Had a chat with Alex Gregory today...he was surprisingly (methought) positive about the Mando-Strat. Said he played it at NAMM and found it worthwhile, particularly the jumbo frets.
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Actually there were a lot of complaints about the Fender FS-52 lap steel, ranging from the chrome fretboard that prevented you from placing the bar correctly (and reflected stage lights back into your eyes), to the pickup cover that prevented correct hand placement. The Steel Guitar Forum had several previous discussions.
I expect the Mando-Strat will fare better. I wish Fender would try again in the lap steel market, although there is this solid koa Stringmaster style Deluxe 8 shown at NAMM - price? $12,000.
Brad's Page of Steel:
http://www.well.com/~wellvis/steel.html
A website devoted to acoustic & electric steel guitars
Anyone have body width and overall length measurements for the Mando-Strat. I'm case/bag shopping while I wait for mine to arrive.
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Has anyone on here played one of these yet???
All good things come in fifths
I "played" one unplugged at NAMM.
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Apparently these are shipping...
Here's a sighting....
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They shipped to Netherlands before the US!!!
Hm. Well, the fellow who posted his Mando-Strat says he lives "in the Dutch mountains," but since there are no mountains in the Netherlands, I wouldn't make too much of that. It's probably a reference to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Dutch_Mountains
That being said, Indonesia is a former Dutch colony and the import/export process between it and the Netherlands might for that reason be quicker and less complicated than between Indonesia and the USA.
Emando.com: More than you wanted to know about electric mandolins.
Notorious: My Celtic CD--listen & buy!
Lyon & Healy • Wood • Thormahlen • Andersen • Bacorn • Yanuziello • Fender • National • Gibson • Franke • Fuchs • Aceto • Three Hungry Pit Bulls
Ahhh, I did not notice that...
Orcas Island Tonewoods
Free downloads of my mandolin CDs:
"Mandolin Graffiti"
"Mangler Of Bluegrass"
"Overhead At Darrington"
"Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
dutch mountains .. Geographically, Maastricht , in the NL SE corner,
starts getting rather Hilly..
Amstel sponsored UCI Bicycle race is held there, annually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstel_Gold_Race.
and now back to the regular musical Program..
writing about music
is like dancing,
about architecture
Dutch Mountain Music played on the Fender Emando....
I can hear it now!
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1953 modified Kay string bass named "Bambi"
Hey, look at the little electric guitar!
http://youtu.be/dYTz1WYuXQ4
What did you all think of the sound of this demo? I thought it sounded really harsh and ugly.
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Orcas Island Tonewoods
Free downloads of my mandolin CDs:
"Mandolin Graffiti"
"Mangler Of Bluegrass"
"Overhead At Darrington"
"Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
So, Bruce, did you play one at NAMM?
i havbe one on order (u.s.a.) and was told they would ship in feb. (not specific date, just feb.) - looking forward to it.....
Not through an amp, Eddie...
Just acoustically, and it felt pretty good...
But I did play a really nice late 50's Mandocaster that same weekend (through a Princeton) a lot, and it had that same midrange "honk" that I'm hearing on that Fender demo of the new Mando Strat (or whatever the hell they call it)....
Orcas Island Tonewoods
Free downloads of my mandolin CDs:
"Mandolin Graffiti"
"Mangler Of Bluegrass"
"Overhead At Darrington"
"Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
Is that the original case?
Hmmm....
Not sure about that case...
Back with you in a bit...
Orcas Island Tonewoods
Free downloads of my mandolin CDs:
"Mandolin Graffiti"
"Mangler Of Bluegrass"
"Overhead At Darrington"
"Electric Mandolin Graffiti"
Jonnathon Mann has a couple different case options with his electrics. Might want to contact him and see where he gets them.
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www.PeteMartin.info
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www.WoodAndStringsBand.com
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www.AppleValleyWranglers.net
Western Swing music
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