Hello all,
I'm currently playing a Weber Gallatin but my playing is developing rapidly enough that I'm beginning to outgrow it. I play a wide variety of genres so I'm facing a dilemma when thinking about what my next mando will be. I've done a ridiculous amount of research, probably more than 100 hours all told, musing the cafe and other sites across the internet and going to the closest reasonably-sized music store (TME in Boston). At TME I played the Mowry and it's a stellar bluegrass mando, and if I were only playing bluegrass I would buy that in an instant... but I'm not. I also play jazz. Jazz and bluegrass are my two main genres, but they each beg for very different tones. With jazz I'm looking for a warm tone, whereas with bluegrass I'm looking for a sharp, direct, high lonesome sound. My teacher has an old Gibson A-4 that has a great warm, round, tone, and I would totally look for something that replicates that if I were only playing jazz... but I'm not. You see the issue. An idea that I've tossed around is purchasing one mando for bluegrass and one mando for jazz. Would that make sense? Basically, if you were in my position, what would you do?
Thanks for your undoubtedly wise words.
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