Re: Mandola vs. Octave Mandolin
Were I to have to choose one over the other, I would pick the mandola and for many of the reasons given above. The OM is much in the same timber as a guitar. The mandola gives a different feel and approach music than the mandolin. Just for fun, I like to move tune I play on the mandolin to the mandola and keeping the same key and find a new approach to the lead. While you can often just move a lead up one string, the basic playing and feel is the same. So, I prefer to make a lead on the mandola different. I am currently ordering a second mandola from Lawrence Nyberg. I wanted to experience that "Sobell" sound in the mandola framework. I see it as a nice contrast to the Girouard mandola that I have. Both are substantially different from the mandolins I have. To me the mandola is fun.
Tony Huber
1930 Martin Style C #14783
2011 Mowry GOM
2013 Hester F4 #31
2014 Ellis F5 #322
2017 Nyberg Mandola #172
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