Re: Buying a Mandola For Church?
Mandela can be a nice compromise between mandolin and octave mandolin. It works well for vocal accompaniment, since it plays more in a voice-friendly range than the mandolin does, but doesn't end up getting overwhelmed by guitar.
I've been playing my 1920's Stahl recently, more than I play other mandolins in my collection. I'd also consider perhaps trying one of the flat-top, oval-hole instruments. I had an Eastman MDA615 for a while, but didn't care for the f-hole "choppy" sound, as much as I enjoy the oval-hole timbre. All of my mandolas (Sobell, Stahl, Washburn bowl-back) are oval-holes now.
Allen Hopkins
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Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
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Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
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