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planetguy - Posted - 08/05/2011: 08:31:28
howdy....i have a chance to pick up a used one in my neck of the woods and wonder what folks think about getting "close" to an acoustic tone w these. yes, i know there are better choices and that opinions are subjective (i will try it out for myself tomorrow). of course a solidbody instrument w magnetic p/u's will have it's limitations in that regard.
still....i'm curious to hear from anyone that owns or has spent some time playing one of these. and please feel free to weigh in on any other limitations or attributes you like or dislike about these.
thanks all!
Cat - Posted - 08/20/2013: 06:41:50
A couple of years late with a reply but for anyone else who's looking for a review of this electric mandolin, you can find a pretty in-depth review here:
myrareguitars.com/eastwood-man...er-review
Jim Yates - Posted - 08/20/2013: 09:12:30
Hey, that's cool. I've never seen or heard Wendell play a mandolin before, but I'm a big fan of his guitar playing and comedy styling. Thanks for that Cat.
Cat - Posted - 08/20/2013: 11:09:16
Welcome. :)
I stumbled across that yesterday as I was considering buying one - well, the UK equivalent. They sell them here under the brand "Revelation".. They seem to be pretty decent instruments for the money. An electric would be ideal for silent practice and for those moments when I feel like getting crazy with my guitar multi-effects pedal. ;)
RJM - Posted - 08/24/2013: 15:23:13
Hi planetguy,
I have an Eastwood Mandocaster for a year now and I’m still satisfied with this instrument. It has a small and fast playing neck, excellent for playing riffs and solos. In the beginning you have to get used to this neck. With the right settings on your amp you will have a real mandolin sound. As with most electric guitars, you can practice on the Mandocaster in silence. Acoustic mandolins can be very noisy. I also saw the Wendell Ferguson demo last year, and that was the deciding factor to go for the Mandocaster. As with guitars, some songs you want to play on an acoustic mandolin, some songs need the sound of a solid body mandolin. And yes, sometimes I’m using my pedal board also on my mandolins, and it sounds darn good.
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Cat - Posted - 08/25/2013: 15:13:58
As it happens, I gave into temptation and bought a Revelation Mandocaster on Ebay and have had it for a couple of days now. I believe these are pretty much identical to the Eastwoods in the States, or so I've been told.
I have to say I am very impressed with this instrument for the price paid. £127 (US$199) which included delivery and for that I got a very nice emando indeed. It feels very solid and well made. The body's alder and the neck is the usual maple - and very nicely finished too. As were the frets, immaculately dressed. The neck is bound as is the body. It also comes with the traditional Telecaster string-through - four strings through the body, the other four through the bridge. The single coil pickups - advertised as Alan Entwistle customs - are really quite impressive. Unless you play it with a lot of distortion and gain, there is zero hum from these. The candy apple red finish is actually translucent, not something I'd expect in an inexpensive instrument as it allows you to see all the flaws in the wood - or in this case, the lack of flaws. No knots, no filler just a very nice two-piece alder body. It also has Grover machine heads and a bone nut, these last two were the biggest surprise of all on something at this price. The action was just right and I haven't tweaked the setup at all which isn't bad going for something straight from the factory (it still had the brown paper wrapped round the strings). Okay, the strings themselves will need replacing but stock strings are never much good.
I seriously didn't expect something I bought primarily for silent practice to impress me so much but this is a very nice sounding electric mando. Through an acoustic amp modeller it sounds pretty close to an actual acoustic but with extra sustain. I find I'm playing it a lot more than I expected and it's fun to put it through my guitar's multi-effects unit and mess about with different sounds.
If the Eastwood is indeed a rebranded Revelation (or vice versa), I'd recommend it without a moment's qualm - especially when it's so cheap.
Edited by - Cat on 08/25/2013 15:19:43
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