New Mandolin

[David KOS]

I just got my new mandolin from my friend the luthier, Ernie Fischbach:

http://www.institutefortraditionalstudies.org/elf_music_history.htm

This is a picture of him playing the original antique mandolin he copied:

You can see the variations on this European flat back design and various wood. I got one with an ebony fingerboard, rosewood back and sides, and a giant sequoia top. The top comes from an old piece of wood and is very well aged.

Better pics to come...

 

[eSGEe]

That is a BEAUTY !!!!!! SOUND clip --- SOUND CLIP -- please

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Thats a nice Mandolin

 

[David KOS]

That is a BEAUTY !!!!!! SOUND clip --- SOUND CLIP -- please

Soon. It has a bit wider neck and I'm still getting used to it. I just got it yesterday.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Beauty. Very different looking mandolin.

 

[David KOS]

Beauty. Very different looking mandolin.

Yeah, it's so "Old World" in styling that it almost looks new.

 

[smitty_p]

Very sweet, David.

 

[Sérgio]

Welcome to the club, David!

Very nice one, reminds me of my own Portuguese/Brazilian model, also a flat back

 

[gasket]

Sweet & interesting instrument David! Congratulations.
Mrs Gasket has one but inexpensive mass produced.



Your friend Ernie looks like a real character from his webpage.

 

[smitty_p]

Sweet & interesting instrument David! Congratulations.
Mrs Gasket has one but inexpensive mass produced.

What's that instrument hanging to the left of the mandolin? From the fret spacing, it looks like it should be a dulcimer, but I've never seen that type of body on one.

 

[gasket]

A close relative of a dulcimer, Seagull Merlin.

 

[smitty_p]

Oh...too cool!

I like that. I need one!

 

[gasket]

Oh...too cool!

I like that. I need one!

You sound like Mrs gasket, "I NEEEED ONE".
Like ... life can't continue without a Merlin once exposed.

 

[smitty_p]

They're only $129.99 USD at Sweetwater!

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...d=MerlinMSGG&gclid=CKnOw9_Ct9ECFYSLswodbtMBbw

This is not good...

I won't impulse buy...I won't impulse buy...I won't impulse buy...

 

[gasket]

They're only $129.99 USD at Sweetwater!

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...d=MerlinMSGG&gclid=CKnOw9_Ct9ECFYSLswodbtMBbw

This is not good...

I won't impulse buy...I won't impulse buy...I won't impulse buy...

Get one, they're a heap of fun.
BTW, they have more power than that vid indicated.
Lots of people giving lessons on line.
This bloke is OK once you get past his over long yap yap at the beginning of each vid.

 

[David KOS]

Your friend Ernie looks like a real character from his webpage.

Oh yeah, like from Characterville!