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Mandovoodoo (tm) Optimization
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Read this excerpt from David Bromberg, Vintage Guitar,
July 2007 quoted by Dan Forte:
Eastman makes violins, and I've been dealing with their
violins for a long time. To me, the mandolin is amazing -
and I've had three Lloyd Loars at different times. It’s
Chinese. Mandolin players talk about how an instrument
does or does not 'bark.' Well, the only new mandolins
ever played that barked – with the exception of one
Gilchrist that’s better than any of the Loars I ever had –
are a couple of Eastmans. They're really good. The one
thing about it that was not wonderful was that it was very
trebly sounding. So I had Stephen Perry in Tennessee
do his MandoVoodoo thing on it, and it's now much
deeper and richer sounding. It's a better mandolin that I
am a mandolin player.
Purchasers may send mandolins purchased here back for
optimization later at the $100 special price.
Questions? Best bet is to give me a call.
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Mandovoodoo (tm) optimization works with subtle aspects
of instrument vibration to reduce unmusical noise and
sweeten the tone. Full information at our mandovoodoo.
com site. Only $100 with purchase of a mandolin from
Gianna's.
- Not brace shaving or major manipulation of
mandolin components
- Works w/subtle aspects of mandolin performance
- Normally $150
- Includes 5 years of tuneups
- MANDOVOODOO (tm) OPTIMIZATION WORKS
- See www.mandovoodoo.com.
A musical instrument must work as a whole to effectively
project balanced and clear sound. Recent work on
violins demonstrates that extremely small adjustments in
the mass of specific areas of violin ribs, bass bar, and
bridge substantially improve tone, clarity, focus, and
balance. These adjustments are quite distinct from
adjustments of the parts before assembly (e.g., free
plate analysis) because they deal with the behavior of
the instrument's structure as a whole. They are also
distinguished from structural modification (e.g., tone bar
shaving) because they rely on manipulation of very small
areas through minor burnishing or wood removal, rather
than change in structural characteristics. Why this
process works so effectively remains unknown.
Research demonstrating that higher frequency vibration
modes often focus vibration into quite small areas.
The mandovoodoo (tm) process evolved from this violin
work.
The process is iterative and addresses in order the ribs,
bridge, and tone bars. Pluck a string and run a fingertip
over the surface and bridge of a mandolin, listening
carefully. The apparent pitch of the vibrating string will
usually change depending on where the fingertip
touches. The mandovoodootm process involves the use
of small scrapers to even out the response of several
key mandolin elements. The elements are not
independent. Adjustments to the tone bars affect and
require readjustment of the ribs, bridge, and so on.
Several iterations result in stability and a quite distinct
improvement in balance, clarity, and response.
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