Adam Buchwald of Circle Strings sent photos to me of his newly completed electric mandolin recently. Today I went to meet it and took a test drive.
Typical of Adam’s work, it is exceptionally beautiful and graceful. The body design incorporates a number of elements that result in a showstopper of a mandolin. The headstock is simply gorgeous. He’s awaiting ebony knobs for the volume and tone pots, but it is otherwise complete.
Because the body is chambered, it has more of an acoustic voice than my solid body EM’s. Plugged in, it sounds fabulous: rich, full bodied, very responsive....just like a big, bold mandolin as opposed to a high-strung guitar.
All I can say in summary is Congratulations, Adam! What a great mandolin!
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