Since I live in E TN, i'm seriously considering a brandy new Dearstone which is just finished up. When I tried it last week I was the first one to eve play it and it sounded terrible but after 15 minutes it was like everything inside the instrument said "oh yea we are a mandolin" and it just came alive......
Interesting note though, Ray Dearstone had to replace the Waverly's cause of a quality problem with the product. He said this is not the first time he's seen a set of these tuners be bad out of the case. They sent him a new set and while the didn't have the same problems as the first they were warped but flattened out when he screwed them in. Kind of dissapointing if you ask me. Anyway i'm looking at that but thats as the top of my budget but Dearstone's have such a great reputation around here I have to give it a chance. Has anyone here seen or played another? On May 2, 3:51 am, Linda <[email protected]> wrote: > That dark woody tone is what I am after, wish I could try it out. > Still very very pleased with the 1923 Gibson Oval Hole White Face...it > has it all, in every range. > The neck is a little fat, its kinda bulky but man...in can sing. I > tried a Duff recently and noticed its a bit easier to play that the > white face, the one I had in my hands had a good tone, rich, > especially in the mid-range. > linda > > On May 2, 2:21 am, sgarrity <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I second the Duff recommendation. I've played a handful and loved > > them all. Very dry, woody, mid-rangey traditional tone. And at > > roughly $6k, those are a pretty damn good deal. The one at Elderly is > > $5500 but it's also from 1999. I much prefer Paul's later work and > > think you get more for your money. Keep in mind, these are varnish > > F5s for $6k. I wish I was in the market! > > > I suffer from a severe case of MAS as well. And I've chased > > instruments thinking they will make me sound more like I want. Guess > > what? It's your right hand that will give you that classic Monroe/ > > Compton sound. I think it's about 90% player and 10% instrument, > > maybe even less. So if you like the Weber, I say stick with it. On > > the other hand, if you haven't bonded with it, maybe it is time to > > move on. > > > Keep pickin, > > Shaun > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
