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Originally Posted by Mandobart
I may get in trouble for this but there is a whole sub-forum on octave mandolins, mandola, citterns, bouzouki, mandocello, etc. over on mandolin cafe.
I'll share my experience: I wanted to get into octave mando and bought a Michael Kelly Octave plus. Not a great instrument. I later bought an octave from Tom TJ Jessen that I love and play often. He makes truly great A and F style OM's. I've played Webers, Clarks, Mowry's, Herb Taylor - and they are great. But one of TJ's will sound awesome for 1/2 to 1/3 the price. Joe Mendel also builds some great octaves.
Many other people are quite happy with Trinity College octaves as well. |
I'm a fan of TJ's too, got him to build me a guitar bodied version octave that I'm very happy with. It may have a bit more of a rustic quality to it than the Weber's, Mowry's, Clark's etc. but the pricing is more than reasonable & the tone & playability first rate. He's in the process of building another GBOM right now. If you're on facebook you can check it out.
https://www.facebook.com/Cricket-Fid...1224535892030/