Brad Little
Oct-02-2009, 9:51pm
My first mandolin (Loar LH-500-VS) arrived today.Soon after tuning it up and playing a few chords, a song came to my head, one that I've known for years but rarely (if ever) played. It almost played itself on the mandolin, "Pack up your Sorrows," and I realized it's because in my head I hear the dulcimer and the mandolin is much more suited to that sound than my guitars. It's much like when I got my Guild Artist Award earlier this year and it practically demanded to be played with a swing rhythm. I guess some instruments just have their own personality that has to be honored.
Brad
PS. I'm already getting a little taste of MAS as I was looking at Bouzoukis and bowlbacks on eBay! I'm almost regretting giving away a Harmony archtop guitar that I had been telling myself would make a nice octave mandolin with a little work. :)
Brad
PS. I'm already getting a little taste of MAS as I was looking at Bouzoukis and bowlbacks on eBay! I'm almost regretting giving away a Harmony archtop guitar that I had been telling myself would make a nice octave mandolin with a little work. :)