My custom Weber has a 1 1/4" nut. I like it a lot for the genre I play (Irish traditional). The wider spacing allows me to more easily let strings ring out for a drone effect.
That said, now that...
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My custom Weber has a 1 1/4" nut. I like it a lot for the genre I play (Irish traditional). The wider spacing allows me to more easily let strings ring out for a drone effect.
That said, now that...
Dunlop Ultex .73, the extra-pointy tip. The perfect combination of thickness and rigidity for the Irish trad that I play (fast triplets). The sharp point helps give a bit more clarity and cut in a...
The tailpiece in the OP's photo above already has add-on fine tuners...and they appear to be damaging the fiddle top. That's definitely a reason to sort out the tailpiece and/or set-up sooner rather...
If it's Irish tunes that you're interested in, I would recommend Kevin Burke's 2 DVDs as a starting point: he does a great job of explaining things, the tunes are transcribed in accompanying...
I went through this very same process with my custom Weber Bridger. I was using the Schertler DYN-M and really liked the sound, but it's a drag to set up for every gig. I ended up going with the K&K....
I've had very good luck with the Planet Waves NS capo for mandolin/banjo. It has adjustable tension, which is crucial for paired strings--easier to keep intonation sorted.
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I've definitely found the above to be the case. I've switched to a sharper point on my mando picks, and there's definitely more cut (if not volume) when I use them--they definitely make the sound...
Like others, I've bought Mogami Gold (the version specifically for the stage) and have never had any issues since. Coincidence or not, I'm happy I made the investment.
Before I put a K&K into my custon Bridger, I used a Schertler DYN-M:
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It gives excellent sound: way, way better than the Fishman stuff. Better yet, it can be transferred to other...
From back in the days of late-80s neo-classical metal, I worked really hard to be able to pick with equal force on up and down strokes. With the exception of instances where you're going to adjacent...
As others have suggested, if you're new to Irish traditional music I would get Berthoud's Irish Mandolin Playing: A Complete Guide before I would get the tunebook alone. More tunes (that are...
If you're in the market for a mandolin and headed to Dublin, why not see if you can get your hands on a Joe Foley mando?
On the plus side, as others have said, the double courses of strings definitely give you a workout & calluses that will serve you well on the guitar--the single strings will seem easy-peasey. In...
The problem at seisiúns would undoubtedly be that people would assume it's a fascist killing machine and not a machine that kills fascists a la Woody Guthrie.
I use a cool mist and am happy enough. I've heard complaints from folks with warm mist humidifiers that white dust gets everywhere--don't have that problem with my cool mist.
Many 'teens/early 20s Gibson mandolins have very wide necks by contemporary standards. Just a perusal of the instruments currently in Elderly's inventory shows this: 1919 A, 1921 A4 & 1920 F4 all...
According to Irish fiddler Vincent Campbell, there is a story in Donegal about a friend of the Doherty's (famous Donegal fiddling family) who was on the Titanic. As she was getting onto the lifeboat...
Exactly! They didn't want the pilot to consider suicide contemplating a transatlantic-length seisiún with a banjo:mandosmiley:
I know you asked for web resources, but I couldn't resist adding these, which are great for a beginner:
Phillip John Berthoud's Learning the Irish Mandolin: A Complete Guide is a tidy little...
Here's a version of 'Farewell to Ireland' by Frankie Gavin. Slightly more 'pure drop' to my ear than Hayden's version which has a more contemporary flair to it. Not necessarily better or worse, just...
The poor banjo player in that article wasn't even allowed to bring his banjo on board? Maybe it was more of a security issue than one of size.:grin:
I wish Bruce Weber et al. all of the best. I love my custom Weber (get compliments on its sound constantly), and all of my dealings with Weber have been great. I doubt you'll get personal emails from...
Johnson String has a great page about matching fiddle to string/ optimizing your sound, & it includes great descriptions of tons of string brands. They also have some of the lowest prices around. (No...
Never have had repairs done by him, but Benjamin Parrott of Frank's Violins carved a killer new bridge for my 1910 French violin & got the action just as I like it. They do repairs on all stringed...
Another red Snark user here. I was feeling that my Tune-Tech 500 (what Intelli became later, presumably to avoid copyright infringement) wasn't giving me precise enough readings. Totally happy with...