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Rick Banuelos
Aug-24-2007, 4:17pm
Greg Boyd will have this mandolin on display this weekend in Pocatello, ID.
I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.
Rick Banuelos
Aug-24-2007, 4:19pm
Back
Rick Banuelos
Aug-24-2007, 4:20pm
Headstock
Rick Banuelos
Aug-24-2007, 4:21pm
Front Detail.
Rick Banuelos
Aug-24-2007, 4:23pm
More Detail...
Rick Banuelos
Aug-24-2007, 4:24pm
The Tailpiece
Rick Banuelos
Aug-24-2007, 4:25pm
Full view in quarter
billhay4
Aug-24-2007, 4:43pm
I've heard mixed reports on Port Orford as a soundboard wood. What is your impression of it if you don't mind?
Bill
fwoompf
Aug-24-2007, 5:00pm
Impressions in words are silly, how about a sound sample! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
That looks fantastic though. Man!
Rick Banuelos
Aug-24-2007, 6:02pm
One of the things I found most intriguing about POC (besides the beautiful smell of it) was its ability to sustain-- that was the most unexpected property of that top. Tonal qualities were superior; shimmering highs and barreling lows.
Still, the sustain is what I remember more than anything.
Rick Banuelos
Aug-24-2007, 6:06pm
Impressions in words are silly, how about a sound sample! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
That looks fantastic though. Man!
Sound samples are (eventually) coming; I know that Chad in Missoula has the ability to record it. I don't quite yet, but with a microphone and a mixer, I can be dangerous. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif
Chip Booth
Aug-26-2007, 8:03pm
I played this mandolin today, and I found the sound to be effectively the same as spruce. #It had a nice "pop" to the attack, which started to become more noticable as I played it for a while. #Volume was good, and it had that ringing clarity I look for in a nice mandolin. #It is still young but I suspect it will develop into a very nice instrument. This is another example of Weber raising their own level of quality, in my opinion.
Chip
swinginmandolins
Sep-08-2007, 11:57am
Greg Boyd now has soundclips ups of the Elite.