Tone being subjective, but I think that the Crump has a bell like tone. Lots of sustain and beatutiful harmonics like you get from a great flattop guitar. The Nyberg has a lot of punch and clarity. More fundimentals but still a lot of warmth.
The Crump is a flat top with rosewood back and sides and the Nyberg is a carved top with koa back and sides. I was hoping that these woods and construction types would yield these different tones. Happily it worked out right.
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Bill
IM(NS)HO
Here's my mandola. "Starter" from Thomman, but has to my ears at least a nice tone.
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Mike is a pretty good picker. Here's him playing my octave right after its completion:
1918 Gibson F4
2016 Northfield NF-5S
2017 Black Guitar Bodied Octave Mandolin #42
The challenge is that Mike has only completed a handful of GBOM's, six by my count although there might be others. I tried to fold a number of sound samples into this thread over at the Social Group: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/g...126&do=discuss
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
It may be plain but it's tasty.
Attachment 158114Attachment 158115 Here is the head stock and top of the padauk model. I out a 9th string on with a Scruggs tuner. I can go from D to F# with that drone string. the bridge is a moustache bridge braced with a Fan. Great sustain.
Today, UPS delivered my new Pono Octave Mandolin.
I got it from Fiddler's Green Music Shop. (I ordered it by phone and they shipped it to me here in Florida)
http://www.fiddlersgreenmusicshop.co...ctave-mandolin
It has such a wonderful deep sound. I have a Blueridge tenor guitar BR-40TCE http://www.sagamusic.com/products/pr...?item=BR-40TCE
My tenor guitar has a nice sound but the Pono OM has this deep sound and lound sustain.
The Pono sounds so wonderful that I know it will encourage me to practice more. I got the rosewood with natural top like in the photo in the link. Ben at Fiddler's Green was really helpful.
I bought the Blueridge through Amazon and the Amazon price was much less than the list price on the Saga/Blueridge website.
I wll post again in a couple of months, after I have had more time playing and experiencing my Pono.
I do think this Octave Mandolin purchase has disappated my desire to buy a mandocello. I already have too many Tuned-Fifths instruments in my closet! It is a dangerous compulsion.
That looks beautiful Gary!
Yep should have it this week!
I've just insulated and soundproofed an old attic room above my garage to move everything noisy into; more for my peace and quiet than anyone else's. The illuminated banana came from an old antique shop and makes a nice wall feature. I can sit here and play to my heart's content but the intention is to get recording equipment up here and start to record a few things again. 'SHE' says I've too many instruments, but that's not right... some of them aren't even in the photo, and the guitars are all behind the camera...
"Danger! Do Not Touch!" must be one of the scariest things to read in Braille....
My name is Rob, and I am Lord of All Badgers
Tenor Guitars: Acoustic: Mcilroy ASP10T, ‘59 Martin 0-18t. Electric: ‘57 Gibson ETG-150, ‘80s Manson Kestrel
Mandolins: Davidson f5, A5 "Badgerlin".
Bouzouki: Paul Shippey Axe
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P.W. Crump OM III I was lucky enough to purchase the other week. I can't stop playing it. Well, that's not true, I do stop as I work the left hand into shape. As I plan on keeping this for life, I don't want to end up with hand issues. The sustain on this thing!
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P.W. Crump OM-III
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