlicht sah die Decke aus, als sei sie mit einem Scheuermittel behandelt worden. Das Instrument ist unstimmbar und das PickUp-System gab keinen Ton von sich, obwohl ich es mit verschiedenen Amps, Kabeln und Sendern versucht hatte. Mir ist bewusst, dass es sich hierbei um ein sehr preiswertes Instrument handelt, sodass man nicht allzu große Ansprüche haben sollte. (Zumal es genügend gute Beispiele für ein hervorragendes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis gibt.) Aber diese ROCKET MAE02 ist einfach unspielbar. Schade.

Arrivée à la maison avec le micro qui se baladait dans la caisse ... sinon agréable.C'est pas du haut de gamme mais ça le fait quand même.

Qualità prezzo perfetta. È un mandolino, sì effettivamente a 110 euro avrete a casa un mandolino, dal suono buono. Certo, non potete pretendere prestazioni, suono, suonabilità di un vero mandolino costoso, ma è uno strumento musicale perfetto per chi è alle prime armi e chi come me lo ha comprato per provare.Il sistema di amificazione è funzionante e soddisfacente per usi di serate live/registrazioni.Materiali? Non aspettatevi il legno pregiato e ben lavorato, ma esteticamente è molto più carino di quello che si vede in foto.Inoltre forse per una mia svista nella descrizione, il mandolino è arrivato insieme anun cavo jack per provarlo amplificato.In sintesi, per 110 euro, se volete provare un mandolino per la prima volta, è un buon acquisto! :) certo e lo ripeto, le sue prestazioni musicali valgono quanto il costo dello strumento, che più di così non poteva offrire. Soddisfatto

Obviamente, fue el precio, antes que nada, lo que me decidió por este producto, pero he de decir que, tras una semana de uso normal, tras la oportuna entonación, ajuste y afinación del instrumento, tengo la sensación de haber hecho una excelente compra. Lo que más temía en principio, como es lógico en instrumentos de cuerda de gama baja, eran las deficiencias en cuanto a clavijero (que tendría difícil solución si no es cambiando las clavijas por otras), diapasón y demás, pero no es así: la afinación se mantiene, es decir, es muy posible aprender a tocar este interesante instrumento sin ningún problema, pues todos sus elementos funcionan adecuadamente. Sí, es de suponer que el tono no será espectacular como en mandolinas construidas con madera sólida y de mayor gama, pero el resultado, teniendo en cuenta su precio, creo que es más que aceptable, tanto en acústico como conectada a un amplificador.El acabado presenta los habituales defectos en instrumentos de gama baja (no demasiados tampoco, se trata de un instrumento atractivo, creo, con ese "sunburst" oscuro tan elegante), pero nada que impida aprender a tocar y avanzar con este sensacional instrumento de cuerda pulsada, que tánto juego ha dado, y continúa dando, en el Bluegrass, en el Blues, en la música clásica y en muchos otros géneros. Uno o dos buenos manuales (yo he optado por un par de Play-Alongs de Blues y Swing), un juego de cuerdas de mayor calidad quizás, una funda sencilla por si debe salir de casa y... a disfrutar.

Arrivée avec le micro décroché