View Full Version : A vrs F
Rick Schmidlin
Jun-08-2004, 7:46pm
I love the sound of Jim and Jesse, I also love Monroe and Grisman. F is the one I also see Ricky and Ronny and other favorites play. But the way cool sound of the hillbilly McReynolds is on par. Is F cosmetic hype? Is A truer sound and more bang fer da buck.
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Rick Schmidlin
uh oh here we go again http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Clyde Clevenger
Jun-08-2004, 8:15pm
Yes, No, Maybe, It Depends. There are those that would fight and die for one side or the other. Seems kind of stupid to me. I have both, like them both.
crawdad
Jun-08-2004, 9:36pm
It all boils down to which A? Which F? Take the same wood (theoretically) graduate the tops and back the same way--F holes in both tops--same neck joint at the same fret--make an F and an A, and I'd wager that they'd sound about the same. The F ornamentation is cosmetic and has little effect on the tone of the instrument. The F model sure is beatiful though!
fatt-dad
Jun-09-2004, 5:20am
Go with crawdad - I think he's got it right. Then again, I've only played them and am not a builder.
fatt-dad