Andy, don't buy the cheap stuff from Pakistan (Hobgoblin). Really! I don't know if the no-name lutes sold by EMS are any better, but I would advise to save your money and get a student lute by (e.g.) Ed Greenhood in the US, Renzo Salvador in Belgium, Kai Schupp or Renatus lechner in Germany, György Lorinzi in Romania or Luciano Faria in Brasil. If you can get a used student lute it will become even cheaper (maybe through Wayne Cripps' webside or the site of the english lute society) . And you can still sell it if you want to upgrade to a better modell. Those cheapo lutes of unknown origin are hard to sell again, and they really make no fun.
Regards and good luck, Stephan Am 15 Aug 2007 um 18:19 hat aj cole geschrieben: > Hi i asked on a previous message about these two companies,but didn't get a > reply,my subject title was vague.. > > I really needed some advice about the lutes from EMS or Hobgoblins blue > moon model..Unfortunately i can only afford these models at present..As > anyone played the Blue Moon lute at hobgoblins? > > Sorry to ask the same question twice but need advice > > thanks andy > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now. > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
