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Love it... a winner to be sure... but the Nugget TP doesn't do it for me. They should go with their engraved James TP. Who wants to rub up against exposed string loops?
2018 Kentucky KM-950, 2017 Ellis A5 Deluxe
That design is not at all attractive to me. The sound hole placement is hideous!
Shaun Garrity
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That 15th fret neck join plays havoc with the bridge placement when you're used to the old Gibsons, and the soundhole (I assume) is moved to accomodate for that, and given NF's focus on creating a specific sound, I assume it got there by putting it in a lot of other places first. I'll go with "different" on that look
2018 Kentucky KM-950, 2017 Ellis A5 Deluxe
2010 Heiden A5, 2020 Pomeroy oval A, 2013 Kentucky KM1000 F5, 2012 Girouard A Mandola w ff holes, 2001 Old Wave A oval octave
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I think it looks pretty good. I bet it looks more "normal" from the players position, since you'll be looking down at the gap between the top and elevated fretboard.
The nugget tailpiece is pretty slick functionally - I have one on my Octolindo OM. I guess it would be a negative if you stick your arm right on top of the tailpiece.
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What kind of bracing does it have? X-braced?
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
Lateral brace.
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Tailpiece aside, who knows…it might sound incredible and isn’t that what it’s all about?
Cheers.
I’m curious to learn if there is demand for a new $4,000 oval in today’s mandolin market.
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
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2009 Passernig A5
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2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
I'm very interested to hear how this mandolin sounds.
The recent batch of Kimble oval hole mandolins sold like hot cakes. Last week a Gilchrist oval hole sold for (if I remember correctly) $8000 after being listed for only a day or so. I also believe builders are increasingly experimenting with construction techniques for oval instruments and as a result we're getting better and more diverse sounding oval hole mandolins.
It also helps that players like Compton, Reischman, and Marlin are starting to play these instruments more regularly.
The Northfield oval is in the same price range as the Collings oval mandolin, it would be interesting to play both side by side.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
NPA, I'll pass.
Me, too. So far, there don't seem to be any demo videos of it yet. I expect that they'll be out soon, though. The one that Northfield put out for its f-hole counterpart a few months ago sounded pretty good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yVa-D0QbKg
Also, I'm confused by the name of the model. I thought that mandos with oval-holes were A4 or F4 and mandos with f-holes were A5 or F5.
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