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Go for it.

Find a teacher or do online lessons, it will speed up the learning curve.

Find a group to jam with once you get comfortable with where you are at.

Don't compare your skill level...

My first mandolin was a cheapy, second one was free. Soon I bought a better instrument, then a better one yet. If I would have known I'd be enjoying playing so much, I would have bought a BC when I...

I just stumbled on this site last night and was going to post it here but you beat me to it. Pretty good tool.

Like many others I have tried just about every pick imaginable not wanting to lay out the big bucks for a BC. I tried the V pick tremelo when it first came out and loved it. The "tacky' grip helped...

For what it's worth, if I can play a break in G and someone wants to do the tune in A, I figure out what my starting note in G is and then find the corresponding note in A, if that makes any sense. ...

Steve, it may heal sooner than you think. I slammed the middle finger of my left hand in a door about 5 weeks ago on a Sunday. Blew up immediately, totally misshapen and filled with blood. Had a...

I named mine the George W. Bush because I did as he told me to do with the stimulus money he sent. "Do your patriotic duty and go spend it." So I did and bought the mando. Naming it after him was...

Go for it, you'll ever know what talent you may have until you try. As one who started in my mid 50's, I've found it useful to measure my progress from where I started rather than comparing myself...

if you"re thinking you are too old then you better get started now

Hi just an observation and you can infer what you wish, but I have been casually looking for a used Eastman 315 or 305. Browsing through these classifieds, Craigslist asnd Ebay, I don't see alot of...

I'd second that recommendation. He puts on a great show and really works for you. The last time we saw him, he played his two sets and an two song encore then came back onstage and said he had...

I'll never miss a chance to see RRE when they come through. My favorite band and good guys to boot. Here's a clip of just Andy, Tim, and John doing a medley.
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If spontaneous events do not need a permit wouldn't this count? "Late each week, if we find we have enough members available on a Saturday morning, we gather at the market to play a traditional...

What have you got to lose? Go for it!

http://badgerlandbluegrass.org/

This may help you search. The mod. from the Yahoo group did not know of any organized jams in Door County but check you messages for a contact. I did find a...

Hey,
I'm in SE Wisconsin and I was going to post some info from around the Milwaukee/Madison area but I found this that may be of more use to you: ...

Also the Commander's "Moma Hated Diesels."

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HA!

Also loved the Commander's "Moma Hated Diesels."

:( Normally I like to play and listen to happy and somewhat goofy songs, but the other day I heard what perhaps is the saddest song I've ever heard. The radio played "Wreck on the Highway" and it...

Just about any tune you wnat to play is on Youtube. Go to full screen mode and play along watching the guitar player and steal chord changes from him. You'll have to figure out the key the song is...

Here's one I heard at a funeral a couple of years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LhUVuCms5M

"We bid You Goodnight." Chilling.

I've went through a bunch of different picks, and for now have settled on the V Pick. Pretty bright, very little pick noise. It's supposed to be a tremelo pick, but my skill doesn't show it.

The best suggestion that I received for playing by ear is to learn to sing the tune first and then match the notes you sing to the note you are trying to play. Harder than it sounds, but it does...

Stress comes with the territory. I don't know if it ever can be overcome. For me, I don't worry about hitting all the right notes anymore in a jam sesson. I know I'm not going to be anywhere near...

I originally tried teaching myself the guitar in the 60's but never put in any time. Tried again in the last 70's with the same result. About 10 years ago, I had a hernia repaired and was laid up...