Tone - Gard (USA)
This nicely made accessory attaches to the back of your mandolin to isolate the back of the mandolin away from your body, allowing the sonic energy within the instrument to project more effectively, resulting in a much bigger sound and better frequency response.
Sunrise Tone Gard
Der Tone-Gard (USA) verstärkt den Ton Deiner Mandoline erheblich. Der Effekt ist deutlich hörbar!
In den Modellvarianten: Deco und Sunrise oder das Vintage Gard für alte Gibson Mandos bzw. grössere Bodyformen.
Und es gibt auch das Tone-Gard für die Linkshänder Mandoline!
Passt für alle gängigen A und F Style Mandolinen!
Der Mandolinenboden kann durch das Tone Gard Gestell frei schwingen!
The Tone-Gard™ is designed to isolate the back of the instrument from the player’s body, producing more volume and deepening the tone.
You can test the concept right now without a Tone-Gard™. Face a wall about a foot or two away, to allow the sound to bounce back directly to you, and play your instrument normally. After you are used to the sound, hold the mandolin by the neck so that the back of the instrument is a couple of inches away from your body. Now try playing a couple of chops. Go back and forth, against and away from your body, and you will notice a difference. You will hear a difference just hitting one chop and letting it ring while holding against you, then away.
What Materials Is a Tone-Gard™ Made of?
Standard Gards are now made of laser-cut steel with a ceramic powder-coat. They have more pads, which are directly glued on to prevent loss. Vintage, Rigel, and custom Gards are hand-made from mild steel, sprayed with a durable high-gloss paint, and have older-style pads. All surfaces that come in contact with the instrument have rubber and leather pads where needed to protect the instrument’s finish. The only maintenance is occasionally to apply a little instrument wax or Pledge™ or similar product on the rubber-pads to protect from deterioration. The rubber pads can also be easily replaced if necessary.
Many prominent mandolinists — including David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, John Reischman, Don Stiernberg, Roland White, Radim Zenkl, Andy Statman, Mike Marshall, Dana Rath, Tom Rozum, Eric Thompson, Emory Lester, and many others — use and recommend the Tone-Gard™ to get the best sound.
Auf Bestellung auch lieferbar:
DolaGard-V for Gibson H1 or H2 mandola, and DolaGard-S for H4 or H5 mandola.
OM-Gard for A-shape octave mandolins such as Weber or Eastman MDO-305
D-Gard for Martin dreadnought guitar