Mandocello Videos

[Bernie Daniel]

There are getting to be many fine videos of mandocellos on YouTube. So here are three I like today:







Maybe others would like to add to this thread? I think the big boys deserve there own story line?

BTW can anyone tell me the name of the duet being played in the second video? Thanks!

[Chuck Ficca]

Oops.

[Greg Stec]

BTW can anyone tell me the name of the duet being played in the second video? Thanks!

I left that same question on the youtube page.

[Bernie Daniel]

I left that same question on the youtube page.

Me thinks that I shall try to contact one of those two guys to find out! By the way here is another great mandocello video!

[Bernie Daniel]

An Eastman this time -- so what is that vintage Gibson mandolin doing over there?

[Bernie Daniel]

Here's a Weber and some very file playing of Bach:

[Bernie Daniel]

Now the same Bach composition on a vintage Gibson:

[Bernie Daniel]

It seems like the two most popular mandocello tunes are the Bach Cello Suite and Whiskey before Breakfast?

[Bernie Daniel]

Awesome but not standard mandocello tuning?

[chuck3]

It seems like the two most popular mandocello tunes are the Bach Cello Suite and Whiskey before Breakfast?

completely consistent.

[Bernie Daniel]

completely consistent.

I guess so -- or did you mean Johoan Sebastian drank a bit! Here is the Bach again:

[Bernie Daniel]

This one is pretty cool -- a vintage Gibson again playing rock......

[Bernie Daniel]

Vintage Gibson K-1 again -- neat stuff...

[Bernie Daniel]

Another vintage Gibson K-1.....

[Bernie Daniel]

Home made mandocello -- sounds OK!

[Marcus CA]

One weekend when my son (who plays guitar and electric bass) was housesitting for us, he started experimenting with my mandocello and came up with this:

[Bernie Daniel]

One weekend when my son (who plays guitar and electric bass) was housesitting for us, he started experimenting with my mandocello and came up with this:

Very nice playing! I thought I had seen that video and looked on YT and indeed I had commented on it when it back came out!
I see it's got nearly 30,000 views now - awesome! Great addition to the collection!

[Bernie Daniel]

This is a really interesting one!!

[Bernie Daniel]

Another Gibson K-1

[Bernie Daniel]

Still another Gibson K-1 mandocello....

[Bernie Daniel]

There certainly are a lot of K-1's "out there" in YouTube land....

[Bernie Daniel]

Here is my 1942 Gibson K-50 mandocello -- made by conversion of an L-50 guitar (J78 strings). I do think it has a tone very similar to the K-5 that Steve Gilchrist made by converting a Gibson L-12 --see post #1 in this string:

[Bernie Daniel]

Here is another interesting mandocello -- it has nice tone by seems not to have much sustain? Maybe it is because the the very short scale (for a mandocello). But I do like it for fiddle tunes like in this video!

[Bernie Daniel]

Then of course there is this M/M (Marshall on the Monteleone) -- I think he wrote the mandocello part for the performance -- outstanding mandolin as well of course:

[Bernie Daniel]

Another fine sounding 'teens Gibson K-1!