Bren
Nov-01-2004, 2:18pm
I have read some of the posts about Thomastiks with interest.
I saw some in a shop one day and took the plunge. It was Mick Lewis' shop in Melbourne, and he had a set for AUD$45. They are "mittels". Lewis jnr said he keeps them for the local mandolin orchestra.
I stuck them on my Donmo resophonic mandolin. I was wondering if their sweetness would modify the Donmo's slight clanginess.
The tone was fantastic - just as I hoped.
But .... it doesn't seem to "cut through" in pub sessions like the old J74s and J67s did. And sometimes in a loud session I feel like I'm clawing at elastic bands.
But .... the sound in a small room or private session has a quality to make strong women swoon ("just as I hoped" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif ). People would approach, lured by the sound, and expecting some beautiful wood instrument - and the dynamic range seemed greater than I could get with J67s (gotta admit I went with nickel wound for the look to some degree) .
But ... more often I am in a noisy session.
The question is: would "stark" TIs give me the extra volume and solid response I require in a loud situation? (That I used to get from the D'addios)
Some of the other threads suggest not.
Anyone here used TIs with a resophonic mando?
Waddya reckon?
I saw some in a shop one day and took the plunge. It was Mick Lewis' shop in Melbourne, and he had a set for AUD$45. They are "mittels". Lewis jnr said he keeps them for the local mandolin orchestra.
I stuck them on my Donmo resophonic mandolin. I was wondering if their sweetness would modify the Donmo's slight clanginess.
The tone was fantastic - just as I hoped.
But .... it doesn't seem to "cut through" in pub sessions like the old J74s and J67s did. And sometimes in a loud session I feel like I'm clawing at elastic bands.
But .... the sound in a small room or private session has a quality to make strong women swoon ("just as I hoped" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif ). People would approach, lured by the sound, and expecting some beautiful wood instrument - and the dynamic range seemed greater than I could get with J67s (gotta admit I went with nickel wound for the look to some degree) .
But ... more often I am in a noisy session.
The question is: would "stark" TIs give me the extra volume and solid response I require in a loud situation? (That I used to get from the D'addios)
Some of the other threads suggest not.
Anyone here used TIs with a resophonic mando?
Waddya reckon?