Airline Mandola

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 12:21 am

Airline Mandola by Eastwood. Ain't she a beaut?

Price: $299
Body: Alder
Neck: 18" maple, rosewood fretboard.

http://www.myrareguitars.com/new-airline-electric-mandola

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:23 am

Funky and patriotic. I'm from an inch north of the 15th fret.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:28 am

patriotic?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:55 am

Kind of cool that it's yet another funky shape for an electric mandolin but it sounds just like capo'd electric guitar to me....possibly because they got a guy who admittedly isn't a mandolin player to demo it. If I buy a mandolin it's so I can get my Peter Buck on:

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endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:19 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:patriotic?

Shaped vaguely like the US of A

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:25 am

endsjustifymeans wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:patriotic?
Shaped vaguely like the US of A

yeah, the maine/great lakes area look like shit. otherwise it could be a cool lookin' doodad.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:27 am

endsjustifymeans wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:patriotic?
Shaped vaguely like the US of A

yeah, no.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:00 am

Nick has a good point about tone conveyed regardless of construction, although I feel it retains the sound of extended-scale mandolin-family instrument to my ears. Judging from my experience with a DeArmond on an old Gibson A model, an underwound single coil in the neck would likely give a more open, woody sound a la mandolin, says me.

I certainly don't need one, but if I did I'd be tempted to go the Cittern/Bouzouki route and attempt to add an octave string on the lower two courses, and use purely for rhythm.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:43 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:patriotic?
Shaped vaguely like the US of A
yeah, no.

Hence the name : MAP .

I know , my humor sucks.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:52 am

I've always wanted to play one of these:

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:41 pm

I like the sound of this Hammertone copy that Daniel Lanois is using in this clip with Emmylou Harris.

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Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:54 pm

Agreed, that sounds great.