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I grab a Fender extra-heavy 346 (large triangle) in place of my Blue Chip CT55 when I'm in a hurry. Best substitute for me. Fender doesn't make 346 in extra-heavy any more, but the heavy is OK too....

He has an arm rest and a Tone-Gard on his mando. Is that his Loar?

In a word: "80% of success is showing up" - Woody Allen

And besides: if you want to advance, you have to get out of your comfort zone. -American urban rumor

Finally watched this on Netflix last night. My impression (say again: "impression") is that this is a movie that editorializes the problem of being too young to channel that kind of raw talent in a...

Blurb on Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker:

http://seattletimes.com/html/musicnightlife/2021049743_dariusruckerxml.html

Very good singer, even on a song that I have performed in bars and taverns as...

The first time I heard Dylan, I thought something along the lines of, "Thank God for Joan Baez." No disrespect to Tom Waits, but I had a similar reaction when I first heard him.

When you have a chance, take a listen to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PfUFEf2ais

I don't know anything about the George Clooney movie, but in my opinion, this is the finest rendition of a...

Does anyone know a source for the lyrics and chords for Harley Allen's "Suzanne" ?

Wouldn't exactly call this advice, but the two things I've read here in the Forums that's made the greatest impression on me is that there are others who don't particularly enjoy playing (1) in jams,...

I used to be quite a fan of radiused boards but after playing my several mandos with and without, I don't think there's much difference, if any. For me, in descending order of impact: neck profile,...

I am with you on this. Tim O's right wrist looks like there are no joints in it, it's so flexible, but his left hand technique is also really interesting. On his short D'Addario scale-practicing...

Yeah, it's a real shame about those finish problems with Tacoma instruments. I have a PR40 Tacoma guitar where the finish is bubbling in large spots and I know there's no relief from Fender for this,...

This makes a lot of sense, especially when you consider how a tone-gard works.

After a couple of years reading about the RM75, I finally had one in my hands off a showroom wall about two months ago and it looked awful. I think there's a breakpoint for a halfway decent new "F"...

I use some lighter fluid very sparingly on a stiff toothbrush to clean the fingerboard, and I use some ancient leftover AxWax to do the rest of the mando. The lighter fluid will usually dry out...

Joe Carr noted in an old interview that he never noticed any increase in volume from a higher action. He did point out that you can drive the strings much harder before they start rattling with a...

Best Practice is a great program and best of all: free. One thing - when you're loading an audio file, use File->Open, don't try a drag & drop.

You could always call it "woody." Seems to be very popular even though no two people describe it in the same way.

"Plays like butter."

I took a stick of butter out of the fridge the other night and tried to play it. What a mess!

I'm sure someone will take offense to this, so I'll just apologize in advance. How can an instrument made of wood not have a woody sound? What else is it going to sound like - concrete, maybe?...

Oh man, I did that once too on a Rick 12. Shudder just to think of it!

After decades of restringing my guitars with a straight wind, I recently started restringing the "proper" way with a locking loopback. Now it takes me longer to restring my guitar than my mandolin,...

Your unfortunate experience is consistent with what I would expect if you applied Tru-Oil over another finish, especially one as relatively delicate as varnish. As I mentioned in my earlier post, the...

The thing about playing for free is you can say "no" as you like. That's the payoff.

I found that playing my old Breedlove KF with that 1-3/16" fingerboard and fat neck profile was a great remedy for left hand pain. On my Brock, with a really fat neck profile, I can play for a lot...