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Then after a couple years on the lesser expensive mandos, you will really be able to appreciate better the nuances folks try (and often fail) to describe. Its even more important to learn what your tactile/playability preferences are (thick neck, thin neck, wide nut, narrow nut ect). It will take awhile to even know what tones you prefer. It will be awhile before you will be able to play good enough to appreciate the tonal differences. I understand your question and the reason for asking it and its fun to explore, ponder, and to have an opinion.īut my advice is, get the Kentucky. Sometimes what I like varies from one day to the next. I have a Harvey 5FG and have played about a half dozen Kentucky's. The Kentucky's are great mandolins too and some may prefer one and others may prefer others and these are generalizations anyway. The Gibson is fuller, richer, deeper bottom end in general. There's no substitute for personal experience, You may agree or disagree,but you'd have to hear those mandolins yourself to be able to do so. mandolins expressed on here are exactly that. I too don't have a conveniently close mandolin store to visit to try out 'whatever',so i've made 3 x 500+ mile round trips to the best store in the UK to do just that though,& maybe you should consider making a trip to a really good store simply to hear for yourself the differences & to 'feel' the playability of a variety of instruments.Īny opinions re. The general concensus on here, seems to be that the current range of Gibson mandolins produced under Dave Harvey's guidance,are as good as any Gibsons ever made ( & better than some made in the past). I've only had the opportunity to play one Gibson mandolin over here,a ''Sam Bush'' model belonging to a good friend of mine & it's excellent (IMHO). Another thing,it depends to an extent on the price point of the mandolins you're interested in - although that's not always the case.
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There would be as many opinions as there were players playing one or the other. all viewpoints welcome.įrom the OP - "let me end by saying that I know this is subjective and there is no "right answer" folks will differ. Let me end by saying that I know this is subjective and there is no "right answer" folks will differ, some may prefer kentucky models, others gibson, others may like both or neither, and all of that is that's okay, I'm just hoping to get an idea from reading posts from those who have played them. I don't have the option to go and try a bunch of kentucky and gibson mandolins to see for myself so I figured I'd get input those of you who have had that opportunity. How do they compare? volume? low notes, on the G string, high notes, mid range, sustain, tonal qualities, (brighter, deeper,woody, bell like etc)ĭid you have a preference? as in if you had to choose one, which would it be and why? did you like both but for different reasons? maybe you liked one for bright happy music and other for sad dark music?
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This is directed at those of you with experience playing gibsons particularly the newer models signed by dave harvey such as the f9 and f5g, as well as playing kentucky mandolins such as the km-150, km-950, km-1050 etc.