Hi guys,
I recently bought an Ashbury AM-110 from Hobgoblin in London which is a lovely unassuming mandolin, as my first mandolin having decided to bite the bullet and start learning it.
I stupidly then went back in a couple weeks later and played some more expensive ones, namely the Kentucky KM-252 and a gorgeous Paul Hathaway, and through some dubious mental gymnastics have managed to justify to myself upgrading to one of these if they'll let me take back the Ashbury and pay the difference, which I'm hoping will be fine as they'd be effectively doubling their sale.
1) Is the Paul Hathaway a decent choice given that I mainly intend to play Celtic/trad, eg- jigs and reels?
2) I played the spruce Hathaway in the shop but they apparently also have a cedar. Is my understanding correct that spruce is generally a brighter, livelier tone and cedar a softer, warmer tone? Are either of these generally better for Celtic stuff?
Many thanks, appreciate any info about the above or any other general advice/suggestions
Scott
Bookmarks