I'm with Simon -- this is an AI-generated article. The misinformation is too specific to be explained by ignorance and is the sort of superficially-plausible nonsense that comes out of AI bots.
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I'm with Simon -- this is an AI-generated article. The misinformation is too specific to be explained by ignorance and is the sort of superficially-plausible nonsense that comes out of AI bots.
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I hadn't intended to give that article this much effort, but referencing the article's own bullet points:
1. Four Beethoven works for mandolin and keyboard have survived, but none of the works he...
It's written, or half-written by AI. :(
I have plenty of bowlbacks due to my self inflicted research project a decade or so, wanting to separate the wheat from the chaff, the jewels from the junk. I have never noticed overall that...
I think in the modern era, many of us who are mandolin enthusiasts have an idea of "what a mandolin should sound like." Much of this is due to the Gibson Company, who defined the sound and turned...
I've never had access issues on any bowlback.
As for wide fingerboards, all the better!
Many Roman style bowlbacks have a narrow fingerboard.
It takes time to get used to the rounded...
i always remove tapered end pins when shipping instruments. they can become a splitting wedge upon an impact.
That is so common with those old Gibsons that I have a dedicated jig for aligning them.
Thanks, Bob.
I don't own an Embergher, but have played a few from the 00's era.
What you say about your Pecoraro confirms my outsider's opinion.
The craftwork and detailing on the Pecoraro's I've...
Yesterday afternoon my wife, Lee, and I drove to nearby Providence RI to visit the gravesite of the great Golden Age mandolinist, Giuseppe Pettine (1874-1966). The grave, shown below, is located in...
I would like to suggest that a Lyon & Healy style B or C should scratch any classical itch you may have. In the meantime, play it on your Eastman oval.
Len B.
Clearwater, FL
If I recall it's an Aero Ukulele.
https://ukulelemagazine.com/stories/great-ukes-flying-high-with-the-lindbergh-inspired-aero-ukulele
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I’ll give you the same advice I gave my wife when she started learning guitar: buy the best instrument you can afford. Often people think they should buy a cheaper instrument to start on but that...
Here's a shot of one of my DeMeglios, fwiw.
I use the Dogal Calace dolce strings on it.
It has the brass saddle to go with the brass zero fret.
It's a pleasure.
Mick
Very good description, Bob!
As an architect, I enjoy the structural / construction focus of your simple and clear explanation.
I think we see this cross top curvature more distinctly on good...
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that perhaps the best overall, comprehensive, if rambling, resource on bowlback mandolins is the "Bowlbacks of Note" thread right here at the Mandolin Cafe.
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You distinguish between "European" and "American" approaches.
We could ask wether Europeans and Americans playing the same music (a Bach piece, "Fisher´s Hornpipe" or "Gold Rush") use a different...
Good point; I'm a retired choral musician and I get annoyed with people talking about "African music" as if there's no difference between a cappella Zulu isychatamiya and township jive or Malian jazz...
Good points! There were mandolin traditions in the Ukraine and other Eastern European countries that have their own traditions and style. I've also seen Turkish mandolin method books.
Lots of very different countries in Europe, so the main premise, USA/Europe is difficult to comprehend. People from some of the smaller countries that are more distant from France and Italy may feel...
Thank you both for the interesting posts; even though I am an American, I play in a much more European style, and don't own any Gibson-style instruments, so this is a long-time topic of personal...
Bob, I wonder if you are referring to Queen Margherita, who apparently not only played mandolin but promoted its music in the 1890s.
And got a pizza named after her along the way.
Mick
I pretty much agree with this. Traditional music, with some exceptions, is likely not a lot more alive than it is in the US. Here where anything that has a banjo in it is called bluegrass, nobody...
GChris: I honestly do not think that anyone can tell you if you would actually be happier buying a 1920 F-4. First, we don't know how depressed or happy you are right now. In fact most of us don't...
It's not a bother at all!
First, there is more than one way to choose, hold and use a mandolin pick. I can only speak for what works for me; those coming from, say, the German classical school of...