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NMD - Peter Coombe classical flattop
Wound up with this beautiful Peter Coombe mandolin this past week. Spent both yesterday and today playing it at gigs. Played and sounds like a dream. Definitely not a Gibson tone. But with the music I play, that's fine. In fact, it may be an advantage. It's a gorgeous instrument. The opal inlays are really amazing to look at. Neck is a wonderful profile and the radius fingerboard is very comfortable.
Details - it's #248 with Englemann spruce top, Australian Blackwood back, sides (and neck?), ebony fingerboard, Schaller GrandTune tuners, Australian opal inlays, Brekke flattop bridge.
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And here is a video from today. Cell phone quality with excessive wind noise, but it does show how the instrument sounds in a duo with fiddle.
https://youtu.be/UFbZLeN_a9s
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Very pretty mandolin, Eric :mandosmiley:
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Congratulations, lovely mandolin and really enjoyed that waltz as well!
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Sounds and looks great! Flatwounds?
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Congrats! Sounds Great!:mandosmiley:
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Great job on the tune and Congrats!
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Eric, I'm so pleased to see this beautiful instrument in good hands. It sounds great in the duo context. I'm sure that it will sound better and better as time passes.
John G.
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Chuck Leyda
Sounds and looks great! Flatwounds?
Yes, TI Mittel. Surprised the amount of sound they put out. Only have used stark in the past.
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Very impressed by the sound with TI Mittels. Congrats and enjoy!
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Looks and sounds great! Too bad about the wind.
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Fabulous! Congratulations to you. Peter sure makes a fine instrument.
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Very nice, Eric and so nice to hear you both and see you in other than the postage stamp images of Zoom. Mandolin sounds great and the playing as well.
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Hi Eric, congratulations on your new mandolin. I too am a very proud owner of a Coombe flat top mandolin. Peter's choice of timber combinations, knowledge of traditional mandolin construction and natural curiosity/willingness to explore new concepts have led to this excellent mandolin design. I actually got to see yours at Peter's workshop before it made its way to you.
I absolutely love mine, it has a really wide range of tone/timbre and excellent sustain. Yours sounded as beautiful as mine and maybe even a little louder.
In your video clip, despite the phone recording and wind noise, the balance between the fiddle and mando was great. I find my flat top easily holds it own in our local session with the noisy fiddles and accordions!
Enjoy your Coombe mandolin in good health!