Andrew jerman electric

[Frank Russell]

Posted these on the pictures thread, thought the emando squad might like to see them here. #My Jerman solid body, had it about a week, done some tweeking, really getting hooked. #My first "good" electric, after a Mandobird and KM300E. #Pictures are weak, but it looks good and sounds better. #I paid less than a hundred more than the cost of a KM300E or Mandobird, but it's way better in the tone, sustain, playability, and volume departments than either one I owned. #Andrew makes a great "working man's emando." #Not as fancy as some, but definitely a step up from the entry level instruments I've played. #Haven't played my Randy Wood for days, but it sure has been fun so far. #Frank

[Frank Russell]

Here's a bit better one of the top. DiMarzio pickup, good stuff. Frank

[Brewerpaul]

I'm gettin'one!
I'm gettin'one!
I'm gettin'one!

Mine will be much the same, except I asked Andrew to make the headstock a bit more Gibson-like.

[TomMorici]

Frank,
Nice looking "Jerman" you've got there. Sure is nice to hear
your positive feedback. Andrew is a great guy.
May I ask, what style of music you play on it.?

Tom

[Frank Russell]

Tom - Anything I'd play on my acoustic mandolin, but I tend to use a solid body to play like an electric guitar, so mostly rock. I'm a frustrated electric guitar player who never got anywhere with it, but mandolin makes sense to me, and I find it easy to play songs that were too difficult on the guitar. Lately I've been playing a lot of 70s rock, Mott the Hoople, Thin Lizzy, etc..., completely fuzzed out and as distorted as I can get. The Jerman has great sustain, and a pretty hot pickup, so it handles all that stuff great, but sounds equally nice clean, for more Tiny Moore type stuff. Thanks, Frank

[TomMorici]

Frank,
Thanks for the reply. Im an acoustic guitar player at heart,
I have always loved the acoustic mandolin, but let others play them, I just love Guitar/Mandolin duets. I am new to the electric mandolin, I can do some blues on them but besides that Im lost. Glad to hear you enjoy them as you do.

Tom

[Brewerpaul]

I'm a frustrated electric guitar player who never got anywhere with it, but mandolin makes sense to me, and I find it easy to play songs that were too difficult on the guitar.

Frank-- ever think of tuning your guitar in fourths? #I know that people like Stanley Jordan do it, so if fourths tuning makes more sense to you on mando, it may work on geetar too.

Edit: I just did a Google search on all fourths tuning, and found this:
http://lilytears.com/arts/music/guit...intro/4ths.htm

I think I'm gonna try it on my own electric guitar later today.

[Tbone]

is nice!

I'm due up for a Jermain in a couple months. I'm still trying to decide what to get for pickups. can you post some sound clips?

[Kid Charlemagne]

Frussel, that's a nice lookin' emando.

And I can totally relate to the "frustrated guitar, mando makes sense" feeling, too. I was a violinist for about 12 years before I ever got my hands on a guitar, and the guitar's tunings just never made as much sense to me.

When I started playing the mandolin, everything fell into place, and when I got my first emando, it was like a bulb just went on.

Some of the stuff I played today: Queen, Steely Dan, U2, the Police, dirty blues, Hendrix, a little VH (sometimes, I've been working on Eruption), and Pink Floyd.

No Tiny Moore or Bill Monroe in there, I'm afraid.

Frank-- ever think of tuning your guitar in fourths? I know that people like Stanley Jordan do it, so if fourths tuning makes more sense to you on mando, it may work on geetar too.

A guitar is tuned in fourths, except for the G - B interval, which is a third.

Mandolin is tuned in 5ths.

[mandroid]

Cannot tell from photo CCW wind around the peg a straight line from the nut ?

[Frank Russell]

Come again? What is it you want to know about the wind?

[thistle3585]

Maybe this answers your question.

[Brewerpaul]

A guitar is tuned in fourths, except for the G - B interval, which is a third.

Mandolin is tuned in 5ths.

Well Duh-- I shoulda known that ! Last night I tuned my guitar in all fourths (which I gather is what a fair number of jazz players use, like Stanley Jordan). I was wondering why I couldn't play Irish tunes the same way I do on my mando, but was too tired to work it out. Makes sense now.
Me, I think I'll try all fifths on the guitar...