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@jj339c Жыл бұрын
Came for the mini concert Ben! Really great and honest review.
@seasterl3 ай бұрын
I love to hear these comparisons. For my ears, I’m happy to know that anything for than the Eastman would be excessive,… like better to get an MD815 and MD814 for the price of the Northfield. As usual, it’s a YMMV issue. Thanks very much for this comparison!
@quigley44406 жыл бұрын
Ben that Big Mon is the pick of the litter, even over the Gibson. Love the Northfields, and iffen I had the $ it would be the one with the Engelmann Spruce top.
@stevenacord76424 жыл бұрын
Hey Ben that's a great mandolin and ur a great teacher.
@peterkromann93033 жыл бұрын
Hi Ben. Thanks for this. It made me buy a BM from the net, from a renowned shop in Brighton, without trying. I have no regeret it, and you Got a Gold memoer.
@BanjoBen3 жыл бұрын
Sweet! No, you will not regret it!
@docsiltanen6 жыл бұрын
like the mandolin , sounds great -- love the version of Whiskey Before Breakfast !!!!
@mandojimmy5 жыл бұрын
I have a 1916 one and it sounds almost exactly like the one Ben is playing. I thought I'd been lucky and got the best one they ever made but Ben's 'does it again'. Absolutely the best for me and I've had hundreds of mandolins and several top end ones but the BigMon just oozes tone and volume not to mention the classy look. Mike Vanden did a 5% bigger one but don't know why other builders have not done the same. I reckon you just get more bass and mid range and for me there's always enough treble in virtually any mandolin and you can change pick to suit. I use Wegen 2.00m. I also like the neck. I use covered 2nd for even more warm tone.
@MrMandomania5 жыл бұрын
Is yours the Engleman or Adironack top
@cajunguitarman5 жыл бұрын
that eastman sounded like it has more open dynamics
@drewsleyy38365 жыл бұрын
Awesome. What pick do you primarily use?
@SteveLindsley72 жыл бұрын
Jut saw that the tune is an original from Ben called "The Hot Bar Breakdown"... very nice.
@SteveLindsley72 жыл бұрын
What tune does Ben start out playing? That is a great tune!
@stevenacord76424 жыл бұрын
What u do with the Parsons. ?
@dennisparker35346 жыл бұрын
You and Zachary Have sold me. I'll take 1.
@BanjoBen6 жыл бұрын
You will not go wrong, brother.
@rustypatch95436 жыл бұрын
What tune is that? Sounds lovely. Love that Mandolin.
@BanjoBen6 жыл бұрын
The first one is an original called "The Hot Bar Breakdown" and the second is "Whiskey Before Breakfast."
@dustinfields20554 жыл бұрын
I’m ready to upgrade, and I’ve always wanted a Gibson F-5, but after hearing the Big Mon, I’m torn. What say you, Banjo Ben?
@NeilMcLinden4 жыл бұрын
This is super late, but from my experience, the Northfield has more of a modern "Collings" like tone, little more bite, a little more shouty, but still phenomenal for cutting through a mix. Great overtones. Gibsons have more of a throaty feel to them, at least new factory Gibsons. Still have that F5 chime, just sound a little older and mid rangey.
@kimgeorge60106 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@stevenacord76424 жыл бұрын
Hey the Gibson mandolin is killer that rattlesnake that thing got it 👍
@cristiansouza30306 жыл бұрын
👏 👏 Joga muito..
@Joey_McElroy7 ай бұрын
She sounds like liquid butter. Wow!! 😮😮
@stevenacord76424 жыл бұрын
Sweet 👍
@mood1032015 жыл бұрын
What’s the tune at 0:09? It’s so beautiful!
@BanjoBen5 жыл бұрын
It's an original tune called the "Hot Bar Breakdown"...I need to teach it one day.
@mood1032015 жыл бұрын
Banjo Ben Clark I was amazed and you really need to! Haha!
@mattz28si3 жыл бұрын
@@BanjoBen Please do!
@pghedges5 жыл бұрын
Which top is on that Big Mon?
@BanjoBen5 жыл бұрын
This one has the high grade Engelmann spruce top, thanks!
@joeylazio59895 жыл бұрын
Is that a red spruce or Engelmann top??
@BanjoBen5 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I don't remember though I think it's the Engelmann.
@joeylazio59895 жыл бұрын
Banjo Ben Clark awesome thanks man! Debating on the red spruce or Engelmann.
@BanjoBen5 жыл бұрын
@@joeylazio5989 Man, I have a red spruce headed to me this week that we can make a good video of and send it to you. Give us a call down at the store: 833-226-5623
@ShayanGivehchian6 жыл бұрын
Are these produced in the US or China ?
@BanjoBen6 жыл бұрын
From their site: All materials from North America, seasoned and matched in our Marshall, MI shop. Assembled and varnished in our Qingdao shop. Set up and final inspected in our Marshall, MI shop.
@ShayanGivehchian6 жыл бұрын
Banjo Ben Clark I know that throws most people off but when I was buying my Eastman 514 (great instrument btw) I was stuck between this and the Northfield f2s which was far superior to my mandolin and many other American made more expensive ones. Shame I didn't have the extra 2k$ to spare haha
@robertlunsford50526 жыл бұрын
Northfields has a team in China, but many of the woods and setup are done in Michigan. Buy one!!! I have #188, an early Big Mon, and they are without a doubt, the finest sounding mandolins you will ever find, bar none, they stand up the best of the best, AND, with the modern setup Northfields offers, they play like butter. Since mine, they have collaborated with Mike Marshall to create their "master" models, which are a further step on the road to mandolin utopia, just amazing instruments, built by really fine people.
@carlwilson43754 жыл бұрын
Banjo Ben Clark Why not just say the mandolins are made in China? Qingdao is in China.
@tacratt60913 жыл бұрын
The big mon mandolin with a one piece back would cost 15k if assembled in the US!
@ptalbany6 жыл бұрын
it has a lot of tone & vol. But I'm happy with my 915 Eastman that and I'm no where good enough to justify $4000 for a mandolin but it is nice for sure
@rarebasses Жыл бұрын
Sounds a lot like my mandola. I actually liked the others better. Lol
@endoalley6805 жыл бұрын
Guitarists often come down with get G.A.S.. And violinists get V.A.S. . But I thought mandolinists were immune to such afflictions. Has the virus mutated? Is there now an M.A.S. ?
@carlwilson43754 жыл бұрын
Qingdao is in China. The Northfield mandolins are made in China. If Northfield mandolins were made in the USA it would say so and you would not have to ask.
@mvb5592 Жыл бұрын
This is an advertisement, not a "review." But in this case the instrument does sound great.