{"items": [{"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/153342234832869?comment_id=153342458166180", "anchor": "fb-153342458166180", "service": "fb", "text": "@Audrey, Amy: continuing the game we were playing in the car...", "timestamp": "1364261116"}, {"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/153342234832869?comment_id=153350098165416", "anchor": "fb-153350098165416", "service": "fb", "text": "I preferred the old one six times and the new one five times, which puts them pretty much in a dead heat for me, at least as amplified through an SM57 and recorded live.
I'll also join you in saying that the feel of an instrument is often as important--or more so--than its tone, since an instrument that feels good and that the player can hear easily is one that frees the musician for more creativity. So I would say: based on the raw sound files, I think the *mandolins* sound similar, but I bet *you* sound better on the newer one.", "timestamp": "1364262831"}, {"author": "DeWitt", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/117377434815709898403", "anchor": "gp-1364263232275", "service": "gp", "text": "Well that's is the first time I've ever heard \nthat\n particular question. : )\n
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\nBut in the A/B test, I like the richer, fuller sound of the new mandolin better. More tenor and bass to the tone. I have a old Guild guitar that I'll never replace for just that reason.\n
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\nGreat playing, btw!", "timestamp": 1364263232}, {"author": "Danni", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/153342234832869?comment_id=153354401498319", "anchor": "fb-153354401498319", "service": "fb", "text": "I preferred the new one 7 times and the old one 4 times.", "timestamp": "1364264229"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/153342234832869?comment_id=153358611497898", "anchor": "fb-153358611497898", "service": "fb", "text": "@Hollis: \"but I bet *you* sound better on the newer one\"
In a literal sense this isn't true, as you just heard me on both, but in another sense I think you're right: being able to move more freely and hear myself better should help me improve my playing.", "timestamp": "1364265648"}, {"author": "Hollis", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/153342234832869?comment_id=153358864831206", "anchor": "fb-153358864831206", "service": "fb", "text": "(right, but I was listening for tone, not for phrasing or anything else)", "timestamp": "1364265719"}, {"author": "Amy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/153342234832869?comment_id=153370998163326", "anchor": "fb-153370998163326", "service": "fb", "text": "This game has kept me from sleeping TWO nights in a row!! For the record, this time I just got two wrong.", "timestamp": "1364269287"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/153342234832869?comment_id=153503384816754", "anchor": "fb-153503384816754", "service": "fb", "text": "Re: Hollis' comment, an instrument that feels better to you will very likely help you in the long run, but is still less familiar in the short run than one you've been playing for years. I think this comment makes sense even if you can't hear that right off the bat, because its relevance is longer term.", "timestamp": "1364304068"}, {"author": "wellvis", "source_link": "http://www.reddit.com/r/mandolin/comments/1b0hx8#c98mmbk", "anchor": "r-c98mmbk", "service": "r", "text": "I can definitely hear the difference, and prefer the sound of the Collings MT. The MAM-200 sounds like a box compared to the Collings.\n", "timestamp": 1365112923}, {"author": "Lyn", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/153342234832869?comment_id=1009062532594164", "anchor": "fb-1009062532594164", "service": "fb", "text": "The old instrument sounds much better to me, more definition and mellow, the new one is quite sharp it's easier to like because just looks prettier that's all.", "timestamp": "1524203166"}]}