Re: New mandolin advice for Italian Music
OBB. Old Bowl Back. Go from the "back of your mind" to the "front of your mind". Get one....
You will never regret the pleasure of playing a wonderful old Italian mandolin.
It is a level of delight we all have earned.
It so pains me to hear of a someone who has such a familial connection with the old mandolin sod think that a Chinese budget mandolin will somehow do him well.
In you are in London, you must have your pick of Italian mandolins of all ranges of quality having been imported to the UK in the halcyon days of the mandolin.
Our good friend, John Maddock, who goes by le nom de bol "Tavy" is your countryman and is as best of a luthier with bowlback mandolins as any who stride the planet. You can connect with him here at the MC.
Martin Jonas, anche il nostro buon amico qui... a fine German fellow living way up in Wales, described it as the "shimmering sound" of an Italian bowlback mandolin.
"Shimmering sound". That beautiful turn of phrase has stuck with me ever since. Martin totally nailed it.
Mantenere la fede, mio fratello!
Mick
Ever tried, ever failed? No matter. Try again, fail again. Fail better.--Samuel Beckett
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