Godin & Mid-Missouri Electric Mandos

[mandoyogi]

I'm looking at the Godin A8 and the Mid-Mo Electric 8. #The Mid-Mo is three hundred more $. #Anyone ever try either of these? #Comments?

[Bradley]

I had the godin mando....

Nice little instrument for the $$$,it does a good job,however can sound a bit thin for bluegrass.
However for a little more money the low end Rigel has a much more realistic sounding pickup that will not sound so thin.

Just my .02

[August Watters]

I haven't gotten to try the mid-mo yet, but have played the Godins -- they're great -- as long as you realize what it is: an electric instrument with acoustic-like amplified tone, without enough projection to play acoustically (except practicing alone).

I'd say the Godin is a great choice for playing with an amplified band, when you want the tone to be a lot more natural than an electric pickup-type electric mando. If you're playing in a noisy environment like a bar gig, this is a cheap way to get reasonable acoustic mandolin tone with good control over the sound.

The playability is a little different than an acoustic mandolin -- more like an electric guitar, with easy action -- so you can't dig in like an acoustic mandolin.

If I was playing regular non-bluegrass bar gigs, I'd be thinking about something like this, instead of a bridge pickup.

August W

[mandroid]

I, 2nd the Godin, its pickup system :4 rmc in bridge piezos have a warm tone, topmounted: 3 band EQ and volume, active preamp.
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[Oren]

I just played another gig this evening with my Godin A8. I fall in love with the little sweetheart every time I have a chance to play it in a live setting. The vocalist/guitarist that hired me (for the second time) said she loves the natural sound of the A8, and wants me to do three more shows with her. I listened to the recording the sound man made of the show tonight, and I swear that if I heard it in some other context, I'd never know that the mandolin was an acoustic-electric recorded entirely from the pickup. What a great instrument for the money.

Oren