Butch Baldassari's mandolin??????

[bbaker2050]

What mandolin is Butch Baldassari playing on his "Appalachian Mandolin and Dulcimer" album? Thanks.....love the sound of that mandolin!!!

[AlanN]

What mandolin is Butch Baldassari playing on his "Appalachian Mandolin and Dulcimer" album? Thanks.....love the sound of that mandolin!!!

Well, Butch had and used both a Nugget and a '25 Gibson F-5 for recording, so likely one of them bad boys. He got great tone out of any mandolin he played.

[JeffD]

I think it was the '25 F5.

[Skip Kelley]

If I'm correct, the liner notes have which mandolins were used for each song. I'll have to check.

[sgarrity]

The instruments on that one are listed in the liner notes but I'll be damned if I can find my copy. There were some alternate tunings used on that recording too. I seem to remember the Nugget, a Sobell octave, and maybe the '25 Gibson being used? Can anybody else locate their liner notes?

[sgarrity]

Found it!
1925 Gibson used on 1-4, 11, 12
Nugget in AEAC# on 6, 8, 9
Sobell Octave on 5, 7, 10, 13, 14

This is why I refuse to throw out all of my cds, even though they're digitized now!

[AlanN]

BB would've been proud, son...

[bbaker2050]

Thanks AlanN and Shaun! I knew somebody here would know the answer.

[AlanN]

Some Butch bromides I can share:

- (after playing my [builder x mandolin] that I had waited 4.5 years to receive): "See, this is why I don't like it..."
- (when I asked him about the 'modern' chop chord 7-2-5-3): "I hate that"

He had his prefs, that's for sure. To this day, I try to learn pickers 'Old Town' and 'Slocum Hollow' , 2 very fine tunes.

[Ivan Kelsall]

From Alan - "(after playing my [builder x mandolin] that I had waited 4.5 years to receive)",So which one would that be then Alan ?,
Ivan