The last two days have been in the studio and two instruments really stood out that I might not have expected: the Nyberg large body short neck mandola was awesome. Tone was clean and round. Perfect for the Irish tunes I had written. Second was the Mowry guitar shaped octave mandolin. Played a very slow waltz that memorialized my wonderful father in law. The sustain and tone was off the charts. The walnut sound just fit. I have to say, at this point those two out performed the Ellis and Hester, to my great surprise. This is not an indication of how the Ellis and Hester sounded, but more to the tone of those two instruments.
In an unrelated comment from the studio, I noticed that playing bass in our church's Praise Band has influenced by playing especially on slow tunes. My fingers are remaining longer on the fret board making the transition from note to note smoother. Did not change the timing, just the smoothness of note transition. Very cool.
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