I thought I'd share some pictures on my new Campanella Due that I order from Joseph Campanella Cleary.
For the past few years I'd been feeling like my old mandolin was fighting against me and I needed an upgrade. I started looking into luthiers near me and remembered hearing of Joe in Burlington. I was able to go down to his shop and try out one of his A5s and I was really into the tone and feel, but I wasn't fully decided. I then went to TME and tried out one of his F5s from 2005 and it blew me away. I played a bunch of other great mandolins, but that one kept pulling me back in. I decided to have a Due commissioned and Joe happened to still have the same slab of red maple from that F5. We then chose to go with a red maple top and tone bars to balance out the low end of the one piece back.
A few days before Christmas, I went to pick it up and I can't keep my hands off it. It's incredibly balance all the way up the neck and plays like butter. It also has a very sweet tone and crazy sustain. In a jam it’s not as bright as some bluegrass mandolins, but it’s definitely punchy and gets everyone’s attention. I couldn't be more happy with it!
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