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    Re: voicing, better solo or in group?

    Good points! Yes , I suppose my interest in asking this question about mandos that are better suited to either scenario stems from my background in mainly electric instruments. I find it fascinating...
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    Re: voicing, better solo or in group?

    I appreciate it.. actually.. I realize that my F5 is what it is and is also a work in progress to some degree. I am good with that. I will continue to futz with the fholes a little more as it did...
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    voicing, better solo or in group?

    So, this is not really a question.. but maybe just musing on the situation. However I am interested to hear of other experiences.

    I have my first build F5 here.. compared to other mandos in...
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    Re: Ethics of filming amateur musicicans

    It's the same thing as posting someone's yet to be published book.. or photos of an artist's painting that is not finished.
    To the OP.. the mistake was letting it happen in the first place.
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    Re: Lag time in monitors

    I was hoping someone would chime in.. this is interesting. I am wondering if it is always the same soundman or bar/venue?
    I should think that it would most likely be a routing issue.. is your...
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    Re: Mic Feedback w/ Mandolin

    The kind of mic is critical.. to balance sensitivity with volume. But if the feedback is coming from monitors, I would go with in-ears, like Sure.
    It takes a little getting used to, but it does...
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    Re: Bluegrass in Indian music

    so I listened to your music a while ago. The melody is still stuck in my head. Truly enjoyable to listen.
    I have to say that many years ago I would spend hours in the basement of my university...
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    Re: Music vs. Dementia

    Thanks for posting about the movie.. I will try to find it.

    There is Alzheimer's in my parents generation.. so of course I am concerned for my own future. My own travel into learning mandolin is...
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    Re: Best guides for beginner builders

    I built from Siminoff's book. I am curious too what BillHay means : )
    I departed from the book in terms of tools.. I chose non-electric handtools over the electric stuff.. but I felt the book to be...
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    Re: Old World Tonewood

    I purchased some mando sides from OWT. Beautiful flamed maple. Well packed in tubes and quickly shipped. I plan to order more.
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    Re: teleprompting equipment

    I still use a notebook sitting on a floor monitor so that it does not look like I am cheating.. so no music stands on stage! Audience cannot see it.
    I fill in on bass quite often for different...
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    Re: new 815 eastman

    here's one:
    https://youtu.be/dSKtndpbyC4
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    Re: new 815 eastman

    -You will probably need to fit it to the body by rubbing it on thin sand paper held against the mandolin body.
    -If in the right position, so it takes some fiddling with, a note made by fretting at...
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    Re: Bargin prices for chisels and gouges?

    I find my group of man-made waterstones (mostly from Woodcraft and Hida) to be good for sharpening my tools. Though the blade nearest the small white pitcher (in photo above) is extremely hard.. with...
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    Re: Bargin prices for chisels and gouges?

    141408For any woodworking tool, it is best if you love sharpening. I try to make it ritualistic.. as is plane sharpening day.
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    Re: Bargin prices for chisels and gouges?

    Years ago, I became quite enamored with traditional Japanese woodworking tools.. their planes are easy to adjust, they and their chisels are works of art. The steel is layered with century old iron...
  17. Re: Progress on my F Style made by Keith Edward Coleman

    Looking good!
    I gotta say though, I was too scared to cut my f-holes that big before it was varnished, strung, and dried. I am still sanding them out every so often, actually, after several months...
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    Re: Beginner Needs Advice

    At that price range, I would scour your local pawnshops, craigslist or newspaper classifieds. Unless you are really lucky somehow, it will probably not be a "great" instrument.. but certainly a...
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    Re: When to Change Strings

    I would suggest too to watch for bridge-pull.. that is the tendency of the wound strings to pull/rock/tilt the bridge forward as you tighten them.
  20. Re: Scottish musicians - mandolin with guitar and fiddle

    Glč mhath ! 'Se fuaim ālainn a th'ann.

    I have to rake the leaves around the house.. why don't you come set up on my porch? You are only a few thousand miles away.. I have beer.
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    Re: Mandolins in progress

    I do things the hard way it seems. Here is a shot of the neck of my just completed f5, in progress; the slow way.140025
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    Re: mandolin volume

    ooh that is good info FScotte! Very interesting!
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    Re: mandolin volume

    Yes I used the Siminoff book, although I deviated.
    The back plate became problematic.. warpage created the need to decide whether I should toss it or plane a bit further across tail minimum and the...
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    Re: mandolin volume

    Thanks for all of the great replies : )
    Yes mando #1 is certainly an experiment.. also a journey of tools and measuring devices.. and deciding how much of other people's methods to adopt; finding...
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    Re: Using blasting for inlay etchings?

    There is no cheap way to start sandblasting with control. Before spending money on a Harbor Freight blaster, realize that there is a HUGE $ difference between a blaster (actually mix-valve) that is...
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