Well, I did it, I finnally got around to it and plugged in for real. And, wow is it nice.
I got a mandobird 8 string off a freind a while ago, but it was strung lefty and I was too lazy to switch it over thinking I wouldn't like it. But I decided it was time to try it out and wow, I'm hooked. I can play so much lighter and the sustain is opening up so many new possiblites. Not to mentiontion that I dont have to worry about feedback, ever. I play in a loud band and the ablitiy to turn myself up for solos is a godsend. I've played with a pickup for a while but I never seemed to be able to get enough gain before feedback to play lightly, I've had to use a lot of power and now I can start using some finesse.
I feel bad because in someways I would rather stick with acousitic, but electric seems to be the ticket right now. I'm already starting to contemplate trading up, since the neck on the mandobird is too thick and uncomfortable. the mann eletrics look mighty tempting.
I guess there isn't much point to this post other than to go, wow electric mandos are nice!
Oh wait, now that I think of it, anyone got any suggestions on running the mandobird into a fishman loudbox100? Its my only amp, and it sound pretty good right now, but should I try out some sort of pedal to help out the tone before the amp?
Gotta start sometime, might as well be now...
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