Sierra Hull: Acoustic vs. Electric vs. Octave Mandolins | Reverb Interview

[@HighlineGuitars]

There's just no limit to why stringed instruments are so cool.

[@CorbCorbin]

Highline Guitars No doubt!

[@Reverb]

We couldn't agree more!

[@lordundhimself1310]

Hells... yes

[@bryankeller3492]

What's up with the 32 thumbs down a-holes on here? Are they just malcontent 8 year olds "clicking" to feel cool OR are they stiff-neck traditionalists who hate anything and anyone that doesn't note-for-note play it like "Bill"?

[@vincentreyes6154]

@@bryankeller3492 They're probably just trolls or people who are upset and/or envious of people who play strings. Let them have their way, haters will come across our paths. They won't stick around if we don't hang around.

[@dancook1118]

I've been lucky enough to attend a couple of performances. In addition to being a serious Musician and awesome performer Sierra Hull is both gracious and generous to the folks who come to hear her play. If you get the chance , Go see her!

[@matthewwright7649]

Please make more videos like this Reverb! This was so rad.

[@josephrasbold2180]

Had the pleasure of meeting Sierra once in Nashville, such a nice and kind person. One of my musical heroes and it's always amazing seeing her perform live. A true inspiration!

[@josephrasbold2180]

@ALLEGRA F Yayy!!! I've seen her twice, and she's always incredible. Hope you have a great time 😊

[@geraldvargas3406]

That octave mando sounds and looks beautiful

[@metalabsynth]

Thank you for putting the reference pictures for her past instruments

[@dktice7011]

Austin Clark does all of my luthier work and so I've been to his shop several times and one has to see one of those octave mandolins in person they are gorgeous!

[@blewzman]

Saw her live last year, just amazing! Just her and a guy on upright bass, filled the art center. Do yourself a favor and go see her play

[@Hennu_TRM]

Her accent is crazy. It's like some words she says are from the south but then every now and then a few northern ones slip in.

[@sabahbubbler]

It's like someone fron Tennessee trying to be a cali girl

[@ProbableCauseBluesBand]

I’m from TN. Trust me there are folks down here you could not even understand! I’d say she’s had speech classes or worked really hard to polish her accent. Ultimately nobody cares cause she kills the mandolin! Music is universal!!!

[@ThatkidwithCP]

@@ProbableCauseBluesBand I wish nobody would feel the need to "polish" their accent ever, personally. It's part of what makes us unique!

[@mikewilliams258]

What the hell does her accent have to do with anything?

[@Hennu_TRM]

@@mikewilliams258 Not much, it's just unique to me. I've never heard an accent like that before.

[@boriscat1999]

So cool. I picked up an electric mandola before I could really play and I fell in love with the sound of it. It's kind of an oddball instrument compared to my simple A-style acoustic, but it can really cook with a tube screamer and a little reverb.

[@TheMaineSurveyor]

I'm keenly interested in the mandola. I like the pitch range and the warm tone. It seems the perfect compliment to the mandolin. I like to record music at home and would enjoy putting these two instruments together. I'm sure that starts to rabbit hole that leads to the mandocello, which also interests me.

[@mudslide4704]

They sound great together. Lots of fun to jam mandolin to.

[@grokeffer6226]

I saw Miss Hull [Mrs., now] perform at a local High School a couple of years back and was very impressed with her skill. Her bassist, Ethan Jodziewicz, was great, too. I hope to be able to hear her perform live again sometime. Alison Krauss did a great service to fans of great music by helping her break into the industry when she was still just a young girl.

[@sharktroubles]

I could not put the Fender Mandocaster down if it were amplified with a little reverb, especially. Wow!

[@michaelmaier7262]

Wow. I never heard of an octave mandolin til I stumbled over this. What an interesting instrument. Thanks, Sierra!

[@marknason4572]

Although there's so much to Sierra's music, I ADORE the song Black River.

[@phillseagram]

The clean tone at 2:25 is just so good

[@extremotionaltrouffas]

Great and solid insight over these beautiful instruments. Thank you!

[@fliegerdefunes7758]

I play mandoline for a few months now and I'm playing on a old portugese mandolin I bought for 35€ on ebay and it sounds great :)

[@GunnarSalyer]

They actually mislabeled the octave cutaway, it's a Venetian cutaway not a florentine. Florentine cutaways are sharp not rounded

[@Far2006]

They are gorgeous!! I can't even immagine how many hours of practice you have... You're great!

[@willdobson6091]

The cutaway Octave Mando she has is such a unique instrument. I find myself coming back to this video just to hear its sound!

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

Is it bad that I would love to stick that Mandocaster through a heavy fuzz pedal ala Warren Ellis? Also, is there anyone that makes electric octave mandolins?

[@TheZooropaBaby]

actually there used to be host of mandolin-family instruments, made by companies like Gibson but they are mostly the relic of the past now. because mandolins are tuned in the same way as the violin/viola/cello are, they used to sell various sized mandolins (mando-cello and what not) to teach classical compositions, apparently

[@TheMandoCorner]

Jonathan Mann makes costume mandolins of all sorts. Here is his website www.manndolins.com

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

@@TheMandoCorner Thanks, that's really helpful :) I'd love to try one out.

[@tjzambonischwartz]

Ain't nothing wrong with Warren Ellis style. I have one of his tenor guitars and it's a goddammitin' war machine.

[@colinedmunds2238]

Eastwood makes a warren Ellis mandocello, which sounds like stoner metal on a 12 string

[@imammuhammad3546]

The Mandocaster seemed legit to me.

[@imammuhammad3546]

So did the octave one.

[@nixonkutz3018]

I naively thought it was a mandocello on those songs on Weighted Mind ... 1st I've heard of the Octave Mandolin. Sierra, you are so amazing!

[@KarlKatten]

Dang the sound of that Octave mandolin sounds crazy good

[@GOLIATHdominates]

Her next album is going to be tremendous. I can feel it.

[@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

What is she playing through with the Mandocaster at 2:28??

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Reverb I figured it all out. Electric Guitars are really beginner friendly due to easier action, smaller size, & thinner strings which helps with barre Chords, so Electric Mandolin might be ideal for beginner.

[@AnonymousNP]

I rlly want a 5string mandolin/ electric I'm a fiddler but on mandolin it's so much easier to play "riffs" definitely works with swing and rock.

[@ronskinner3101]

I believe the octave mandolin has the most beautiful voice of any stringed instrument. I don’t like to hear it called “guitar like”. You play beautifully

[@MiguelBaptista1981]

All sounded great, but the first one just sounds beautiful, and is the classic mandolin, the bigger one would also be great to complement.

[@_-_Michael_-_]

I don’t get it. What REM songs were played in this video?

[@HarryCollins99]

I really am enjoying your videos. Thanks for sharing such a wealth of useful information about mandolin. And as a side note, I just want to say how lovely you are with minimal makeup. The real you shows through beautifully in this vid. ✨

[@BP-xe7dw]

That tone on Clark is so beautiful.

[@Floortile83]

Is there a Mandophone? Mandolin/Xylophone combo. Or a Mandonet... mandolin clarinet? I know there is such thing as a mandible, but I don't think it's a combo of a mandolin and a cymbal.

[@pre0tam]

Gold

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

The Electric Mandolin might be ideal for begginers cause just like on an Electric Guitar, lighter gauge strings, lower action, smaller and flatter body, smaller neck, etc so it's much much bigger in versatility.

[@ryangunwitch-black]

1:07 ❤ This. Lol I’ve been playing guitar for decades and just got serious about mandolin and I want to start with the best technique I can achieve. Thus, I backed this up 9 times to look at Sierra’s right hand. 😂

[@raymondleggs5508]

My room is starting to fill with instruments that I can barely play but I can annoy my cat with lol. Mandolin is next.

[@stevesstrings5243]

I really love the voice of the octave mandolin!

[@ryanlusby569]

Steve's Strings I hate zebras

[@mudslide4704]

A model Kentucky was my first mando too. Didn’t play too loud and the action sucked but I still use it camping today.

[@-Pol-]

So can you play surf mandolin on a Mandocaster or would a Mandoguar be better for that?

[@winterjps]

She's a great player, and charming as all get out.

[@mattdoliver1984]

Man that Fender looks and sounds so sweet 👍🏼

[@9jmorrison]

4 string was very common before the 20s. Then they went to 6 strings, and called the 4 stringers tenor guitars.

[@vidtrax662]

Wow, she sounds damn good! Great insight to the Mandolins

[@Jordan-tu4ki]

Awesome video!

[@edfederoff2679]

Eastwood makes a fantastic version of the Mandocaster - about $500 used on Reverb.

[@alanbrookes8716]

Have you ever tried a 5-course (10 string) mandolin? I find it useful to have a bigger range.

[@donaldfewell8908]

I'd like to try them. I just learned about Fender's mandocaster 12, a 12-string mandar (mandolin-guitar hybrid) tuned an octave higher than a guitar.

[@grantthepilgrim]

Sierra is an amazing player, her latest album is sensational. Do yourself a favour & give it a spin

[@davestambaugh7282]

Listen to the Tone Poems albums. I know a lot of the mandolins on that album are not really so hot, however under Grismans hand they are all great instruments.

[@terred999]

that octave mando sounds so gooooooooddd

[@Quark.Lepton]

My beard is really tough-my beard hair is literally like steel, but I keep it pretty short, but it’s also very curly and brown-colored and usually full of food pieces, chunks of meat and other stuff. So I wanted to ask, do you think this will be a problem?

[@ClayWilliams]

Been waiting for this! Thanks 🙏🏼

[@wupeide]

Lovely! Thanks for this nice little video.

[@ouchcubic]

i like to call my Epiphone Mandobird IV ,my cocktail guitar. nice work, thank you. i will follow!

[@daf827]

The tone on the Mandocaster is really fine. The octave mandolin, too. But as Sierra so sagely said, it really comes down to practice-

[@bananajoe1882]

First mandolin i played on the action was really high, i am a woodwind player and didnt know that was a thing. I spent a year just in awe of the pain i thought professional mandolin players went through. Then i felt stupid when i found out what action was

[@BlackMountainFamilyMusic]

Gorgeous tone!

[@Crowfeather-v5o]

Love my A model Kentucky ❤😊

[@duaneholcomb8408]

Great advice not just for a mandalin. Player but any instrument.

[@curbowman]

3:38 That is not a Florentine cutaway!! The Florentine is sharp, pointy. The one seen here is a Venetian cutaway.

[@gustavoberocan]

Interesting! Three mandolins and all very different from the brazilian mandolin. If you want to expand you mandolin knowledge i recommend to check the Hamilton de Holanda’s channel. He plays wonderfully a 10 string mandolin in this beautiful brazilian instrumental genre called Choro or Chorinho.

[@carlosdarity6456]

Octave Cutaway is Gold and she is too!!

[@IlNeige]

Fender Mandocaster is the name of my favorite Jedi.

[@sweetgherkinz]

Holy frick that mandocaster sounds flipping AWESOME...

[@guitartec]

Have you ever played a Spanish Cuatro? It's a smaller mando-sized instrument with 4 courses. If you find a decent one, they're amazing.

[@JimmyDeLocke]

How can you not love this woman?

[@edwincancelii2917]

There’s also the piccolo mandolin, which is tuned a fourth higher than the standard mandolin. Tune on KZbin and type piccolo mandolin, and you’ll be surprised.

[@DougGarrett]

Such a great player.

[@Elazarko]

What's a good mandolin for beginners under $300 ?

[@squirlmy]

2:00 "This is a 1964 Mandocaster... there's something inspiring about knowing these instruments have been around a lot longer than I have... and how broken in they are..." Me: I was born in 1963! ;( I feel old. I'm probably not inspiring anyone either ; (

[@irenec2863]

If that is the case, put yourself out there and inspire someone to play an instrument. I'm Baby Boomer who picked up the mandolin and the guitar a few months ago after years of not playing. I've got my younger sister and a granddaughter playing now. My sister said, "You are always smiling when you play " . She bought her first guitar yesterday. 😊

[@jameszimmerman2965]

Great video-thanks!

[@fallonkassinger8779]

I love Sierra !!

[@DaveDexterMusic]

I'm getting really confused by her first mandolin - I keep thinking it's a longer scale, but it must be the headstock being a good six inches and fooling my eyes.

[@bowmanmccullough3759]

Thank you!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

There are Electric Octave Mandolins too.

[@elenisaintoufi340]

I really wanna buy the Kentucky KM-156 A-Model mandolin but l can't find a shop which sells it and ships to my country 😭

[@stateofblitz]

That octave mandolin 😍

[@paulcook7888]

I really like the octave mandolin

[@SnoW-wc2rw]

I want that Clark mandolin!

[@tinobarbati4944]

A.I. "We're talking about practice. Not a game; not the game that I go out there and die for and play every game like it's my last, not the game, we're talking about practice, man." A.I. is for Allen Iverson and he was wrong and you are 110% right even though you don't play basketball, or can you do that too? Love the mandolin as I'm Italian and my dad played well. Thanks for sharing.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnzJZH-Epb-Ir6c There are 4 String Acoustic Mandolins too which have a "Mini Archtop (Tenor) Guitar vibe" to them so it's a different sort of Mandolin.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

There's the Mando-Banjo

[@sweetgherkinz]

2:53 Okay wow um, that is toooo goood.

[@pwb0511]

Thank you for taking the mandolin out into the wild blue yonder!

[@kevincozens6837]

That mandocaster has a very different sound to it. I would have like to hear Sierra comment on A style vs F style. I know Bill played an F style. Do professional musicians favour the F style because of it is what Bill played, because they prefer the look of the instrument, or both?

[@MM-vs2et]

That Mandocaster is super cute

[@zeejonesy]

What a musician!

[@ryanlusby569]

Zach Jones what a zebra

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

The Electric Mandolin is much easier to learn on cause with the single strings it's much easier on the fretting hand

[@javiceres]

How much for the fingers? :)

[@SubUwU509]

10 000 hours of practice ;)

The Octave Mandolins sounds soooo goooood

[@crabtrap]

SETUP IS EVERYTHING: budget or expensive, an instrument that is not setup properly will play and sound like trash. #1 is intonation #2 string action #3 quality strings. there is more but that is your start point. a $1000 mando that has bad intonation is going to sound like a toy ukelele.

[@rogerbeaird5742]

The octave has a sustainable sound and low notes more range I'm ready to go forward self taught at 64 started at 62

[@ddiehl4593]

I have that same mando!!

[@nickchalk]

Who the hell is this girl?!!!!!! I though about listening to the sound of electric mandolin to possibly add it to something i'd make and searched it on youtube. First video was this one and i clicked on it. This girl looks like 20 years old but has the mind of an aged musician. I don't know if she is already well known or something but i'm verry impressed and definately going to check her music!!!! (sorry for my bad english)

[@experimenteight4550]

Losing My Religion intensifies

[@fatihnomore]

Waited whole video.

[@Grayham4]

@@fatihnomore why. It's not even interesting.

[@JohnsDough1918]

@@Grayham4 , no, it is.

[@raymonddesrosiers6164]

You meant to say anything by Chris Thile, right?

[@Logiafruit]

The only problem of the Clark octave mandolins is THE PRICE 😭😭

[@XxSkydog71xX]

Best of both worlds clashed before my eyes. Mandos and strats. What more do u want? Bluegrass and creamy strat sounds. Hot !

[@DJRAINTREE]

That Clark is $6800…. Holy shit! I wanted one but damnnn that’s wild

[@JdDiehl]

Very talented!