Can YOU tell which Mandolin has the Spruce Top? Quiz! Sound Comparison.

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  • Опубліковано 29 жов 2024

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  • @MountainHomeJerrel
    @MountainHomeJerrel  2 місяці тому

    How did you do? Did you guess correctly?

  • @paxtontheentertainer3760
    @paxtontheentertainer3760 2 місяці тому +1

    My knowledge of mandolin sound is not great enough to know which has the spruce top, but mandolin B sounds more mandolin-esque to me.

  • @edwardpetersen4309
    @edwardpetersen4309 2 місяці тому

    I think you are correct about the bridge differences. I also think the solid spruce top is pressed into an arch from a piece of spruce which has a uniform, chunky thickness. A carved, solid spruce top would be graduated for resonance. Of course, the plywood top is also pressed from a board of a uniform thickness, but might be thinner because it is inherently stronger so more responsive.

    • @MountainHomeJerrel
      @MountainHomeJerrel  2 місяці тому

      You are right about those things. Carved tops do have a noticeably stronger and robust voice and are better suited to competing with other instruments in a jam session. Pressed tops take significantly less mastery and work to build.

  • @Averythepeterson
    @Averythepeterson 2 місяці тому

    I guessed a because of the sustain

  • @johnhenderson6352
    @johnhenderson6352 2 місяці тому

    Mandolin A

  • @joebiker8466
    @joebiker8466 2 місяці тому +1

    B

    • @joebiker8466
      @joebiker8466 2 місяці тому

      The paint ruined A

    • @MountainHomeJerrel
      @MountainHomeJerrel  2 місяці тому +1

      @@joebiker8466 I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but it does look better in person as opposed to on camera, and I'm a sucker from blue coloured instruments.

    • @joebiker8466
      @joebiker8466 2 місяці тому

      @@MountainHomeJerrel I was joking ,I was claiming. Tha blue paint muted tha sound and caused me to guess B 😬👍 I like blue2

    • @MountainHomeJerrel
      @MountainHomeJerrel  2 місяці тому +1

      @@joebiker8466 oh, hahaha

    • @MountainHomeJerrel
      @MountainHomeJerrel  2 місяці тому +1

      @@joebiker8466 it's so hard to catch sarcasm in written text sometimes. Haha

  • @musicalintentions
    @musicalintentions 2 місяці тому

    I think mandolin B has the spruce top.

    • @musicalintentions
      @musicalintentions 2 місяці тому

      I was wrong. :~(

    • @MountainHomeJerrel
      @MountainHomeJerrel  2 місяці тому +1

      It just comes to show how having a poor setup or a bad part can ruin an instrument's voice. I'll post an update after I replace the bridge.

  • @Moto-me
    @Moto-me 2 місяці тому

    B sounded better. A styles wont sound like F styles.

  • @daledanowski9962
    @daledanowski9962 2 місяці тому

    B

    • @MountainHomeJerrel
      @MountainHomeJerrel  2 місяці тому

      @@daledanowski9962 You've got a good ear for picking the one that sounds "better"! In this case, the actual spruce top was ruined by a bad, cheap bridge.

  • @charlesmontgomery7002
    @charlesmontgomery7002 2 місяці тому

    B

    • @MountainHomeJerrel
      @MountainHomeJerrel  2 місяці тому +1

      @@charlesmontgomery7002 You were able to pick out the one that sounds "better!". It shows a cheap, bad bridge will totally nullify a decent spruce top on Mandolin A.

    • @charlesmontgomery7002
      @charlesmontgomery7002 2 місяці тому

      @@MountainHomeJerrel thanks. I enjoyed the info!