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I have an arm rest on my F-style - a standard thing Phil Davidson makes for them. I don't have one on my A-style. Don't notice whether it's there or not to be honest.
I have got tone guards on both ... a few very skillful and thoughtful players I have talked to thought they might be of some value ... and they are also protective even if sonically they don't make much of a difference. |
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I use both. To me it seems to ring nicer with the time guard.
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Thanks for the pictures of how your armrest attaches to the body. It looks like the cork part of the armrest is fully touching the body? Am I seeing that correctly?
thanks, Debbie
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Yes. It pretty much sits right on top of the binding and maybe a bit of the top. The pressure from those barrel (viola chinrest) clamps is just enough to hold it there, and the sides, along with binding/kerfing, provide plenty of support.
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I have an armrest on my mandolin. Not sure it has any direct effect on my tone but without it I tend to hold my arm too flat against the mandolin and it restricts the freedom of my picking hand. More comfortable with the armrest, too.
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I have tone gards on all my acoustic mandolins, mandola and octave mandolin. Tony used to make custom gards based on measurements you sent him. He doesn't do that anymore; wish I could get one for my F4 mandocello. When I saw he also makes them for dreadnought guitars I got one for my Martin HD-28 too. They stay on all the time and fit even in the case. They work for me.
I have several arm rests. The best are by Steve Bell, who I don't believe is in business anymore. McClung by Doug Edwards are very good too. I used his as a template to make a couple of my own. I don't care at all for the small kidney shaped arm rests sold by Cumberland. I've had to make my own hardware using long chin rest barrels (38 - 40 mm, available at various online violin shops) and a 6 - 40 die on 1/8" brass rod. Cutting the threads work hardens the brass surface causing it to break if you try to bend it after threading with the die. I've put the stick-on John Pearse arm rests on several guitars (but not the HD-28). |
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I put a Tonegard on my Gibson F9.
Major improvement. Yet, I still hunger for a F5G.
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