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Yesterday,
11:29am
Alex Orr
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Walls of Time - V or just IV
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One of the quickest ways to start a bluegrass fight at a jam in DC seems to be to suggest that "Walls of Time" has a five chord. Personally, I...
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May-23-2013,
2:49pm
Alex Orr
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Cleaning the mandolin?
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If you take all the strings off, there is no pressure holding the bridge to the mandolin body, and as such, it's likely to fall off, or at least slip...
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May-21-2013,
9:49pm
Alex Orr
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Cleaning the mandolin?
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I would never put any sort of goop on the strings. I just put new ones on every 4-6 weeks or so. Also, I rarely clean the instrument. Like others...
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May-21-2013,
8:40pm
PJ Doland
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Jacobson #20 - Black Tie #1
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These things look and sound great and I'm pretty close to dropping you a line to order one. I do have a minor aesthetic gripe with the fingerboard...
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May-17-2013,
10:04am
PJ Doland
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Advice for playing with a twin brother....
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I think you have to offer to play some Zeppelin and Spinal Tap "Stonehenge" with him.
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May-15-2013,
2:34pm
PJ Doland
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Amazon?
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I'd recommend you pony up a few extra bucks and order it from a Folkmusician.com, who will give it a decent setup before it goes out.
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May-15-2013,
12:21pm
PJ Doland
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Did Lloyd Loar sign anything but the F5s?
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Does anybody know if Loar's own personal 10-string mandola is signed?
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May-13-2013,
6:56pm
PJ Doland
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Post your favorite clips from U-Tube, let's start a collection
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May-13-2013,
10:16am
PJ Doland
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Picks for increased volume
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I'm another vote for the Dunlop Ultex 1.14mm triangular picks.
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May-13-2013,
10:07am
PJ Doland
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Tone Gard
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Notice that nobody here has chimed in to say "I tried one and didn't like it." All the skepticism is from people who haven't used them or are too...
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May-09-2013,
8:50pm
PJ Doland
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tone-gard repair
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The new tubing is the bee's knees.
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May-07-2013,
5:55pm
PJ Doland
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A cup of tea with Steve Gilchrist - any questions?
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Ask him if his son is selling those solid-body electric Jaguar-style mandolins we saw a while back on the cafe.
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May-06-2013,
2:07pm
Alex Orr
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Walking Across America...with a mandolin
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This was one of the best radio stories I've ever heard.
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May-05-2013,
7:35pm
PJ Doland
replied to a thread
tone-gard repair
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Do you have the new clear tubing or the old black tubing?
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May-05-2013,
7:16pm
PJ Doland
replied to a thread
Loar Restoration
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John Hamlett is a freaking repair genius. He's done work on two Loar-era instruments for me (a snakehead and an F-2). The work was AMAZING, and...
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May-01-2013,
2:13pm
Alex Orr
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Best Free online video lessons?
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Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks
I'd suggest buying Greg Horne's beginner mando book, which can be bought with a short accompanying DVD. The thing about searching through a...
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May-01-2013,
2:03pm
Alex Orr
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Tips on finger-picking
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I was thinking the same thing myself. If you're fingerpicking a mando, with no other amplification, in a jam, I just don't see it being audible. If...
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May-01-2013,
11:24am
PJ Doland
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Gibson fixer upper on Ebay - pricey!!
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Unfortunately, the economics will probably result in it getting parted out.
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Apr-30-2013,
5:09pm
Alex Orr
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RIP Bob Brozman
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The Guardian has a fairly lengthy obit. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/apr/28/bob-brozman Back around 2005, I spent a couple of years...
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Apr-28-2013,
9:28am
PJ Doland
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Guitar Center Mandolin Experiences
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About 18-months ago I picked up an Eastman DG-1 Dawg model in very good condition for $1000 at a Guitar Center...without a case. It was very nice,...
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