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The Fender FM-53S Acoustic Mandolin features a solid spruce top, nato back and sides, and 4-ply ivory binding. It's gorgeous to behold and the sound quality is exceptional. 4-in-line gold tuners with white plastic knobs.
This is quality mandolin for the price you pay, however straight out of the box it won't sound as good as it can. first of all you'll probably need to adjust the bridge to eliminate fret buzz. if you don't know how to do that you should have someone show you the first time you try. a second reccomendation is to remove the pick gaurd. This greatly improves the volume you get out of the mandolin because it removes a giant piece of plastic from covering one of the sound holes, plus it looks better in my opinion. finally get new strings ASAP because the foreign ones they come with aren't nearly as good. I reccomend gibson sam bush strings. all in all the solid spruce top is an awesome feature and will give a much better sound than laminated top mandolins, and for the price it's an awesome buy.
Reviewed by mando pickin fool on 10/18/2006 who plays bluegrass, jam grass.
The Fender FM-53S acoustic mandolin is a great sounding instrument for an affordable price. I've loved the mandolin ever since I got it. Make sure to replace the strings that are on the mandolin when you buy it, and you will love the sound.
Reviewed by Jorge on 3/29/2007 who plays Christian Alternative.
I love this instrument. It's important to have a hatchet that plays well and this one really does. The action is great, the sound is sweet. I put the bridge really low and it still doesn't buzz. The bridge needed nudging a little into the right place, but otherwise it was perfect right out of the box. It's a joy to play and I play it most days.
Reviewed by MandoMan53 on 2/8/2007 who plays Jigs, classical..
I mainly play bass but i decided to try and learn to play some guitar. Then i decided to try this. I'm in a metal band and i thought we needed somethin... unusual. I hooked it up to a distortion pedal and... Woah!! its was so wierd. But back to this guitar. It plays smoothly, sounds great, and looks even better (If your really into the country stuff and not trying to get some "different" tones out of it). Great Buy
Reviewed by Bob Bob the Bearman on 11/12/2008 who plays Metal, Rock.
