Re: Epiphone Mandobird IV Amplification
Welcome back to the game, Mercury. It's always great to see other Aussies around the cafe.
Being a magnetic pickup you're not going to achieve a true acoustic sound, but they do sound pleasing in a nice clean amp. I personally run mine (an VIII) into electric amp, and use a variety of drive, delay, poly octave effects etc. Tons of fun.
I will warn you now that along with the purchase of another acoustic mandolin, you will probably get to the point where you're ready to upgrade electronics etc. Plenty of info here on doing this, make a coffee, do a search (pretty easy to do) there are dozens of threads on the subject, be sure to shout if you need help or advise.
Keep us posted on how you go with your endeavor , and have fun along your way.
Hereby & forthwith, any instrument with an odd number of strings shall be considered broken. With regard to mix levels, usually the best approach is treating the mandolin the same as a cowbell.
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