Olson over tones are striking, Olson is the premier builders today. I would be pleased to own an Olson.

Is the neck width the same as the Epiphone's dreadnought?

the sound and the tune are amazing! Well I think you just convinced me

A Fodera is far more than a Tesla. It's a Ferrari. I love he tells the story with passion

Both guitars are out of tune🫣

I love the twang it has! I wish they made a 6/12 string version... Basically a guitar with that body shape

Just happened to be perusing Eastman mandolin videos(getting the black oval hole MD-404!!)and theres my brother from another mother, ERIC LEWIS!!! If you EVER get a chance to see this man perform live, he's one of the BEST flatpickers I've ever had the privilege to play with!!!

hey! i heard the last chords of starship trooper there for a few seconds! :) nice playing, and a fantastic guitar.

Sounds great-- lovely playing

He got the zero % financing deal. How many other people got that?

Nice instrument, reminds me a little bit my irish Bouzouki

Once I discovered the city champs this guy became one of my favorite top 20 guitar players. Great musicians great grooves great ideas

Just fell in love with that guitar‼️😍

I didn't know Martin Music was still open for business. That's great news. It's a nice little store. So many great music stores in Memphis have closed.

Very nice! This is the Guitarist who plays with Gospel Great John P. Kee & famz is DOPE!!!!💪🏽👏🏽🙌🏽

That sounded great , Thanks

Well dang it, hard not to buy one after watching this

I found my bass. It‘s a Sandberg california in the version of BTM in Nürnberg. Best store for guitars, basses and the rest of stringinstruments.

What a dumbazz, both guitars were so out of tune.

$900 back then was a lot of money. Victor earned it.

I have same but electro acoustic

😂 😂 😂 Victor loves to talk... In his story, you will learn something new

I’m sorry you are dull

Olson wins every time

After hanging up my bass for almost 15 years I am in the market for a new instrument to start working again. This little clip of Vic could not have come at a more fortuitous time for me. What a great bit of wisdom and I will be sure to keep this in mind.

I've got one of those and though Chinese instruments in general sound thin and at worst tinny the Eastman octave has a nice tone for the money AND I find it much preferable to the guitar body type octave mandolins. The latter might have more depth of tone but there's so much midrange that you might as well play a guitar. The A body octave like this has more gutsiness. Oh, and before you run out and buy Northfield's set of octave strings find out from Eastman what string gauges they use and recommend. Northfield's and others are using a lighter gauge which thins out the sound of this Eastman. EG - .014 for the E strings adds depth to the treble that Northfield's .012 lacks. I wish someone made a mandolin that had the body of a mandola but was tuned to a mandolin instead of the mandola - the former is a key of "A" instrument whereas the latter is a key of "C" instrument. I find the key of "C" to be bland and boring - and quite limited when it comes to bluegrass or jazz or Celtic which prefer keys of A / G / D / B ~ Bb

i have one. factory action was too high. now lowered it has less volume but a great strummer

Now I'm ready to stomp my 👢 👢's

nothing but static & buzz . have to tune up .

Hey please could tell me İs Octav Mandolin smaller size than İrish Bouzoki? Or are they same size each other?

wonderful guitar i hope you took it home. if not and the current owner isn't happy, ping me back! thanks

anyone here like me being distracted by the plexi and blackface amp at the back?

He reminds me of Denzel in a way

Funny thing is -- I love everything about Victor except the tone of his bass.

finally a demo thats miked up nicely!!

Where can I get one? I'm in Georgia

The most beautiful instrument

Great amp, would have been a better demo with a higher end guitar though.

Does this instrument come with a carrying case? Would you ship overseas?

name of the piece you play, please?

Victor just seems like one of the greatest guys you could ever hope to meet

You sure found a good one! It does sound like the Gibson, and is the first one I've heard that does. I'd buy it too.

Great playing but these PRS guitars are horrible.

Amazing playing! The Mandolin is what got me back into music after a couple year hiatus. I’ve really been enjoying it 😁🎸. My most recent song features my MD305! Give it a listen if you get a chance! 😁

I am absolutely amazed at how truly and consistently out of tune both guitars are. When you think about it, if you are that good a player and you are playing on two of the better high-end guitars made, there is only one explanation. They were pushed out of tune on purpose. I'm thinking it was done because one of the guitars sounds so much better than the other and throwing them out of tune makes it harder to choose a favorite. Almost as if the goal was to convince listeners that the less expensive guitar is just as good as the more expensive one. Nothing like a good old fashioned conspiracy theory...

When he said octave mandolin I thought it was going to be each course of strings would be tuned in an octave like on a 12 string guitar. That would be cool.

Fodera investing in Victor is one of the best business decisions of all time. He rocketed their stock through the roof

Pretty.

Beautiful music you give sir...God bless you

WOW.. SOUNDS AMAZING