anyone know of an Oval Hole with the long neck like an A5?
I'm thinking of either a mandolin or mandola.
Any info would be great.
anyone know of an Oval Hole with the long neck like an A5?
I'm thinking of either a mandolin or mandola.
Any info would be great.
Do you mean a neck that joins that body at a higher fret (e.g. 14th) rather than lower (e.g. 10th)?
Or do you mean actually longer scale?
Karen Escovitz
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Otter OM #1
Brian Dean OM #32
Old Wave Mandola #372
Phoenix Neoclassical #256
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If you're gonna walk on thin ice, you might as well dance!
A quick check thru Eyecandy links (in case you havent visited that part of the site) shows Breedlove for, example, makes some, #12 is off the body, over the Neck-heel.
writing about music
is like dancing,
about architecture
Yes, I was going to offer Breedlove as an example... and something I really like about them...
Karen Escovitz
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Otter OM #1
Brian Dean OM #32
Old Wave Mandola #372
Phoenix Neoclassical #256
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If you're gonna walk on thin ice, you might as well dance!
Here's a long neck Brentrup oval. Kinda sounds half-way between an A5 and a traditional oval. Doesn't pop and sizzle so much, but it has nice projection and a deeper tone.
Wye Knot
The bridge will be closer to the soundhole if the standard scale is preserved. I've heard it said that this is undesirable ... but please take that with a grain (or a box) of salt. If it didn't sound good, Hans B. wouldn't sell it.
I've owned a few of these, a Woodley, and now my Smart. They do have a sound of their own, but from my experience the highs are definitely still sweet like an oval hole, bass strings are maybe in-between an A & an F.
I like the accessability of up the neck playing, but IMO there are some trade offs. Definitely a hybrid.
SternART,
Nice mandolin! Is that a keyed hinged tailpiece?
Jim
Old Hometown, Cabin Fever String Band
thanks for the info.
the more i think about it the more i might just get an A5 with F Holes. My Teens Gibson A oval hole really sounds killer so i will just learn to live with the shorter neck. it's not so much a problem as is the thickning of the neck at the joint but Andy Statman told me he got his shaved down a bit and gave me the number of his guy.
so since my F hole isn't as impressive i should really just get one of those.
but that hybrid is wonderful!!!!
Hey Jim...it is a Gil tailpiece, w/o the engraving. I've since swapped it out for a suspended ebony tailpiece made by luthier Neil Dean in VT. I don't have a photo of it with the new tailpiece, but I used them on a mando/dola pair that Lawrence Smart built & liked the result, so Neil was kind enough to make another one & I retrofitted the oval hole Smart.
There wa a previous discussion on these ebony tailpieces on the Cafe & I saw where Neil was making them. Similar to archtop guitar tailpieces, or as Monteleone uses on his Radio Flyers. Kinda violin-like. This photo shows the tailpieces.
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