This Sutherland OM has only been in my hands a few months but it is truly a joy to play. Just a wonderful rich tone and great looks too. I'm a huge fan of Stephen Owsley Smith inlays and jumped on this when I saw it. it is the Zoukfest '03 raffle mando. Yes the photo was taken in my daughter's room (fan of Selena Gomez as you can tell). Hopefully she can play it one day in the future.
I've had this for a week and a half now. It's one of the Trinity College octave mandolins, the model I'm sure everyone has seen before. Picked up a second-hand Allen tailpiece to replace the stock one with the little cover that I hate. At the moment I'm using J80 strings and mostly playing in ADAE, sometime AEAE tunings.
The strap is pretty cool, it's one I recently acquired to try on my mandolin as it's a bit longer than the one I normally use. Did not like the longer length so it was sitting unused and just happens to be a perfect match for the OM. One of Sully's "Vintage" creations.
The first man who whistled
thought he had a wren in his mouth.
He went around all day
with his lips puckered,
afraid to swallow.
--"The First" by Wendell Berry
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".
MAN! That thing looks so cool!
I may have too many...... http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/album.php?albumid=70
Theo Wecker
www.theowecker.com
Currently waxing poetic about:
2008 Weber Buffalo
2016 Collings MT
2016 Martin D-18
Very impressive collection lucho.
Makes me feel better about my meager few.
Love the Hurdy Gurdy. I've been thinking of
building one.
Gary
vincit qui se vincit
of course I do play them.... but not often enough....... Saturdays I do play them to keep tuning for one hr. selecting which one I will play with my Choir on sunday morning
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History and how different these instruments sounded were the reasons how I started collecting old axes of pre II WW.... In those days just tenor banjos and mandolins.... and through trading and exchanges I have built this collection.... 10 years ago my string collection looked somewhat different... http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/en...uments-amp-MAS
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—Jim
Sierra F5 #30 (2005)
Altman 2-point (2007)
Portuguese fado cittern (1965)
My new Mann carved-top flatback mandola arrived. Red spruce top, maple back and sides, rosewood fingerboard, Cumberland Acoustics bridge, 16" scale. I have it strung up right now with D'Addario EFT76 flat top strings. It has a really nice tubby darkish voice. It's hanging on the stand with my '99 Flatiron Festival. Sorry about my poor photography skills. I'll post a sound file when I figure out how to. This is my first mandola, and I'm having a great time playing it.
Steve
"They're approaching. That's very forward of them."
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Apollonio Acousto-electric bouzouki (in shop)
Mixter 10 string mandola (still waiting 2+ yrs)
Unknown brand Mandocaster (on the way!)
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"Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible." -- Ambrose Bierce
My name is Rob, and I am Lord of All Badgers
Tenor Guitars: Acoustic: Mcilroy ASP10T, ‘59 Martin 0-18t. Electric: ‘57 Gibson ETG-150, ‘80s Manson Kestrel
Mandolins: Davidson f5, A5 "Badgerlin".
Bouzouki: Paul Shippey Axe
My band's website
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Déjà Vu 5s 'Clockwork Orange 2' Emando - 'Clockwork Orange 3' Octave Emando - Goodtime Tenor Banjo - Former Framus mandocello
Kasuga M50-Godin A8-Martella bowlback-Dunhuang Liuqin-Thüringer walddoline-2 Böhm waldzithers-electric waldzither-'Gelas' mandolin-domeback mandolin-Clearwater upgraded EMando
"A gentleman is a man who can play the bagpipe and who does not."
Here's my Sakis Greek Bouzouki, tuned CFAD, with Saavas pickup:
A Sobell 10-stringer - 20" scale:
Nice snag, Eddie. You certainly have an eye out for instruments, and it's a joy to hear your impressions of them. Look forward to your sense of this one. GDAEA, maybe?
Mark
Thanks Mark. It was GDADA when I got but I dropped it to FCGDA for now. I may consider going to GDAEB - I haven't much use for dropped tunings these days and prefer to play in fifths vertically...
A Steven Owsley Smith 24" Scale 10-string:
Thanks for buying that SOS Eddie so I am no longer tempted. I'd love to hear sound clips.
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