Recently, I attended a Bluegrass music festival where I had the opportunity to compare the tonal characteristics of three top flight mandolins: a 2006 Ellis F5, a 2003 Gibson F5 Fern, and my 2008...
Ellis F5 vs. Gibson F5 vs. Collings MF5
Recently, I attended a Bluegrass music festival where I had the opportunity to compare the tonal characteristics of three top flight mandolins: a 2006 Ellis F5, a 2003 Gibson F5 Fern, and my 2008...
Re: A big step up. My new Eastman MD 615
Denny: I said "open up" because from the time I got the finish taken off the neck until now my mandolin, to my ear, has indeed become more "open." Once I got the finish taken off it seemed like...