Mandolin Comparison

Here's a side-by-side comparison of three mandolins across various styles, showing how much tone can vary and how many factors make a huge difference.
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[@edsterling5258]

The Duff is astonishing. Love it on all levels.

[@floridasoldat]

“The F-holes are quite unusual.” For some reason when you just said that I experienced a sudden wave of deja vu and a brief flashback to speaking those very words myself some night I spent blackout drunk back in Thailand. Oh well, it’s probably nothing. Great video!

[@clawhammer704]

Duff all the way. The other two are a toss up to what you want in sound. The MK did surprise me on tone.

[@marknahuysen]

Great vid Josh! Wow, no bad sounds among that lot. Loved the Kelly on the fiddle tune. The Duff though wins hands down, I think. Blind test... 1. Kelly 2. Duff 3. Collings... ???

[@lathangravelle7693]

Kelly, Collins, Duff in that order for the quiz

[@simonrobert1949]

Really found this fascinating Josh Loved the blind test Keep them coming

[@joshbennettmusic]

More to come!

[@dwayneconaway1733]

Love the Duff, I think the Kelly was great sounding and the Collings last.

[@WithStringedInstruments]

Duff sounded great, no surprise. However I was impressed with the Michael Kelly.🎵🎶🎸

[@luvbgrass]

I like the Duff best I think. What kind of tops are on these mandolins?

[@WWS322]

my favorite was the new mandolin. i think the third one was the new one on the test.

[@rstarace52]

Go Bee Keepers!!

[@barrycook6603]

I thought the Paul Duff was excellent. I’m a Bluegrass player.

[@joshbennettmusic]

Ok here's the order of the blind test ("read more" to see): ... ... ... ... 1: Collings, 2: Michael Kelly, 3: Paul Duff Did you work it out?