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There is gold in this thread. A lot of useful info has been supplied with clarity. "Learn the chords" means so much more than you might think at...

I'd like to try one of them new picks. The BC never took me full bore. I bought a pack of picks a guy was selling on here for $30. One or 2 of...

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Sure! By my reckoning, a wee red pill has as much chance of improving my playing as any overpriced pick might :) And anyway, from now on it's a given...

All good notions here. My guess is guess you will have a difficult time stepping up without a fairly deep dig into your wallet. Used Gibson F5's are...

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Regarding fingerings, when playing up the neck it is helpful to be comfortable playing the different chord shapes with all possible fingerings. For...

Time to take the red pill. :cool:

Oh, say it ain't so! Might the impossible-to-quantify 'improvements' in tone achieved from buying a $30 pick instead of a 60c pick be imaginary?? For...

"My second observation is that as someone with only a passing awareness of his music I ordered some of his older albums on the basis of this new one...

Again, thanks everyone for your advices. =)

I suppose we are lucky in the UK to have TAMCO in Brighton. A serious mandolin store!

Either that, or a smart business plan. There can be a strong alliance between a customer with MAS and a luthier with planned obsolence.

I stood on the platform in Newton And thought of my frets that were glued-on. I looked at the rail, An idea struck: "Prevail! Next time my frets...

I've watched Zeb and Samantha grow for mere tykes to who they are today. The commitment and drive for excellence, by the whole family, is something...

I used a proplec for ages, then I got a Wegen BN120 from Boyds and I like that a whole lot. Never tried a BC. Interesting at Wintergrass this...

I decided to pull out the frets, All the Cafe builders placed bets, On whether I could, Without ruining the wood. Now some are facing big debts.

I wonder if they used Dawg picks?

GrandCanyon, I cant imagine PRS dragging you down a hall to go and do that! What an amazing story! He is an amazing Luthier by all accounts, and...

Just a matter of personal taste. Machine-gun-pace repetition of the same phrases a hundred times in a row, albeit with occasional variances, leaves...

I once read that the banjo was played in the movie using the same technique, the real banjo player hiding behind Billy Redden. Now, who is hiding...

That was fun. Vivaldi-esque .... Felt like trillling (you know where). Ruth

The new mandolin proved offensive Wife: "repair the old one, be pensive" You know you can't win, Those old frets are glued in, Replacement would...

For a first effort on an "F" model,it's terrific & i totally adore the colour - a kind of deep 'Peachburst'. You should be proud of building...

Two further observations since my original post. The first is that his new album has only grown on me and I think it's one of my favourite bluegrass...

Any instrument made outside the UK & sold in the UK has already been subject to import duty,albeit levied against the instrument at it's wholesale...

Continued conundrum - what are they called now? I think I'll settle for Mac Scary Picks - handpunched from genuine zombie shoulderblades by the light...

I couldn't comment on Darren's OP,because i haven't heard the new CD,but i'll chime in & say that at his best Peter Rowan has one of the top 3 voices...