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I find your statement about a different wrist position for chop chords sticks out to me as there should not be much movement from relaxed and straight.

Is there a competent mandolin-specific...

Sometimes we are not the best gauge of our abilities, oddly enough. Playing with others is good as often they will see the gold where you see all the mistakes. I cannot tell you the number of times...

I might mention it to your instructor and inquire how to add to what he is doing. If Mike says do it one way and your instructor another ... it could raise issues.

I would also be sure to give...

If you are talking the click of the pick, I don't notice a lot through the monitors or PA via my K+K. Tapping or brushing the top with my pinky I hear quite a lot better than on the neck.

I saw the band Head for the Hills play Run to the Hills. They tore it up though the mandolin player played electric on that tune.

I don't put many limits on the mandolin family. Jim Richter's...

We each havevour own relation ship with music. The key thing is finding what works for you now. We each argue for what works for us, because it does.

What works later, for me, is often informed by...

Jeff, that 'uncasing' ritual is now my quiet meditative moment reserved for when I play out. It doesn't matter what stage I play, that moment is the same as when I play my laid back weekly Tuesday...

Exactly, Bertram.

Most days I am at home with my preschooler. We sing together, I sing the toothbrushing song, I get ten minutes of practice in while she is coloring/reading. Without easy...

Charlie makes a good point. I played the best solo of my life through a Beta58 last Tuesday. The crowd was not critiquing the mic sound, they were hearing the results of the last month of mando...

With a 5 year old in the house, the only safe place for cases is the closet. The only unused closet is in the basement. (Instruments are hung in room with the HDTV, quite safe).

I play instruments...

Mike Marshall has a arpeggio-centered Homespun course that was useful to me at the stage I was at when it came out.

I am very interested in what August and Don will be putting out, though what my...

I cannot comment on how the KO balances with the button, but I put a button on side of the neck as recommended and like how my OF hangs now (with tonegard and without).

If you have to put a post in, check their excellent instructions on their website. They have bolts in the neck/body joint and you do not want to hit them.

Took a local luthier all of 5 minutes.
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I was thinking of the Quintet version, but now appear to have some listening to do.

My mandolin instructor just gave me Opus 57 to work on, with the first solo worked out as sheet music. Why did I overlook this tune before?

I see that TablEdit and my Masters of Mandolin book have...

What age range? Mostly the same age, or all ages represented?

Before a certain age you have eager dancers with no patience. After a certain age you are unlikely to get any interaction and will...

I have a Monroe transcription book of his that seems right on. That is all I know.

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I would credit Dawg and Sam's 'hold on were strummin' album along with seeing Mike Marshall +Caterina Lichtenberg play live with inspiring me to go from guitar to mandolin full time and upgrade from...

I love my Hercules wall hanger for home use.

At a gig, I only sometimes use a stand as only some stage environments have a safe enough spot where it cannot be bumped/etc.

With a 4.5 year old...

You have gotten good advice. How the room, amp, and Mic placement and volume work together changes in every room (and stage to stage). Like playing, you will get a lot better at playing amplified the...

Doesn't Tim O'Brien play a Nugget A?

When you're at that level, you are paying for nice stage clothes - paying for a stage mandolin that looks fancy would seem to go with the territory [even if...

The Stephen Parker book sources his transcription to Ralph Blizzard, a fiddler. Sounds like they are playing the book's version.

How new is the mandolin?

I would make sure that a used Collings isn't in your price range,but if not then I would go with Weber. IMO, both make fine mandolins that should feel like a nice step up.