Eastman MDO-305 Octave Mandolin Demo at Martin Music in Memphis, TN 

Enjoyed the octave and am considering this as an addition to our folk group. However, my eye was immediately drawn to that gorgeous Collings mandolin beside you. Too many wants, not enough money.

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!!!

Beautiful music you give sir...God bless you

Sounds great-- lovely playing

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.

finally a demo thats miked up nicely!!

WOW.. SOUNDS AMAZING

That very mandolin has now come to live at my house!

That sounded great , Thanks

The most beautiful instrument

Heart of Kentucky. Hey Martin music in Memphis. I have a regular mandolin by Eastman. Good to hear your Eastman Octave mandolin. Katie.

Great job good review I smashed the button bro

Man that tune across the sea! U play ut so nice, anyone know where to get the tab?

Thanks for demo.bro ..i play the mandolin but need the lower octave for singers

Ditto on the previous comment. There is a lot of buzz about Eastman. It is great that they are fairly affordable.

Nice instrument, reminds me a little bit my irish Bouzouki

I started learning the mandolin a couple months ago. While I enjoy it, my hands are on the larger side, and it’s difficult to play some chords. This may be the route I go with music.

The octave mandolin is the tenor member of the mandolin family and can also called tenor mandolin as it is tuned exactly like a tenor violin in violin family whereas the normal mandolin is the alto one.

1:48 so cool :)

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

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 wish I could find a good cheap starter octave mando. 😕

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

The E is the same note as the open high-E string on a guitar, while the G would correspond to the third fret on a guitar’s low-E string. So, you might wonder, why not just play guitar? Because the tuning is so different, with those four pairs of strings and the intervals in 5ths, that it becomes a whole new world to discover.

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

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.

Where can I get one? I'm in Georgia

Hi, what tuning is this?

Now I'm ready to stomp my 👢 👢's

M from India I want to purchase a mendolin

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So you had ONE. Sold it. And that's that? the link goes to a regular mando...

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

Warum wird so viel gequatscht. Über 1,5 Minuten, einfach machen und gut.

ended with chugalug...lol

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