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I got my mandolin about a week or so ago and have been meaning of making a review. Now this is my first instrument I've had in over a decade. So I got this with that in mind. The mandolin it's self is amazing I love the feel of it and the sound. If I was rating the mandolin alone it would be 5 stars across the board. However this is a bundle and that is where some of my issues come from. It came with a few things a gig bag, a strap, I think I was told it's pitch pipes as a tuner, picks, and an instruction book. Now the gig bag I like it's pretty nice and what I expected. The strap is nylon and is alright with the price point I think it makes sense. As a new instrument user the pitch pipes just really threw me off and I ended up getting a tuner that made more sense to me to tune the mandolin. The picks are alright I don't have any issues with them as a new person. I would also like to include with some excellent support from zZounds support staff I found out the strings are light gauge which I knew helped with new players. The instruction book was pretty garbage and non existent. It didn't include any actual instructions just some songs and notes without any explanation on how to read it. It also was just a small pocket book.

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