With the range of a mandolin, it is pretty easy to make one that sounds thin and life-less.
KENTUCKY MANDOLIN KM 160 FULL
This thing sounds great, really full and well rounded. The fret work is very well done, nicely filed and leveled, and all of the inlay work is great. And the top is an actual piece of spruce, not a laminate. The finish on mine is extremely nice for the price and it has a very nice visible wood grain. The tuners look like what you'd find on most entry level instruments, but every time i pick it up it's still in tune. I've played on some cheaper models, and they felt like toys. This is a great little player, and I've been able to make the transition from guitar and banjo very quick. I've owned several really nice, professional-level guitars, so I do have some reference point for instrument quality. I'm mainly a guitar play (15+ years) and dabble in some other instruments as well. The cheaper mandolins that don't have one will be little more than firewood or a luthier project if the neck ever starts to bow. There are a lot of cheaper ones out there, but one of the big selling points for me was having an adjustable truss rod and they included the allen wrench for it. In 2005, Jimmy was inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America’s “Hall of Greats”.Before ordering this I did quite a bit of research online, and this Mandolin gets a lot of recommendations for beginning players that want a decent instrument. In addition to their duo work, Jimmy & Moondi have performed as an opening act for Emmylou Harris and with Jonathan Edwards. They complement each other instrumentally on mandolin, guitar, octave mandolin, and mandola. Jimmy has always enjoyed performing with excellent vocalists and Moondi is no exception. They have produced two criticallly aclaimed projects on Rebel Records, 2:10 Train and Home From the Mill, and have just released their 3rd project (also on Rebel Records), If I Had A Boat. Jimmy’s main gig for the past several years has been with Moondi Klein, former lead singer in Chesapeake. He’s also performed in duos with Bill Clifton, Jack Lawrence, and Orrin Star and still plays with Orrin on occasion. He joined Robin & Linda Williams and Jim Watson as part of the Fine Group for several years. He was a member of the Country Gentlemen Reunion Band with Randy Waller, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray and was a part of Carolina Star with leader John Starling and bandmates Mike Auldridge, Rickie Simpkins, and Tom Gray.
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In addition to two stints with the Country Gentlemen, Jimmy has also performed with JD Crowe and the New South, with The Tony Rice Unit (for 9 years), and with his own bands Country Store, Spectrum (with Bela Fleck), Chesapeake, and Auldridge, Bennett & Gaudreau.
KENTUCKY MANDOLIN KM 160 HOW TO
He was offered one, figured out some simple chords, learned how to chop rhythm, and the rest is history.
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One evening, while attending a jam session, someone heard him singing tenor and told him he should be playing mandolin. When the folk boom was in full swing in the ’60s, Jimmy found himself interested in bluegrass music and the banjo. The band played for dances and had a regular Saturday night gig at his uncle’s restaurant along the Rhode Island beaches.
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KENTUCKY MANDOLIN KM 160 PROFESSIONAL
Jimmy got his start as a professional musician during his high school days, playing electric guitar in his band Jimmy G & the Jaguars. Since getting the call in 1969 to move to the Washington, DC area from his native Rhode Island and join the legendary Country Gentlemen, he has performed with a veritable Who’s Who of bluegrass bands and earned a reputation as a mandolin maverick with a sound and a style all his own. Jimmy Gaudreau has long been regarded as one of the top bluegrass performers in the world.