Nick Gellie
Mar-30-2012, 3:32pm
I am posting a photo of my Davy Stuart mandolin. While it does not have the beauty of the Gibson style mandolin, it has a character all of its own. In a way it is quite distinctive. As the mandolin cafe is a predominantly American based site about mandolins, I thought it would be a good idea to show that mandolins made in other countries have a different sound and are as good as many of the archtop mandolins built around the Gibson design.
My Davy Stuart mandolin has a spruce top with rosewood sides and back. It has a wonderful open ringing sound that you do not get with an archtop mandolin. I play Quebecois, Balkan, and Celtic music with it. It is a loud mandolin with lots of range in tone. The trebles have a pleasant ring to them and the bass strings have much more of a mellow sound. It is easy to play with a good low action with no buzzing on any of the strings. It plays well up the neck too.
The other factor is that it only cost about $1200 US and it came with a pickup inside it.
I can only recommend it if you are looking for something different in a mandolin.
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My Davy Stuart mandolin has a spruce top with rosewood sides and back. It has a wonderful open ringing sound that you do not get with an archtop mandolin. I play Quebecois, Balkan, and Celtic music with it. It is a loud mandolin with lots of range in tone. The trebles have a pleasant ring to them and the bass strings have much more of a mellow sound. It is easy to play with a good low action with no buzzing on any of the strings. It plays well up the neck too.
The other factor is that it only cost about $1200 US and it came with a pickup inside it.
I can only recommend it if you are looking for something different in a mandolin.
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