And that's all I'm saying on the topic!
And that's all I'm saying on the topic!
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” ― Albert Schweitzer
1925 Lyon & Healy Model A, #1674
2015 Collings A (MT2-V)
That's probably what I want next
Actually, once you find one that captures your attention you start to think of some of the others as expendable
"your posts ... very VERY opinionated ...basing your opinion/recommendations ... pot calling ...kettle... black...sarcasm...comment ...unwarranted...unnecessary...."
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
at the request of my loving spouse, I reduced the octave count from 3 to 2, but then I bought the Eastwood and so am back up to 3, and I think that is a very healthy number. Also have been checking out Sarah Jaroz, her right hand on the octave is quite impressive.
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"Mean Old Timer, He's got grey hair, Mean Old Timer he just don't care
Got no compassion, thinks its a sin
All he does is sit around an play the Mandolin"
It sounds good too, at least when Mike plays it on this thread:
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t.../64969-Black-6
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
Pheff! That sounds great!
Under COVID, I'm pretty much just playing my Eastman OM. I'm getting the feel of the scale and a bit of finger acrobatics! Many of my mandolin pieces I can relate to the OM, but. . . I'm not fully there, yet. . .
Not that I'm not wondering about my next OM, that is. . . A GBOM? I'm warming up to that idea!
Thanks Pheff!
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ˇpapá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
Totally! I'm playing my Weber Yellowstone F octave mandolin much more under the pandemic lockdown than I did in the Before Times. I was lucky to find this one secondhand, I don't think I could have afforded a new one. It's a beautiful instrument.
The lack of Irish/Scottish sessions in my area means I've been focusing more on things that aren't appropriate in sessions, like playing the slower, more evocative tunes on an OM where I can really milk the long sustain. Slow reels, marches, and metered airs like "The Sunset" from the first Altan album, "Farewell to Nigg," "Braes of Locheil." Solo pieces, basically.
Learning to play Irish flute over the last few years has mostly, but not entirely, replaced the standard pitch mandolin with the faster Irish and Scottish dance tunes. Meanwhile the OM is its own thing; a sideways excursion into the slower tunes that I'm really enjoying.
I just succumbed to my lust for a GBOM - a Pono MND-20HC SB from Ben @ Fiddler’s Green. First impressions out of the box left me a bit apprehensive about the slender neck, but after new strings and a setup, it’s pretty near perfect. Really a nice instrument! I suspect the others (Weber Yellowstone, Siminoff from parts, & my own A-style) are feeling ignored at the moment...
At some point I suppose I should humiliate myself by uploading a demo.
Monte
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Weber Yellowstone Octave F
I'm quite content with the Brock GBOM and the Girouard GBOM. The rest will probably go quietly. I am hunting a Romero open back banjo.
"your posts ... very VERY opinionated ...basing your opinion/recommendations ... pot calling ...kettle... black...sarcasm...comment ...unwarranted...unnecessary...."
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” ― Albert Schweitzer
1925 Lyon & Healy Model A, #1674
2015 Collings A (MT2-V)
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
It's all relative. Aside from the fact that they are both tuned differently.
"your posts ... very VERY opinionated ...basing your opinion/recommendations ... pot calling ...kettle... black...sarcasm...comment ...unwarranted...unnecessary...."
Congratulations! That's really the great thing about the used instrument market. People who need/want the instrument and people who need/want the money and/or space all get what they want. I got my Weber Gallatin F mandocello the same way with the same feelings.
For me, the resonance and sustain are the huge draws of the OM. That's why I've never been a GBOM fan.Originally Posted by foldedpath
Agreed, although in the right hands, an OM can navigate the faster tunes, as well.Originally Posted by foldedpath
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Marcus CA "For me, the resonance and sustain are the huge draws of the OM. That's why I've never been a GBOM fan."
When I began my research for an octave size mandolin I never considered a GBOM for the same reason - just wasn't the sound I was looking for.
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” ― Albert Schweitzer
1925 Lyon & Healy Model A, #1674
2015 Collings A (MT2-V)
Marcus, that video is great! Inspirational!
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ˇpapá gordo ain’t no madre flaca!
'20 A3, '30 L-1, '97 914, 2012 Cohen A5, 2012 Muth A5, '14 OM28A
Apparently, there's light at the end of that particular tunnel, and more important, there is an end, not just an exit. After almost 20 years, I've given up finding an OM that sounds better than the one I already have. Thank you Mr Bucknall, MBE.
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