I have a 17" mandola on order with John Hamlett in Virginia. A style with F-holes. He hasn't started it yet. I have played a couple of Will Kimbles and they sounded great. Not sure what scale they were. They come up used occasionally. AL Smart has made some but they rarely show up for sale. Become part of the mandola revolution. Sign up today!
On Apr 18, 9:17 pm, Topher Gayle <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a 20's Gibson H-2 with the warmest, sweetest imaginable sound. > It's pretty loud, too! Its scale must be about 15" or so, not sure. I > measured it once a long time ago, but my memory ain't what it used to > be. And neither is my memory. > > Strings make a big difference on this mandola. I tried some lighter > strings (longer scale strings, I guess) and they sounded OK, but a > were little bit floppy feeling. I ended up using Elixir medium > mandolin strings and adding an Elixir guitar string .052 and taking > the ball off. This works well, sounds great on this mellow instrument, > and they last for many many months. > > I guess I play it in whatever key the singer wants. I choose the > instrument mainly for the timbre, not so much the key. Heck, I usually > don't even know what key I'm in, once the tune gets going. > > Topher\ > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 6:02 PM, sgarrity <[email protected]> wrote: > > So I've recently gotten the 'dola bug and thought I'd ask what your > > experiences have been with them. What kind of music are you playing > > on them? Looks like C, G, D, and Am are the easiest keys to play > > before moving to closed positions? What kind do you have or have you > > played and liked? I'm just looking for basic info and opinions. I > > know the Spudmeister plays a 17" scale Duff H5 and I've seen a few > > YouTube videos of it. It sounds great! > > > -- > > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
