View Full Version : Archtop vs Bowlback vs Flattop mandolin sound comparison
I put together this video showing the sound comparison; I was frustrated by a lot of similar videos where the person will talk at length between each type so you forget the sound and that I'd give it a go myself. My mandolins are all fairly low end, I used my Strad-o-lin archtop, unknown maker bowlback, and my Soviet-era Russian Lunacharsky flattop. The actual playing starts about halfway through if you don't to listen to me ramble.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAB4iMJsARI
DavidKOS
Jan-13-2018, 4:59pm
Thanks for playing the same thing on several mandolins. ;)
That's how you really hear the differences in instruments.
I'm not complaining - but I'd have liked to heard a tremolo-type Italian piece too, as a further comparison.
Thanks for playing the same thing on several mandolins. ;)
That's how you really hear the differences in instruments.
I'm not complaining - but I'd have liked to heard a tremolo-type Italian piece too, as a further comparison.
Thanks, maybe I'll make another one sometime doing that. Maybe a piece involving natural sustain as well.
LadysSolo
Jan-13-2018, 6:22pm
Nice! I feel like the sound of the mandolins is not better or worse than any other, only different - kind of how I feel about my various mandolins - none better or worse, only different. :mandosmiley: