View Full Version : The new Session King mandolin?
nkforster
May-27-2019, 6:11pm
Some of you might have been following the Session King uke thread over in the "4 string/5 string" section. Long story short, one design stood out as a likley Session King Mandolin.
Here it is:
177042
Anyway, take a look at the video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPrAgXksicE
The flat top design is much quicker to make than my regular Celtic mandolins, so its a fair bit cheaper.
Enjoy!
Nigel
https://www.nkforsterguitars.com/instruments/mandolin/
soliver
May-27-2019, 11:21pm
Really love the sound of that, Nigel!
DougC
May-28-2019, 10:01am
Tenor Guitar for a name comes to mind. It is probably an octave lower than a tenor guitar, right? So, four string mandolin is accurate.
I would stay with the guitar shape, it really has some nice tone along with the loudness. And Mahogany seems to be the wood often associated with projection. IMHOP
Harley Marty
May-29-2019, 10:02am
Me being (primarily) a saxophone player & GDAE Tenor guitar player would be inclined to call it a Soprano Guitar. Then in relation to a CGDA Tenor you may refer to it as an Alto Guitar. Whatever you call it "it's a beaut"
Tom C
May-29-2019, 12:27pm
It did sound quite good but everybody would just think it's a uke being played in a funny style.
Dagger Gordon
May-29-2019, 12:33pm
It did sound quite good but everybody would just think it's a uke being played in a funny style.
That is probably true, but you could probably say much the same for a guitar-shaped zouk. People may think it's a funny guitar.
Either way, on its own terms it seems to work very well, and indeed I think Nigel may have got a winner on his hands. I think it could also work well with a pick-up in a live situation.