Flat top mandolin by Edward Maday

[Groooooove]

i'm a bass player, and my bass was made by ed in 2020.

I was so in love with my bass i ordered a flat top mandolin from him. i'm not claiming to be much of a mandolin player, but i love this little thing so much. it is currently strung with thomastik flatwound strings. I use it often for little arrangements where i need a treble clef register and a bass just can't do it.

here's a recent video using it to replace part of a piano part:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu6YUFBA5cQ

and again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGwf8gGT3Zs

some bach:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yA7KnDgv7fk

and more bach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4KXY5u3bmc


as you can see, i use it a lot. i just love how unique it sounds. at one point i considered a archted top, or F style mandlin, but i really see no need. very different voice, but i like this one just how it is.

just felt like sharing.

[Bruce Clausen]

i'm not claiming to be much of a mandolin player, but i love this little thing so much.

Sounds to me like very fine playing on all four instruments in the videos. Good music and good arrangements too, and a nice mandolin sound. (I'm another flat-top man.)

Thanks for posting! I hope we'll be hearing more from you.

[j. condino]

Ed is an exceptional double bass builder; I'm sure the same level of craft and care went into your mandolin.

Did he also build your viola de gamba?