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G. Fisher
Jan-17-2007, 11:52pm
Here is a video sound clip of the Lloyd A5. This mandolin plays easy and sounds great. I hope to add one to my mando family.
Lloyd A5 clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39xl8yxNNGs)
Lane Pryce
Jan-18-2007, 7:17am
Thanks Greg!!! Sounds really good on my end. Nice job Hans. Lp
K3NTUCKI8oy
Jan-18-2007, 8:59am
Sounds just like the loar a I played at namm, but lordy what was you trying to play?
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mandopete
Jan-18-2007, 9:35am
Man, that sounds sweet!
Sounds just like the loar a I played at namm, but lordy what was you trying to play?
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I'm pretty sure it's called a mandolin. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
G_Smolt
Jan-18-2007, 2:40pm
I like it.
First time I've heard "Wheel Hoss" strung together with "Blackberry Blossom", but it sounds nice, G.
Strong work, Hans.
Steve Cantrell
Jan-18-2007, 6:25pm
Nice picking, Greg. That A5 has the tone.
K3NTUCKI8oy
Jan-18-2007, 8:49pm
Sounds just like the loar a I played at namm, but lordy what was you trying to play?
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I'm pretty sure it's called a mandolin. # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
i knew it was something like wheel hoss and blackberry blossom
My thanks to Greg for recording and posting the clip. I had my doubts about doing this, as I figured the quality would be about like listening to someone playing over the telephone. I was surprised that you can actually hear some of the throatiness of the instrument.
I am as surprised by the evolving tone of the instrument. Seems as though it's entering a meaner stage as the original resonance and airiness are being replaced with more of the F5 kind of resonance. I did not expect it to go in that direction. Wish I could hurry it into that "hollow log" stage, but I think that will take several months of heavy playing. Very interesting to follow the Lloyds' break-ins. I just now have F5 #2 sounding the way I think it should for initial break-in, and it's taken about 10 months.
Chip Booth
Jan-19-2007, 10:37am
Greg has his shirt on and you can see his face! Looks like good work Hans. Good pickin' Greg, hope to see you at Wintergrass again this year (you were nice enough to let me play your Eclipse and your new Brock at Boyd's last year).
Chip
Flowerpot
Jan-19-2007, 11:03am
It sounds great, a lot of depth for such a new mandolin. Very cool sounding.
I always get a kick out of Hans' descriptions of sound -- something sounding "mean", or as I've heard him say before, "hairy." And yes, "hollow log" takes a good year to get there.
Now my Brentrups are entering a new stage -- sleep -- and will not wake up until I can get this darned shoulder feeling better (broken collar bones are not great for pickin). I can only play for 10 minutes or so (if that) per day, and the mandos are sounding neglected. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif
SternART
Jan-19-2007, 11:31am
How'd you do THAT Flowerpot?
Don't overdo the pickin' now!
The mandos will still be there.....
Mark Walker
Jan-20-2007, 10:27am
I can't say for sure what's going on - I've got high-speed Internet, but only about 5 seconds of that video clip plays, then it flickers and says 'Share' and 'Watch again.'
Anyway, from the only few measures of Wheel Hoss (I THINK that's the beginning of the first tune) I hear, it sounds great! #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Had the opportunity to play the A5 and two F models at SuperGrass last weekend, before one of the F models sold. The person who bought it was comparing Hans' F to his Gibson, which was either a Loar or a MM or a DMM (I couldn't tell). Personally, I liked Hans' best, standing a few feet in front of them both as they were played back and forth. Hans' F Lloyd was fuller and richer in tone and had more volume, at least to my ear.
Lane Pryce
Feb-06-2007, 5:15pm
Did the Lloyd A5 sell? It really is an impressive sounding "new" mandolin. Lp
JAK, that Gibson was Charlie Derrigton's old July 9 Loar. I got real personal with that one as a friend of mine owned it for several years. JLP, the A5 isn't for sale at this point.
hanknc
Feb-07-2007, 4:48pm
"I had my doubts about doing this, as I figured the quality would be about like listening to someone playing over the telephone."
FWIW I think that that Brentrup is one killer mando.
It is funny, though, that we don't have any "sounds thin to me" or "sounds tinny" comments.
Nice axe, Hans.
pjlama
Mar-05-2007, 1:46pm
What is the neck like? Shape-wise I mean.