Re: Public service anouncement
Different mandolins (mandolas, OM's, mandocelli) sound, well, different. They also look different, feel different, cost different, etc. etc. They can also serve different purposes in different bands, for different kinds of music. and so forth.
So it's not inherently irrational to have a bluegrass mandolin, a Celtic mandolin, a blues mandolin with a resonator, a bowl-back for when you do historical programs, an octave for playing rhythm in a band or to accompany your vocals... Of course, you can carry this to extremes (as I have), but I think trying to lay down a strict demarcation between "want" and "need" fails to take individual circumstances into account.
Don't criticize another mandolinist, until you've walked a mile in his/her shoes. Then you can criticize all you want; you'll have a mile head start, and the mandolinist will be barefoot...
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
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