I got the first of the revised R.Wood two-points on Thursday. It is a faithful reproduction of "No.1". I sat "No. 1" and the repro side by side and I will have to say, they are strikingly similar. The new one has gold hardware (Randy's choice) which includes Elite tuners w/black buttons and traditional tailpiece with "R. Wood" engraved in the cover. I'm thinking maybe about looking into a cast tailpiece. There is a gold ring on the top side for strap near the neck joint. Currently, the bridge and fingerboard are ebony, but Randy says he thinks we ought to go to rosewood on both to match the rosewood overlay on the headstock. I agree. The board has a very slight radius(bleh) with larger than standard frets, which make it play very fast. Neck is more to my liking even than on "No.1" with it's shallow V shape. The pick guard is plain 1/2 size tortoise which will eventually have an autograph inlay in it, but not on this one. Back/ sides are maple, the back a striking one-piece flame. Workmanship is impeccable and is finished in varnish.
I plugged in the two-point and the pickup sounds solid and full. I'll say that it beats the Gil with the Baggs Radius hands down. It will be nice to have only the end pin jack and nothing to knock off. All in all, this mandolin is hands down more to my liking, plays well, sounds good(both plugged in and acoustically), looks good, feels good. I think Randy's got a winner this time. Taterbug On Mar 17, 8:55 pm, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > Ha! > TB > > On Mar 16, 10:08 am, Trey Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > > hopefully the boost in question will be there not too much after the new > > two pointer...all the parts are in and assembled, just need to get that > > feller to drill the holes and put the finishing touches on it...I'll get > > some matches and kindling for under his prosterior... > > > ________________________________ > > From: mistertaterbug <[email protected]> > > To: Taterbugmando <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 10:53:37 AM > > Subject: Randy Wood 2-point > > > The second incarnation of the new Randy Wood 2-point acoustic/electric > > is scheduled to arrive here on Thursday along with the original "No. > > 1". I'm looking forward to hearing it next to "No. 1" and seeing how > > it sounds with electricity running through it too (I wonder where my > > boost box went to?). Should be a fun way to spend a Thursday. Come > > on... > > TBug > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Taterbugmando" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
