They look very nice, Pete, and certainly should sound great...wonderful job!
Marcos Moletta
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They look very nice, Pete, and certainly should sound great...wonderful job!
Marcos Moletta
Thanks guys...this little guitar feels like a gibson indeed, i'm very pleased with it! Thanls for the encouraging words.
There are a couple of wrong passages, but the main phrases are there, and...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bug7C_P1ihg
I have a custom 5 string Flying V mando! It's called "VALKYRIA" and it's made by brazilian luthier FABIO BATANJ. Has 2 Dimarzio ProTracks, whammy bar, coil-splits...everything! It feels amazing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bug7C_P1ihg
Some Frank Zappa stuff on my electric Flying V "Valkyria".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bug7C_P1ihg
I'm using 10-13-26-36-52, with a 350mm scale. I can bend like 1 tone on E string, 1 and a half on the D string and 2 tones on the A string...the other 2 strings are "bendable" too, like 1 tone.
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I LOVE Allan Holdsworth, since the 80's...even have some vinyl albums of his. I can't wait to see someone tryin to do stuff like that in fifths...his chord voicings many times skips strings an gets...
Oh, i forgot to say that he builted a strat like e-mando with a strat like tremolo bridge for 5 strings...as far as i know he is the first luthier here in Brasil to built a guitarra baiana with other...
Hi guys,
I am the fella who owns the "Valkyria" guitar. And i could not be more satisfied about...Fabio Batanj did an excelent job, building the ideal guitar i imagined.
I bought the bridge - a...
I like it!
Very nice, keep up this good work with the 5 strings, post some more stuff...
All the best,
Marcos Moletta
Thanks mtucker!
All these instruments have a different name and culture here in Brasil...this kind of fiddle is called "RABECA", the electric mandolin is called "GUITARRA BAIANA"..."mandolin" is...
Thanks guys!
I will contact Fabio Batanj and, if possible, make him join the Cafe...this model is a prototype, more a custom model...i don'† know what would be the costs in dollars, this...
http://www.youtube.com/user/mmdeva?feature=mhum
There is my channel at Youtube.
I just got a new 5 string model in a Flying V shape...just wonderful! Hope you enjoy!
Marcos Moletta
I'm sorry, Tavy! The video you might have seen is the one i introduce the guitar...in portuguese! Rsrsrs...the other videos featured there are all about playing, no foreign languages! Rsrsrs.
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122312014500594&set=a.122311964500599.20242.100001653894834
My new custom Emando built by Batanj Luthier, Bahia, Brazil. Here are some videos, hope you...
Hi guys,
Here's a video of me playin gypsy on the electric mandolin (solidbody). I hope you enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16Ndy_X2e0
Cheers!