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GC is the main setup in France except maybe in Britany as most of there bagpipes and bombardes are mostly in Bb. You see mostly diatonic accordions in French traditional music has it is settled for...

Well, you can get a bouzouki but can also find your own way. By this, I mean that innovation in traditional music is possible (my experience is that trying to be the most authentic is concern mainly...

"Bal folk" does not refer to a specific area in France and thus to a specific repertoire. In Brittany, they would more talk about Fest Noz.

The only area in France where mandolin could have a...

Distel is Ray Ventura's nephew. His uncle had a great role in launching jazz in France and led a band which included Henri Salvador who said he has taught his first chords to Sacha before seing the...

I wish they will make an octave mandolin version.

I began with some French flat-back mandolins from the first half of the 20th century before getting a very nice Landola flat top and then getting several Suzuki/Ibanez archtops from the 70s. I know...

For this I tend to follow Andy Statsman who says that he picks on the bridge side.

I have the same MD-404 that I ordered new after playing several other Eastmans from a really good MD-814 (not enough money). I was then sold to oval hole mandolins. The mahogany back and sides also...

Wolfgang Meyering (was in Mandolin Monday a few weeks ago) in his Malbrook project:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gX2eOxwaTQ

I have just discovered her also by the same video. Very fine playing. I am also impressed by her fretting hand fluidity.

Can I join the band with my Eastman MD-404 ?

Old Trace Acoustic TAP1 preamps are also a good match if you can find any of those (same can be said about the old Trace Acoustic amps are they both are relying on the same circuit).

I have won several of these 70s mandolines and yes, their scale is short than the Gibson's standard.

I have owned a K&K Pure Preamp for my K&K Western equiped guitar but there was some sound coloration (IMHO) and no XLR. As I was satisfied with the sound of my Trace Acoustic amp, I bought an old...

Monel also for me. Those have a 6:1 longevity ratio compared to EJ74 for me (at least).

Most of the time, it has no impact on sound. On the very few mandolins that I owned which had a pickguard, this thing could not help but creating buzzes whatever I tried to fasten those so I removed...

Good idea! What kind of brackets did you use? Violin or viola ones?

I own an Eastman MD-404 and I have tried several X04 and X14 models. The sound is rather different than with a f hole mandolin which is - to my hears - more mid focussed and nasal with less overtones...

If I remember well, this what Andrew Marlin picks. I use M150 for mandolin and TF140 for guitar (sometimes also for mandolin). I really enjoy the material used. I have not tried Bluechips or so but I...

The tailpiece cover (if original) was the one used one the Ibanez/Suzuki/... Japonese mandolins of the 70s but the nut is not in the in a slot style that I associate with these instruments (but I do...

I have owned many of those Ibanez and Suzuki mandolins (only the name changes) from the 70s. I never found a serial number on any of those. When the neck to body junction is in good condition, they...

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Eastman's oval hole mandolins have X bracing which is different from what Gibson used, hence a different sound but still in the same league.

I use Wegen M200 on an oval soundhole mandolin but I also use TF140 when I play f hole one as far as sound is concerned.

Yes, musicofanatic got it right, I meant "elevated" (I am French so some vocabulary issues may happen).