Re: Buying a mandolin ONLY 'cause you like its looks
Originally Posted by
mbruno
Generally speaking - if you own an F style mandolin, you've bought something for looks more than sound since the scroll does nothing but look nice and drain the wallet a little more
Perhaps it's just my ear or something psychological but f-style mandolins seem to have a little more of a "bark" and the A style a little more mellow sound, for lack of a better term. What do I know? I thought manual labor was a Mexican obstetrician.
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
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