The old Loars usually have a woody, chimey bell tone across the strings whether the e string or the g string. It seemed like the notes just had a glow in them when picked. It can be heard in Monroes, Grismans, Skaggs, Joe Val, the one that Don Brown had. It can be heard on the recordings they have made. I had the good fortune to play the one Jim Orchard had and the Don Brown one. They have a treble cutting tone without losing their woody bass overtones. one word.....Awesome! Good to see the treble tone coming back somewhat in the new builds.
@tdkrei
10 ай бұрын
I don't know guys, based on everything you said about this Mandolin and the sound, playability and research done I would give this a 5 /5 across the board!
@russ254
16 күн бұрын
fun!
@joekagerer
10 ай бұрын
It's the most authentic copy of a Lloyd Loar you can get, it's a Gibson. As far as the price, I'm an amateur Eastman 515 player, but somebody has to make the most expensive instrument, it may as well be Gibson. I compare it to cars, the average new car is somewhere around $40k I'm not positive but there are cars in the million dollar range. Not for everyone but there's a market. I'm sure they'll sell every one, I'm happy to see it. I've owned a mandolin for 45 years but only got into it 3 years ago. I've been wondering and asking about Gibson for three years.
@raymondstebbins5904
10 ай бұрын
Can't tell everyones excited about Gibson's new release
@kevinfox6334
9 ай бұрын
Nice things or mean things. That's how this works, yes?
@nickbillionis318
Күн бұрын
mean things. lol
@AcousticShoppe
23 сағат бұрын
Thanks 😂😅
@w0wva
10 ай бұрын
I enjoy your channel, so please take this as constructive criticism. Please get the facts right and prepare for this type review better (after all you are the professionals), more than 3 times you referred to the previous model to which you compare this one to as a "Fern", that's not the case. The previous model was a Master Model with no fern associated with it, it was a flowerpot if you're referring to the headstock inlay. They did make a fern, but it was not what this instrument is replacing.
@jeremychapman7243
10 ай бұрын
So constructive... how else could one take this comment?
@Mandolin1944
7 ай бұрын
Doesn't really sound like you "enjoy the channel" -- what would you write if you didn't enjoy it???
@dennismoore7935
10 ай бұрын
Gibson acting as if this info is like they have the formula for an H2O engine
@Mandolin1944
7 ай бұрын
@dennismoore7935 You must have an over active imagination. FYI, the boys at the Acoustic Shop -- in this video -- are not Gibson -- they just sell'em. In fact who do you mean by "Gibson is acting". It a company not a person and why wouldn't the mandolin builders at Gibson be proud of the fact that they have re-created the mandolin they first created in 1922 and that is a pretty damn big feat BTW.
@SeaDrive300
10 ай бұрын
You guys need an editor: "Highly-Figured Maple", not "Highly-Figuerd Maple"...
@AcousticShoppe
10 ай бұрын
Words is hard...
@SeaDrive300
10 ай бұрын
@@AcousticShoppe Yup, especially dem high-fenated words... ;-)
@jimbond1430
7 ай бұрын
They are from the Ozarks , what do you want us to say ?
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