Rogue RM100F F-style Mandolin Sunburst

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Good sound quality and unique tailpiece cleats.

I was diagnosed a year ago with Complex-PTSD and have been encouraged to get back into old hobbies. I am new to playing a mandolin... I have a little understanding of it since I played violin in grade school. Sadly, old mandolin was falling apart- it was a gift from someone dear to me but I guess it was pretty well used- so I bought the exact same style (F100). Anyways, with the help of you tube and electronic tuner I was able to set the bridge and tune it fairly easy. Unfortunately, one E string snapped in the tuning process (I only made it to D). I called musician's choice (who works with Guitar Center) and they sent me a set of replacement strings for free, considering I hadn't even played it yet. Now, back to you tube to change out the string and I noticed the tailpiece cleats are not the same as the ones in the videos. The A and E strings have 2 cleats each and it appears to have a nice hold (maybe it's to keep the string loops from popping off?). Anyways, it's all tuned up and the sound was amazing- a far cry different than the old one. I noticed that the strings need to be rechecked after they are all tuned- my best laymen's guess is that the tension on one side maybe affects the tension on the other side. Anyways, it wasn't a big deal to fine tune a second time around. I only play about 15-20 minutes at a time so I imagine it will take a little while for the strings to hold their note (I don't play regular to stretch them adequately from the beginning) so I cannot comment on that.