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 | SteveZ says:
4/17/2014 6:19:25 PM
Traded a The Loar 520 for an Eastman 504. Just love the sound from an oval and this one just rocks!
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 | mandogal says:
4/17/2014 6:42:11 PM
I love the sound from an oval also. My Eastman is an 804, but it's having some problems. I'm planning on taking it down to a luthier in Denver. Most of the guys around here are primarily interested in working on guitars. I'd like to take the Eastman with me to Dan Levenson's Music Camp in Ohio the end of July, if I can get it to sounding good again. What kind of music do you like to play?
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| SteveZ says:
4/18/2014 6:58:38 AM
Am far from being a traditionalist. Mainly play rock, Gulf & Western, old show tunes, some country/folk and a little reggae. Can appreciate Bluegrass, but just not into it. So for me, the deeper the sound, the better. The oval Eastman matches well sound-wise with an oval flattop and a cedar/walnut flattop also in the stable.
I'm not really a picker, but more a strummer. I play mandolin more like rhythm guitar (with some lead thrown in) than as a pick-and-run type. That's due to 50 years of acoustic guitar before I ever touched a mandolin. Also have a MandoBird VIII electric and just the other day traded another mandolin for a Tenor guitar.
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| mandogal says:
4/18/2014 9:28:23 AM
Guess I'm not a traditionalist either. Started mandolin last June with very little musical background. I love a lot of old time and celtic music. I'm working on Frosty Morn, Red Haired Boy and Whiskey Before Breakfast at present. What kind are your other mandos? The one in my picture is a circa 1920s American Conservatory. It was in pretty bad shape, but a luthier was able to give it new life. It has a great sound also.
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| SteveZ says:
4/18/2014 10:19:18 AM
Right now there's the Eastman 504, a goldtop Redline Traveler, a Burgess flattop, a Mandobird VIII, a Fender FM-101, a RISA soprano uke tuned GDAE, a Blueridge BR-40T tenor guitar and a Hohner HG-720 acoustic guitar. The total investment moneywise is not that much (less than any Pava or decent Gibson) thanks to some fun gear-trading and buying used.
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| mandogal says:
4/18/2014 10:36:42 AM
A vintage A-style oval hole Gibson, pre-World War I, isn't too bad, price-wise. There is a Loar Gibson for sale in Denver (I think it's a 1924). They are asking $225,000. That must be one heck of a mando!
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| SteveZ says:
4/18/2014 10:48:06 AM
Comes with a spare set of strings, no extra charge.
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| mandogal says:
4/18/2014 10:51:03 AM
They even change them for you - and throw in a mando pick and pick-holder! You have quite a collection. Do you play gigs?
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| SteveZ says:
4/18/2014 1:33:38 PM
No, haven't done that for many years, and even then was lucky the audience had little to throw. It's just for my pleasure and to jam occasionally with a granddaughter (guitarist/keyboard/vocal) who's pretty good. Am to ornery to put up with gig structure anymore.
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Kitty Moyer says:
6/25/2014 1:56:14 PM
I just got a used Eastman MD504 which I really like the look and sound of. Right now it is at Guitar Works to correct the setup. The luthier there wasn't impressed with it - said the neck was warped and the back was separating. I expect it's merely a too-tight truss rod and sour grapes. GW sells their own exclusive brand of mandolins and no others. Hopefully that's all it is. We'll see.
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