Godin A8 amplification
I really appreciate the level of expertise in a great many areas shared on Mandolin Cafe, so here's a couple of questions for the techies. I have a Godin A8 electric mandolin -- or perhaps acoustic mandolin with electronic pickup is a better description. I've been advised not to use an electronic amplifier with my mandolin, as it might cause damage, but to use an acoustic amplifier instead. My questions are: what is the difference in amplifiers, and why is there that difference? Please answer simply, for someone who feels a sense of accomplishment when he plugs in a lamp successfully, and who thought an acoustic amplifier was a megaphone propped up in front of my mandolin.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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