I've been using the Fishman Platinum Pro for maybe five years and I really like it. Great quality and features so far as dialing in the sound you want. Also works well on batteries which is...
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I've been using the Fishman Platinum Pro for maybe five years and I really like it. Great quality and features so far as dialing in the sound you want. Also works well on batteries which is...
Was flying today and had one of my mandos with me, an f-style, in a soft case.
After it went through the X-ray machine, the TSA agent operating the X-ray said "Sir, what kind of guitar is this?"
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A friend in Germany purchased this instrument at a local flea market and has asked me if it's a mandolin. I have explained to him the obvious differences between this and a standard mandolin as we...
Do you do anything different as concerns string gauges for the alternate tunings?
nah, all of my mandos have K&K twins through a Fishman PP to the FoH. Here's an example with the f-hole but it's not well mixed -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPmCadga7A
That's awesome - thanks for posting it! This was late Tom Petty - maybe his last album? Always thought it was a great song and of course Marty kills it...
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Yeah, good...
207468I have two Collings oval hole mandolins, one an F-style and one an A-style. Both great mandos. Oval holes have natural reverb that f-holes don't, and I like that. But I've learned that, for...
Love Marty and the Fabulous Superlatives! Check out their cover of this Tom Petty tune -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVKkhWPkE4E
It's not so much amount of projection as the manner of projection. F hole mandos project in a clearer, crisper manner. Oval hole mandos have natural reverb that F hole mandos don't have. It's...
The A string is always most problematic for me as well. Often, if I tune in the E-A-D-G order, by the time I tune the Gs, I have to go back and fine-tune the As again. More noticeable on my...
That version in the opening post is interesting. I too have known this song since childhood, and coincidentally it's on the set list for a gig in April (leading a campfire sing at a hotel in the...
Another vote for the POG Nano. Small but very effective. Use it along with a chorus pedal and you can comp along the lines of keyboards or even horns.
Note that this is not for every musical...
Very nice indeed! Love Telemann. Two questions.
Why is it called a Siciliana?
What is that blue instrument in the corner? Looks like some kind of resonator tenor guitar?
Emory Lester, At Dusk
Mike M. and Caterina L., Third Journey
Not a CD, but Mike Compton's "By Request" (or something similar), from his basement early in the pandemic (it's on YouTube)
I play mandolin and upright bass, and I sometimes bow the upright bass (although I'm not great at it). I came to have a fiddle in my hands and I'm like ... OK, mando tuning and I know how to bow ......
Fishman Platinum Pro is what I use, and it works great for what I do. Not an effect pedal, just a really good preamp. My pickup is K&K Twin.
Mandola looks great! Checked out Serek Basses and they look nice too...
Special Consensus from Rivers and Roads. Love the modulation from the A part to the B part once the whole band joins in. The Mike Compton version is great because it's Mike but those aren't my...
Gorgeous. Don't have 18.5k for a mandocello right now, but might be worth the gas money to drive to Lexington MA and play it for 5 minutes.
that was great
Some great choices on there. I also like 'Azalea Waltz' in this genre. Sierra's playing it on an octave here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caB5g_Kaxfk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpU83gGQMGY
Enjoy.
"Strumming like guitar" can mean different things. To me, Mike Compton strums the mandolin and I think he's fantastic. Is he "strumming like guitar"? I dunno. There's a pick in his hand and it's...
In one of my bands I play what I'd call rock mandolin. The chain goes like this. A Sarno Black Box sits on top of my Genzler Acoustic Array and is the first stop, as an impedance buffer and for...
I have one - it's from the 'teens or '20s and was probably a decent one in its day. I'm away with family but will post a pic of it on here when I get back - I'd be interested to hear any thoughts...