aka: Spencer
Silverangel Econo A #429
Soliver #001 Hand Crafted Pancake
Soliver Hand Crafted Mandolins and Mandolin Armrests
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"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage
to lose sight of the shore, ...and also a boat with no holes in it.” -anonymous
Is it wrong I love every mandolin I have seen posted here? And all the clips sound great!
My avatar is of my OldWave Oval A
Creativity is just doing something wierd and finding out others like it.
I have a couple with the torrified tops, but my favorite is the all torrified MT2v i just received. Two plus years of waiting.....definitely worth the wait.
If you told me I had to pick one A, I’d have to take the 5th. Chuck, the sound from the Birdseye version of that MT2 from a couple years ago was just electrifying.
https://youtu.be/nmhVrdMP89A
"your posts ... very VERY opinionated ...basing your opinion/recommendations ... pot calling ...kettle... black...sarcasm...comment ...unwarranted...unnecessary...."
So what happens if your favorite A model is an F?
I know people say that there isn't any difference, but I just don't like F's. I've only played a couple that I liked and I've just never felt the need to spend the extra money (I probably couldn't have afforded it anyway)... though I am considering an MDA 315... seems like an affordable way to get into a 'dola.
aka: Spencer
Silverangel Econo A #429
Soliver #001 Hand Crafted Pancake
Soliver Hand Crafted Mandolins and Mandolin Armrests
Armrests Here -- Mandolins Here
"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage
to lose sight of the shore, ...and also a boat with no holes in it.” -anonymous
my long time best friend a black top A 1 snakehead 1924, been through the wars. bought it in the late eighties in spokane while passing through. loudest mandolin i have ever hears.
then my refinished A3 snakehead which i got from ebay a few years ago. also a cannon. not quite as loud but very rich as well. and as a refin i call it the world's best busking mandolin.(i am not afraid of taking it out to play in markets or subways)
then my recently acquired old wave. a very modern tone but a fantastic A
for me a real A has an oval sound hole.
given prices today i think silver angles and old waves are under priced. as are late teens and twenties gibson As, which have great old time woody tone. before 1915 they can be good or just ok. the quality improves a lot 1918 to 1921, then the best and most consistent of course are the early twenties.
I used to own this Schofield. A little bright for me, tone-wise, but a strong instrument with beautiful and funky appointments.
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i just acquired a silver angel in a trade. it's nice, i prefer oval sound holes so i don't quite what to make of it. it certainly has balance over the range and the high end up the neck has strong volume as well as the bass. i had a mandolin with a nigh arched carved top that teneded to lose volume up the neck, so this is really nice.
Does it sound like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN84LQbaGU0
2010 Heiden A5, 2020 Pomeroy oval A, 2013 Kentucky KM1000 F5, 2012 Girouard A Mandola w ff holes, 2001 Old Wave A oval octave
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