The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99934 Message #1998213
Posted By: Dave Hanson
16-Mar-07 - 03:30 AM
Thread Name: Changing the tone of my mandolin
Subject: RE: Changing the tone of my mandolin
You can upgrade it all you want with an expensive bridge, tailpiece and heavy strings but you won't give it that bluegrass sound [ chunk or chop ] unless it had it to begin with, you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear, and as for Wegen picks, bloody 'ell you can buy two dozen Jim Dunlops for the same money.
eric