I should mention that was the first OM I ever put my hands on. But when that happened, about 1,5 years back, I had played plucked string instruments of different kinds for around 30 years. That’s...
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I should mention that was the first OM I ever put my hands on. But when that happened, about 1,5 years back, I had played plucked string instruments of different kinds for around 30 years. That’s...
But you can get a pickup installed in any OM. Just get an instrument you like. A luthier will be able to install a PU of your choice, and show you different models. Depending on that, it shouldn’t...
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So finally a first recording with my Stern OM. I love the size of the body as well as the shorter scale. Plays and sounds wonderfully. Hope the video could catch it somehow!
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So after a much shorter waiting time I could ever have expected (less than four weeks), here it is: my new Octave Mandolin built by Yair Stern from Canada http://ystern.ca.
Lovely little...
:)) That’s the spirit!!
It‘s actually really well built, and sounds quite nice already acoustically. Of course, the possibilities are nearly endless with the humbucker (plus under-bridge piezo)… ...
Thanks, guys, very kind of you! I found those videos, posted Yair Stern himself, which are all played by the same (fantastic!) artist. And I also found Russ Rentler‘s video for selling his Stern OM....
It most definitely should! :-)
Personally, I find this really inspiring. I‘ve been owning such a MC beast (the very same, in fact) for about a year now, and so far couldn‘t really figure out how...
A pity that the video isn’t available anymore… was this on purpose? Did you choose an OM in the end? And how do you like it?
Slightly off-topic, I know, so sorry for that!
I keep reading the arguments about the relation between tuning and fretboard marking traditions, and still don’t get it: why should that matter how...
They surely are evil, indeed! And they have a tendency to flock together and gang up on you! Believe me, I know EXACTLY what I’m writing about… just about a year and a half ago, I got my first tenor...
Ok, my question is already answered, I realized. Just found the other thread on the Highway 49 reso tenor from Republic guitars…
Thanks for your comments. Convinced me to order one for myself.
May I ask how you think about it a few months later?
Hello Baron, so what do you think about your string choice now, with a few months gone by? I‘m thinking about string alternatives for the Gold Tone MC, too, and I‘m curious to hear about other folks‘...
I dare to revive this thread for another question on accessories for the MDO305… if anyone could recommend a fitting tone guard for this wonderful instrument, I‘d be very grateful. I can fine some...
Hello Huck, thanks a lot for the links.. They seem to turn out really helpful, although the results between the D‘Addario and Theo‘s seem to differ somewhat. But that might as well be my fault, still...
Thanks, Huck, for your prompt response! And thanks, also, for the link to the indeed very helpful other thread!
Just two more questions, if you don‘t mind:
1) how do you get all those neat...
May I ask what strings you use for the Chicago tuning on the short scale of the Kala?
Mine was considerably more expansive, but mostly because of the shipping and customs fees here in the EU, but...
Oh, yes, indeed, sorry, Irish Tuning means GDAE. I‘m not completely satisfied with the strings, or rather: with the a-string. I strung it with the a, d, b, and e-string of a LaBella 700M Silver...
First of all, I'm not much of a craftsman, so I needed something really easy. And I found it by sheer luck: I converted my Germany-built 1972 Framus Studio archtop to a four-string a few months back....