I am looking at some used mandos and some of the listings say "fretboard scooped." Excuse my ignorance - can someone explain that term? Thanks in advance.
I am looking at some used mandos and some of the listings say "fretboard scooped." Excuse my ignorance - can someone explain that term? Thanks in advance.
Collings MT O
Collings MF5 0
Weber Gallatin Mandola
Weber Bitterroot Mandola
Weber Sage Octave
At the end of the fingerboard, on some mandolins, over the body there is a smaller extension like a tongue called the Florida. The frets in this extension click against the pick so many opt to remove the frets and lower the area of the Florida so it eliminates the clicking of the pick seeing a this is usually the area that sounds the best when playing.
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What pops said. You get the look of a Loar F5, without the annoying pick click. That said, I personally prefer the Sam Bush method of tone enhancement...which is, to just remove the thing. That said, honestly, the click doesn’t bother me that much. Kind of like having a metronome, or a little percussive effect integrated into the music. I’d listened to Tone Poems innumerable times without being truly conscious of the click on some songs until someone mentioned it on here...drove me nuts for a while thereafter, but I got over it...
Chuck
it means you won't play those notes. Who does, but for the Classical folk?
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Sorry, realizing I overdid the “that saids” in my post. Back to my corner I go. Darryl, thanks for the pic. Worth a thousand “that saids”
Chuck
Classical and jazz and many other styles of music use these upper notes.
Scooped boards on mandolins and banjos... no sale.
If your mandolin is set up correctly,then the notes above the 12th fret should intonate correctly & give a decent note. I can't say that i've ever actually gone up as far as the extension (Florida) ,but i do play well above the 12th fret when improvising,just for the different tonal 'texture' & to begin a 'run' down,back towards the 1st position,
Ivan
Weber F-5 'Fern'.
Lebeda F-5 "Special".
Stelling Bellflower BANJO
Tokai - 'Tele-alike'.
Ellis DeLuxe "A" style.
What I meant is that my level of ability is such that I never venture beyond the 5th fret, so have no need for them! As for beyond the 12th? That's the land of dragons
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