FIRST Octave on the way! Pono MND-20C

[Dylan Hatch]

You guessed it, tax return time! My incredible wife suggested we might turn that into an octave mandolin, and I was off to the races :)

After a fair amount of research, and then a recommendation from a trusted and knowledgeable friend, and then a fair amount more research and general twitchiness, I decided on: https://themandolinstore.com/product/pono-mndc-20-octave-gloss-mahogany/

They are installing a pickup tomorrow and shipping it off to me, and I will now spend a couple days pretending to focus on anything other than refreshing the tracking information. And the listing page. And a couple youtube videos of folks playing a similar instrument. And back to the tracking information.

So, while I twitch and wait:
- Anybody playing one of these lovely Pono octaves, and willing to add your 2 cents on the experience?
- Anybody have recommendations for an intermediate mandolin player, getting an octave mandolin for the first time, for instructional and tune resources?

[Dylan Hatch]

All righty. Being inspired by many brave folks on these forums, I am sharing a video of me showing and playing my new octave mandolin a bit, even though it feels quite awkward.

Short version? It will take some time to get comfortable on an octave mandolin, but I am going to spend a LOT of time working on it, partially because I got such a lovely instrument. Pono octave mando = good stuff.

Da Vid: https://youtu.be/f-Vyzy9WILY

[Dylan Hatch]

I tried to post that video using the forum video imbed tool, but it didn't show up (when I pasted that same share link into the tool which I ended up just using raw in the edited post).
Any ideas on what I was doing wrong?

[bigskygirl]

Congrats! I have an OM that spends far too much time on the stand. Have fun!

[tmsweeney]

very cool - sounds great, I have been picking my octave up more these days.

[Dylan Hatch]

Thanks - I'm VERY excited!

[WoodyCTA102]

Sounds very good, nice and deep with good sustain. I’ve had a couple, and pretty much make up tunes, chords, and drone all night long. My current Octave is really a Bouzouki, that I’m tuning ADAD right now. Enjoy that monster.

[pheffernan]

I tried to post that video using the forum video imbed tool, but it didn't show up (when I pasted that same share link into the tool which I ended up just using raw in the edited post).
Any ideas on what I was doing wrong?

Hit “Go Advanced” and use the red YouTube icon.

https://youtu.be/f-Vyzy9WILY

[Dylan Hatch]

https://youtu.be/f-Vyzy9WILY

Theeeere we go. Thanks pheffernan!

[Dylan Hatch]

https://youtu.be/hXGAZgFBFzc

All righty, I'm ~5 days in on my octave mando adventure, and here's some progress on a tune. Still rough and slow, and I can't remember the name of the tune for the life of me, but the progress is palpable and I am loving this instrument!

[Dylan Hatch]

Y'know pheffernan, I thought your advice on imbedding vids was the silver bullet for me, but I always get an error showing when I try to view the video that _looks_ like it imbedded so smoothly this way! Have you ever run into that?

"An error occurred. Please try again later." ..highly informative error messaging ;)

[DougC]

Advanced, red youtube icon, paste link, REMOVE EVERYTHING BEFORE THE SLASH/ , enter, preview post. Submit Reply

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[Dylan Hatch]

/hXGAZgFBFzc

YASSSS - thank you Doug! Latest (second) vid (from post a couple up on this thread), this time properly posted!!!

[Lord of the Badgers]

Sweet sounding instrument and nice playing :)