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Different strings on the Collings may help. Monel or nickel, along with silk and steel come to mind.

Can’t argue with buying another mandolin though:mandosmiley:

Well you may have seen me attempt to play on a Goldtone mandocello, here is the real deal.

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Wahoo, the Octolindo OM has arrived! It's gorgeous!

Yes, as mentioned in the previous thread, without a "Florida" extension, a bracket would most likely be needed to stabilize the pickguard. ...

Looks fantastic! Can't wait to hear the sound samples!

But what makes this an octolindo as opposed to an octave mandolin?

You can take John Reischman's online Melodic Mandolin Tunes course on Peghead Nation which provides the sheet music in tab and standard notation, and he'll also teach you to play it :mandosmiley:. ...

I'd add to that Neil Gow's Lament for his brother Donald, it's less know but I think just as good. I think Donald was Neil's cellist, and Neil nearly gave up performing when he died.
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I'm guessing that you're referring to the Mandolindo which looks like with some minor retuning would make a nice cavaquinho. The guitar shaped 8 string arch top octave mandolin offered up as an...

Wish something like that had been my first mandolin! Have all the fun that mandolin deserves!

What a beautiful mando! Congrats! I just recently started my search for my next mando and I'm definitely going to add the MF model to the list.

i remember wanting every mandolin family instrument. The mandola was well made and good sounding for a mandola, which was the problem - it wasn't different enough from the mandolin and the overall...

I used to have an Eastman MDO305 & now play a Weber Gallatin OM which I really like. I don't think traditional OM tone vs GBOMs make them comparable though. To be fair, I'm actively looking at...

I got a Northfield flat top just a few weeks ago and I really like it so far. It's kind of guitary sounding with the flat top and oval hole and if you were playing it with others it might well sound...

I had a Pono, ended up selling it. Just didn't feel right. Now I play baritone ukes tuned GDAE. (One has all-metal strings.) GDAE tenor guitars are another option.

In my experience,...

Slight correction, Weber made them. Weber is not making any mando family instruments at the moment (and I suspect they won't be for the foreseeable future). This used Weber Bighorn Octave just popped...

Gruhn Guitars is the exclusive distributor for Newson mandolins. Keep an eye on Gruhn's website. They usually sell within a week or two of when they are delivered and listed, so you have to be...

A couple of years ago I bought a Levy's mandolin gig bag. It's really well made and fits my mandolin with tone guard and strap and arm rest. If the Eastman doesn't work for you, you might want to...

I got a Gator gig bag for Christamas and it's great. I use a toneguard and strap in it no problem (a-style, but don't see how an F would mess that up. The bag is much more sturdy than the...

I recently got a Travelite, and with my Eastman and Tone-Gard, it's tight. Reviews on that case with Tone-Gard are mixed on this forum - seems to depend on the mandolin. I'm not wild about the feel...

The strap has to come off but at least will fit in the compartment. A LOT of these cases have a compartment too small or too narrow to fit either strap or a set of strings. My Travelite fits both, so...

I appreciate your attempt to introduce specificity into a thread right from the start. I wish you well in this endeavor. The thread title is a bit more inclusive, which invites chatterboxes (like me)...

Don't believe the Collings TKL will be able to handle both. On my MT the strap has to come off before going in the case. It does fit with the Tonegard.

On a Travelite case the strap also has to...

I have my Campanella in a TKL case with the Tone Guard and it fits fine but no strap. OTOH I don't trust a gig bag to protect my mandolin enough. All my good instruments are in hardshell cases. No...

Hi there, mandolin lovers. Many moons ago I wrote an ebook on how to set up a mandolin. Mandolins are finicky little beasts and very slight adjustments can make a very big difference. I've been...

That's one pretty gitfiddle you have there sir! :)

Wow. A great first mandolin.