New 2023 Red Diamond voicing mandolin tasting (plus two 1923 Lloyd Loar Gibson F-5s!) скачать в хорошем качестве

New 2023 Red Diamond voicing mandolin tasting (plus two 1923 Lloyd Loar Gibson F-5s!)

In this video I test four mandolins: Lloyd Loar-signed Gibson #73010 "Cox", April 25, 1923 Lloyd Loar-signed Gibson #73004 (with Virzi), April 25, 1923 Red Diamond #356R, new voicing (modeled after Loar Gibson #73010), Nov 2023 Red Diamond #274R "Grogu", Vintage 24 voicing, Sept 2016 Sorry for the workshop sounds in the background during the first half: mandolin mastermind Don MacRostie was working on the fretboard of Grogu (my mandolin), which I play a bit of at the very end as an example of Don's classic Vintage 24 voicing (modeled after John Reishman's legendary 1924 Loar-signed Gibson F-5 mandolin). Loar #73010, referred to in this video as the "Cox" Loar, is Don's personally-owned Loar, which he got from Herschel Sizemore. This instrument was the source for Don's front- and back- plate flexibility/deflection measurements for the new voicing demonstrated extensively in this video on Red Diamond #356R. Red Diamond #356R is a brand new instrument, about 4 weeks old in this video. Only one of this voicing currently exists, and Don hasn't even finalized a name for this voicing. The label designates it as a "Vintage 24," simply because the flexibility/deflection is very similar to that classic voicing (relatively stiff top, relatively flexible back). The other significant difference Don built into #356R is a lower neck angle than he typically uses, resulting in a shorter bridge. The action of all the instruments (except for Grogu, my personal instrument) was set probably medium to medium-high. They are well-playable, but my fingers are not used to that workout. The Cox Loar had Curt Mangan monel medium gauge strings (.011", .015", .026", .040"), which seemed to need replacing to my ear. The other Loar appeared to have the same strings (not confirmed), but more serviceable. The new Red Diamond (#356R) had serviceable Straight Up Strings phosphor bronze, medium gauge (.0115", .016", .024", .039"). Grogu (Red Diamond #274R) had literally-just-installed D'Addario EJ74 phosphor bronze, medium gauge (.011", .015", .026", .040"). Pick used was a Blue Chip TAD-50, for the entire video. Microphone/video (by Alyssa Woodhull) was from an iPhone 15 Pro Max.