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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete Braccio View Post
    I've been meaning to post these for awhile. I sold my Beard Bouzouki (among other things) last year and picked up these beauties:

    A Crump Octave (came in after a bit more than 2 year wait), a Nyberg bouzouki (ordered and delivered in 2016), and a 1923 Bacon and Day Tenor Banjo to scare the cats. :^)
    How do the Crump and the Nyberg compare in tone? They both look gorgeous, and I'm sure they both play quite smoothly.
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    I suppose this counts as a CBOM . . . a German Waldzither I recently resurrected (descendant of the cittern). Model no. 978 from Meinel & Herold, about 1930

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    The smaller one is a descant Waldzither, maker not known. It originally had 9 strings but has now been reconfigured as a mandolin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marcus CA View Post
    How do the Crump and the Nyberg compare in tone? They both look gorgeous, and I'm sure they both play quite smoothly.
    Tone being subjective, but I think that the Crump has a bell like tone. Lots of sustain and beatutiful harmonics like you get from a great flattop guitar. The Nyberg has a lot of punch and clarity. More fundimentals but still a lot of warmth.

    The Crump is a flat top with rosewood back and sides and the Nyberg is a carved top with koa back and sides. I was hoping that these woods and construction types would yield these different tones. Happily it worked out right.
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    Another one of Mike Black's recently completed octave mandolins, #42:

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    Nice.
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    Here's my mandola. "Starter" from Thomman, but has to my ears at least a nice tone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Harris View Post
    Another one of Mike Black's recently completed octave mandolins, #42:

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    This thread has me looking into Mike Black's GBOMs. Saw some video on his website, but wondering if there is any footage of pro or semi pro players out there really working the instrument. So far I like what I see, just need more to hear.

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    Mike is a pretty good picker. Here's him playing my octave right after its completion:
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    Quote Originally Posted by mandoglobal View Post
    This thread has me looking into Mike Black's GBOMs. Saw some video on his website, but wondering if there is any footage of pro or semi pro players out there really working the instrument. So far I like what I see, just need more to hear.
    The challenge is that Mike has only completed a handful of GBOM's, six by my count although there might be others. I tried to fold a number of sound samples into this thread over at the Social Group: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/g...126&do=discuss
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    It may be plain but it's tasty.

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ID:	158113 a Timeless built this Ancient Kauri back Sitka top Irish Bouzouki.
    I Play a similar model in Padauk.

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    Attachment 158114Attachment 158115 Here is the head stock and top of the padauk model. I out a 9th string on with a Scruggs tuner. I can go from D to F# with that drone string. the bridge is a moustache bridge braced with a Fan. Great sustain.

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    Today, UPS delivered my new Pono Octave Mandolin.
    I got it from Fiddler's Green Music Shop. (I ordered it by phone and they shipped it to me here in Florida)
    http://www.fiddlersgreenmusicshop.co...ctave-mandolin

    It has such a wonderful deep sound. I have a Blueridge tenor guitar BR-40TCE http://www.sagamusic.com/products/pr...?item=BR-40TCE

    My tenor guitar has a nice sound but the Pono OM has this deep sound and lound sustain.
    The Pono sounds so wonderful that I know it will encourage me to practice more. I got the rosewood with natural top like in the photo in the link. Ben at Fiddler's Green was really helpful.

    I bought the Blueridge through Amazon and the Amazon price was much less than the list price on the Saga/Blueridge website.

    I wll post again in a couple of months, after I have had more time playing and experiencing my Pono.

    I do think this Octave Mandolin purchase has disappated my desire to buy a mandocello. I already have too many Tuned-Fifths instruments in my closet! It is a dangerous compulsion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larry321 View Post
    I already have too many Tuned-Fifths instruments in my closet! It is a dangerous compulsion.
    In this group, I bet that the bar for "too many ..." is pretty high. As long as you don't convert your guitar(s) to New Standard Tuning, you're safe.
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    Davy Stuart custom guitar body bouzouki

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    That looks beautiful Gary!

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    Yep should have it this week!

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    I've just insulated and soundproofed an old attic room above my garage to move everything noisy into; more for my peace and quiet than anyone else's. The illuminated banana came from an old antique shop and makes a nice wall feature. I can sit here and play to my heart's content but the intention is to get recording equipment up here and start to record a few things again. 'SHE' says I've too many instruments, but that's not right... some of them aren't even in the photo, and the guitars are all behind the camera...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Lindsay View Post
    'SHE' says I've too many instruments...
    I would be happy just with the Sobell and the banana
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    Quote Originally Posted by OneChordTrick View Post
    Here's my mandola. "Starter" from Thomman, but has to my ears at least a nice tone.

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    Of course MAS set in and I now play this:


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    Well, this is my new Paul Shippey OM a few weeks ago. It's now got a fretboard and awaiting neck shaping. Furthest left...
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    P.W. Crump OM III I was lucky enough to purchase the other week. I can't stop playing it. Well, that's not true, I do stop as I work the left hand into shape. As I plan on keeping this for life, I don't want to end up with hand issues. The sustain on this thing!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scanbran View Post
    This is my Moon octave, bought in July last year, and sadly a bit underused, although I hope to remedy that this year.
    Spruce over maple, rosewood fingerboard and mahogany neck.
    Scale is a shade over 21.25".



    every moon instrument i have played was a great tone. i loved them. not very fancy presentation but great players

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    ok my new (to me) cittern, a jack spira 21.5 inch scale, strung in unisons. rich tone, fun to play, very light.Click image for larger version. 

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    a totally differnt playing experience from my 26 inch scale four course zouk!!! but what's life for is not variety

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    Joel Eckhaus (Earnest Instruments) electric cittern conversion -Gibson es125t 3/4

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