Soares'y Guitars octave mandolin

[auburnlynch]

I realize that this is a long shot, but does anyone have any experience with Soares'y Guitars' electric octave mandolins? If so, and you could give me your thoughts, I would appreciate it. Thanks. Mike

[Simon DS]

https://reverb.com/item/62193102-soa...2022-tv-yellow

That the one?

[tmsweeney]

My Eastwood electric is a 23' and it is stretchy at times for me, I have it tuned GDAE.
That Soares'y looks similar to the Eastwood but the bridge looks more like a regular mandolin, the Eastwood is more of Telecaster type bridge
The Eastwood is semi hollow body and I'm not sure about the difference in electronics.
The Soares'y looks like a solid body. Seems decent enough and the price is reasonable.

[auburnlynch]

Yep, Simon DS, the one in Reverb is the one. I need (okay, "need" might be a little strong -- would like) an octave mandolin. I have played a number of much more expensive ones, but haven't found one I like. Although I am sure that there are very good ones out there, I was thinking of taking a chance with this Soares'y. However, recognizing that it was unlikely -- from what I can tell, the shop is small and does not make a lot of octave mandolins, although it definitely makes some -- I thought that I would check to see if anyone had any experience with the builder.

And thanks for your thoughts about your Eastwood, tmsweeney. I recently bought an Eastwood regular mandolin. The voice is okay, but I am not pleased so far with the tuners. However, I just got it and may not have given the strings time to stretch (although it sounds like you may be having a similar problem).

At any rate, thanks for the thoughts.

[tmsweeney]

I would say the stings have a "slinky" feel, I haven't changed them since I bought it though, haven't had a problem with the tuners as of yet.

[Kenny]

My Eastwood electric is a 23' and it is stretchy at times for me, I have it tuned GDAE.
That Soares'y looks similar to the Eastwood but the bridge looks more like a regular mandolin, the Eastwood is more of Telecaster type bridge
The Eastwood is semi hollow body and I'm not sure about the difference in electronics.
The Soares'y looks like a solid body. Seems decent enough and the price is reasonable.

A 23-foot scale would be a stretch even for most octopus! Talk about neck dive!

Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident has played a range of electric mandolins with many of them being octave mandos. He’s been discussed around her so a search would be productive. I’ve no idea if he ever played a Soares’y, though he may well have tried one at least.

[urobouros]

I haven't played a Soares'y though have been interested in them as well. I have an Eastwood Delta 4 with the same scale length, which I like but have to change chord voicings. I think the shorter scale lengths in the 18-20" range are a more ideal but that's more of a personal preference. I'd like to try one but not enough to buy one

[tmsweeney]

Holy smokes somebody read my post!

[auburnlynch]

Sorry -- I was slow on the uptake as to what you meant by "stretchy" -- in the context of the sentence, it should have been absolutely clear to me. Thanks to Kenny and urobouros for weighing in.