What is the significance of the two point mandolin?

[darylcrisp]

is it just a style/shape difference or is there a sound difference?
i think they look really cool-fwiw

thanks
daryl

[Magnus Geijer]

Any change in the wood will make a change in tone, but the shape in itself shouldn't have a noticeable impact. The below two were made very similarly, from very similar wood, with the shape being the only real difference, and they sound very similar.

/Magnus

[John Soper]

It's all in the eye of the beholder :-)

[Scotti Adams]

Looks

[Douglas McMullin]

Just like the points and scroll on an F, the two points are primarily for looks.

[barney 59]

Jethro played one.

[mrmando]

If you can get it in the basket from beyond 23 feet, 9 inches, it's a 3-point mandolin.

[Toycona]

I find them visually striking. Here's a photo of my new hatchet...
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=67526

[John Soper]

Toycona: Nice!

[Toycona]

It's a keeper, for sure. You can check out other picures and a couple of sound files in lotsa other places on the cafe (overkill on my part), but I'm very happy with it. Easy playing, nice, ringing tone, and beautiful to look at. Jonathan Mann is just that...the mann.

[darylcrisp]

Toycona: Nice!

i second that-very cool looking mandolin!

what is the top wood and the back/sides(post more pictures if you don't mind)

daryl

oh, and thanks folks for the replies

[Ed Goist]

That Mann 2-Pointer is a real beauty...Sounds good too!

[Toycona]

Here's the link to the other 2 Pointer forum. The pictures are there, along with dozens of other killer instruments.

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?66939-2-Point-Mandolins

My 2 point 'love at first strum' moment was at the Healdsburg Guitar festival 2 years ago when I met Austin Clark and got to noodle fora few minutes on a sweet looking/sounding two pointer. If I could have afforded it then, I would have it with me now. I've since come to my senses and realized that there are a ton of great (and more affordable) luthiers out there. I stumbled upon Jonathan Mann in December when he was advertising a 2 point black top. I knew I had the right guy. Though he had sold the black top to someone else, he had 2 others in the pipeline, so I committed to this one - curly maple back and sides with a maple "neck through" design (check out his website for other great photos of all of his instruments with this feature). Mine also has a red spruce top and cocobolo fretboard/peghead. the points are also capped in cocobolo, a very nice detail. Antique honey/amber finish to the top with a matte finish elsewhere.