a friend of mine got the same model. he tuned it in an open tuning, which makes it sound a bit like an autoharp. i was more than sceptical at first but it didnt took long to convince me. nice instrument
You play that well, I remember hearing either this or the F6 from a Gold Tone promo and being extremely underwhelmed. You make it sound like a proper extended range mandolin! Curious if you've ever looked into their WR-7 "7-string" (6+drone) banjo. I'm a 5-string player and have been having a lot of fun with it in typical banjo tunings and the 12" pot helps give the bass strings some proper growl, I'm curious what you'd make of it. Cheers! PS: I share your hatred of "the RUclipsr aesthetic". Honestly I think the core tenets of that are desperation and trolling; if you stay making content like this because you enjoy it and don't go fishing for drama you'll have nothing to worry about IMO. You are after all, already human.
Howdy and thank you for your comment. I actually haven't heard of their 7 string banjo but now that you've told me about it, I'll keep my eyes open. That's the kind of creativity and excitement that makes me admire Gold Tone. I'll share this instrument more with future videos. I just need to spend more time improving switching between this and a standard mandolin. Shifting gears from playing in fifths can really mess you up if you don't do it regularly! It's interesting you refer to it as an extended mandolin as it really does reach lower and have a nice bit of growl that a standard Mando doesn't have. I hope you've having a great holiday season so far. All the best to you!
This sounds like it was made just for you! See if there's any music shop nearby that may have one for you to try. It's really wild to hear it and play it in person.
I'm really wanting to buy one of these to try playing in Open G and Mountain Minor. If it can support adding a high G string and droping the low E then this thing will be a blast to experiment with
You should have done a thumb nail of you with lazor eyes holding the guitar mandolin like a weapon and title the video "5 minute hack to turn your mandolin into any instrument, guitarists hate this!"
Oh yeah, this would work well in country. EMD Music is the distributor for Gold Tone in Europe, info@emdmusic.com I don't know of them since I live in Australia.
Wonderful! I'll have to look that up. Is it electric or acoustic? Compared to this F-12, I suspect it would have a more mellow attack with more pronounced mid and low range.
That would be 12.5”! Pretty short! This one is an octave 12 string guitar, but with a 15” scale…. BTW, the Emerald Amicus is an 18” scale 12 string, tuned D to D.
@@MountainHomeJerrel You’re welcome! And yeah, I will probably go with the Amicus, because: #1. the 3” longer scale… this will give me more space for chords. #2. I live in Phoenix where humidity is super low, so would not have to humidify it,(100% graphite). #3. I am always tuned D to D, anyways. But, could you possibly tune your F12 down to D to D, and let me know how it sounds, and feels, with less string tension? Many thanks for even considering my request!
The same pitches can be achieved with a capo but it's not the same sound, not even close. The longer scale length, string tension, the type of force applied to the instrument top, the shape and thickness of the top combined with the bridge and bracing producing totally different sounds, each with their own merits. I'll make a video very soon showing the difference. Thanks for watching.
Enjoyable and informative overview, thanks👍🙂
Thank you for watching. I'll share more videos soon playing music with this.
a friend of mine got the same model. he tuned it in an open tuning, which makes it sound a bit like an autoharp. i was more than sceptical at first but it didnt took long to convince me. nice instrument
Now that's interesting. I may want to try some open tunings too. Thanks for sharing that.
super cool instrument, thank you
Thank you for watching!
Nice mandolin👍sounds great🎶👍
Thank you, matey. You know, I'd love to hear what sound you'd get out of something like this. I bet you'd rock with it. Cheers.
You play that well, I remember hearing either this or the F6 from a Gold Tone promo and being extremely underwhelmed. You make it sound like a proper extended range mandolin!
Curious if you've ever looked into their WR-7 "7-string" (6+drone) banjo. I'm a 5-string player and have been having a lot of fun with it in typical banjo tunings and the 12" pot helps give the bass strings some proper growl, I'm curious what you'd make of it. Cheers!
PS: I share your hatred of "the RUclipsr aesthetic". Honestly I think the core tenets of that are desperation and trolling; if you stay making content like this because you enjoy it and don't go fishing for drama you'll have nothing to worry about IMO. You are after all, already human.
Howdy and thank you for your comment. I actually haven't heard of their 7 string banjo but now that you've told me about it, I'll keep my eyes open. That's the kind of creativity and excitement that makes me admire Gold Tone. I'll share this instrument more with future videos. I just need to spend more time improving switching between this and a standard mandolin. Shifting gears from playing in fifths can really mess you up if you don't do it regularly! It's interesting you refer to it as an extended mandolin as it really does reach lower and have a nice bit of growl that a standard Mando doesn't have. I hope you've having a great holiday season so far. All the best to you!
Nice video and review man, thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching. I've got more instruments to share coming up.
Nice demo, the sound reminds me of an autoharp
Thank you. Now that you say that, I hear the similarities.
Very Magical
Ho. Ly. Crud!
A combination of my favourite 2 beasts, a 12-string acoustic and a mando!
That's genius! I want!
But yes, the tension must be insane!
This sounds like it was made just for you! See if there's any music shop nearby that may have one for you to try. It's really wild to hear it and play it in person.
Nice instrument.
Is it a standard guitar tuning, except for that the three bottom strings are tuned in octaves?
I'm really wanting to buy one of these to try playing in Open G and Mountain Minor. If it can support adding a high G string and droping the low E then this thing will be a blast to experiment with
That sounds interesting. Perhaps I'll make a video to test some open tunings and report my findings.
You should have done a thumb nail of you with lazor eyes holding the guitar mandolin like a weapon and title the video "5 minute hack to turn your mandolin into any instrument, guitarists hate this!"
Sadly, those kinds of thumbnails are super, super effective. Hahaha.
cool instrument, i never seen this here in europe, i cud use it in a country mix ;)
Oh yeah, this would work well in country. EMD Music is the distributor for Gold Tone in Europe, info@emdmusic.com I don't know of them since I live in Australia.
I've an Eko octave 12 string guitar. That is, a 12 string guitar with a scale length equal to half that of a normal 12 string.
Wonderful! I'll have to look that up. Is it electric or acoustic? Compared to this F-12, I suspect it would have a more mellow attack with more pronounced mid and low range.
That would be 12.5”! Pretty short! This one is an octave 12 string guitar, but with a 15” scale…. BTW, the Emerald Amicus is an 18” scale 12 string, tuned D to D.
@@jed1166 thanks for adding in the information. Man, it all just seems like more cool stuff to play.
@@MountainHomeJerrel You’re welcome! And yeah, I will probably go with the Amicus, because:
#1. the 3” longer scale… this will give me more space for chords.
#2. I live in Phoenix where humidity is super low, so would not have to humidify it,(100% graphite).
#3. I am always tuned D to D, anyways.
But, could you possibly tune your F12 down to D to D, and let me know how it sounds, and feels, with less string tension?
Many thanks for even considering my request!
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its tuned like a guitar so its not really a mandolin more of a mandolin shaped short scale 12 string guitar the same sound can be achieved with a capo
The same pitches can be achieved with a capo but it's not the same sound, not even close. The longer scale length, string tension, the type of force applied to the instrument top, the shape and thickness of the top combined with the bridge and bracing producing totally different sounds, each with their own merits. I'll make a video very soon showing the difference. Thanks for watching.