Yep not enough space
Yep not enough space
Ibanez 70's 524, 521, 3 511's,2 512's,513,1 514,3 80s 513's, 522
J Bovier F5-T custom shop
Kiso Suzuki V900,
The Loar lm600 Cherryburst
morgan monroe mms-5wc,ovation
Michael Kelly Octave Mandolin
Emandos Northfield octave tele 4, Northfield custom jem octave mandolin 5 octave strat 8
2 Flying v 8, octave 5, Exploryer octave 8 20"
Fender mandostrat 4,3 Epip mandobird 2,4/8, Kentucky. KM300E Eastwood mandocaster
Gold Tone F6,Badaax doubleneck 8/6
I'm just playing up the neck for the first time. "Great intonation" is not a term I would use. As a first mandolin, it will work. If this was my first instrument, I would just give up and go read a book.
Didn't intend to compare Johnson with National, nor suggest that he should get a RM-1, just relaying that I don't think it's a problem for his only mandolin to be a reso. Agree the 2 brands are completely different. Ironically, I've heard some people say the newer Nationals don't sound "nasty" or "brash" enough for blues.
Chuck
Resonator Mandolins are rather heavy so for kids I'd have them play the instrument seated. Also instead of using heavier gauge strings they extended the scale length by 2 extra inches from 13 inches to 15 inches making it somewhere in between a Mandolin in a Mandola. That means I'd suggest tuning the thing down a few steps like maybe a Minor third below G, D, A, E which would be E, B, F#, C# like what the great Yank Rachell used.
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