"The Sound of the American Mandolin"

[supersoul]

I came across the documentary and thought it might be of interest to any L-5 fans here. Most of it is about how Orville Gibson and Lloyd Loar developed a new design for the mandolin, with the carved top and bottom with f-holes and tonebars. In fact they created a family of mandolins that included the tenor mandola and the mandocello.

Near the 42 minute mark they bring out a rare mandocello called the K-5, which is basically the same body as an L-5 with a different neck and 8 strings. The lowest string is a C below the guitar's E. It sounds fantastic!

[Doctor Jeff]

I agree that sounds great. Beautiful resonant bass drone-like tones.

[Doctor Jeff]

Here's Sierra Hull on a Gold Tone mandocello. She's going to be here in 10 days. I saw her last year, but wouldn't mind seeing her again. She and her band are phenomenal.

On a slight tangent, I was sure she was sitting near me at a restaurant over the weekend, and almost went up to her to say hi, but the pretty lady in question had tattoos on her arms, and a quick google search revealed Sierra to be ink-free. No reason for Sierra to be in Omaha 2 weeks before her show, anyway.

[supersoul]

Here's Sierra Hull on a Gold Tone mandocello. She's going to be here in 10 days. I saw her last year, but wouldn't mind seeing her again. She and her band are phenomenal.

On a slight tangent, I was sure she was sitting near me at a restaurant over the weekend, and almost went up to her to say hi, but the pretty lady in question had tattoos on her arms, and a quick google search revealed Sierra to be ink-free. No reason for Sierra to be in Omaha 2 weeks before her show, anyway.

thanks for that, someone new for me to check out. She sounds badass on that mandocello!

[Woody Sound]

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