I've been backing a friend in recent rehearsals for a performance that occurred last night. I play a little guitar (he can handle that for himself mostly), some regular mando, and some electric mando. On the tunes where I get to play electric, I've been really loving the freedom to wail away like I always wanted to do as kid playing electric guitar.
So last night we gigged and I got a chance to be a rock n' roll hot shot. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/...cons/smile.gif
I ran my 'dola tuned Mandobird through a Boss overdrive pedal and into a Ampeg J12T. Gave myself about 40% reverb and controlled the volume of the mando with the mando's volume pot. Kind of a Santana meets Neil Young tone.
The more I get to play the 'bird, the more I like playing electric, the more I realize I really want a 5 string!
Suggestions?
Daniel