When I was shopping archtop ovals, I tried the new hybrids and the old traditional tubby sounding ones and went with the traditional sound. Tubby is...
Half is the difference between eighths and sixteenths. I was pretty amazed if you were playing four notes to a beat at 120 one year out of the gate....
Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design), TC octave mandolin.
Eastman MD-605SB, MD-604SB, MD-305, all with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: QSC-K10, DBR-10, THR-10, Sony XB-20.