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Hello All.

I wear a BAHA ( bone anchored hearing aid ) . It works by sending the sound wave through a titanium screw implanted into my skull via a sound box. This hits both cochlea's through sound...

Hello from Hull U.K.:grin:

Cheers Gelsenbury. comment much appreciated.

Interesting and informnative Clobflute. I am now very curious to hear if you end up buying a Hathway. Anyway best of luck with what ever you choose.

I have been working nights the last few weeks and have been able to put in a four hours + every day for about 6 weeks before i go to work. Started practicing scales and arpeggio's daily until I...

You scared me there Mandobart. So just for you heres the pic of the Paul Hathway Octave Mandolin.
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When I feel I have got to grips with the octave will post a vid. However have posted a...

Cheers derbex. Much appreciated.

Cheers. Will look up John Ryans.

First of all many thanks to Jim Garber, Whistler and Cheryl Watson for giving me some direction on pick technique. Still an on going project of course. But I can see and feel when alternate pick...

apologies repeated the post.

Same here to.Too many late night mandolin practice snacks.

Nice mandolin playing.

Ha Ha Ha . Nice one.

Interesting to know about the Hathway models. I hope that mandocello comes to you soon. Steady on the poor fingers though !

I wear the OM strap either sitting or standing...I find it just supports the weight on my left hand. I couldn't tell you if the scale length is the same but at first I found the frets on the mandolin...

Bravo !! I enjoyed that very much. I imagine you have put a lot of practise time into that.

At the moment i am playing the octave mandolin as often as i can. I am trying to hard-wire the scale length into my brain. I can feel that its happening slowly but it will take a little time. My...

I enjoyed it also. Talent!!

I have just bought a Paul Hathway Octave Mandolin ( 5 days since ) .I started about 5 weeks ago to play on a standard size mandolin . I just seem to have got hooked on this great instrument. So now...

So glad that I bought it. It has a really deep sustain when played. I did visit the Hobgoblin store in Leeds. In fact thats where I bought the Paul Hathway OM-1 Mandolin. Again first class service....

I bought the OM-1. I bought it straight from the Paul Hathway site. I also bought it on the strength of the Paul Hathway mandolin I bought a few weeks since. Also some of the reviews on here decided...

Thanks for the reply Gary. Will post a video soon.

i have just took possession of a Paul Hathway Octave Mandolin. First class service direct from Paul Hathway. A padded gig bag and new strings where given as well.

So just stretching the fingers...

Well I e mailed Paul Hathway to enquire if he had any in stock....... replied that he had. So ordered today and should have it delivered by Thursday . I feel like a kid at christmas !!! Haven't told...

I know exactly what you mean about the near misses. I have now ordered the Paul Hathway OM-1 Octave. Interesting comparison with the Kentucky 815. I couldnt agree more.....it does make perfect sense...