What's New: Old Wave Mandola

11.20.08

We just added one more amazingly creative entry to our PROFESSSIONAL'S SOUND LAB. The latest is a Choro Nouveau dazzler from master jazz theoretician and
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11.19.08

We thought the cover art of the "Getting Into Jazz Mandolin" book was cool enough to actually wear, and decided to offer something a little
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11.17.08

It's a rough job, but somebody has to do it. We've had the assignment of auditioning the new Eastman/Giacomel DG1 Mandolin, a project closely captained
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	"Good improvisation communicates harmonic progression melodically. Effective melodies manipulate harmonic content through the use of guide tones and preparatory gravity notes, masterfully woven in systematic tension, release, and transparent harmonic definition."

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February 01, 2006 | Old Wave Mandola

Can you keep a secret? Yeah, well neither can we; here goes. We've enlisted the master craftsmanship of innovative veteran builder Bill Bussmann in designing the new Solocomp JM, Alto Guitar/ 4-string Jazz Mandola. While this is in the hopper, we're running through some Bach and some Jethro-esque chord melody on one of his terrific Old Wave Mandolas in preparation (and edge-of-the seat anticpation!).

We thought you might be interested in our opinion of one of Bill's masterpieces:

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Posted by Ted at February 1, 2006 09:24 AM

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