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Thanks for the responses. All areas I will explore.

I have an Eastman oval hole with an ached top. I have a tendency to hit the top with my pick when playing above the oval. It's better if I move more toward the bridge, but the tone is not as sweet....

My current favorite pick is the V-pick Euro-2. I do not experience the noise that many have commented on. There are other picks whose tone I prefer, but only slightly, and the V-pick provides more...

Happy Birthday, Scott!

Slightly off-topic, but I am beginning to experiment with this type of setup and detect some hiss in the system. Could cheap cables be the culprit?

Wegen and V-Pick are my picks of choice . . . At least as of this morning they were.

The title of this thread is what I usually post as my status on Facebook right after I have changed the strings on my mandolin.

As much as it is a pain, I can't bring myself to pay someone to do...

I am excited to announce this new event being organized by some friends of mine. Awaken: An Evening of Worship in The Catskills! Information can be found here:
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Recently I have had the chance to use a snark when I left my Intellitouch home. In a dark atmosphere I much prefer the display on the Intellitouch

I found a ebook called the Django Fakebook that has a lot of great standards and swing tunes. I believe I found it through this forum. I recently purchased a book that teaches Gypsy Swing mandolin,...

Be Thou My Vision
His Great Thou Art
Come Thou Fount

I have been listening to Dance of the Gypsies steadily for about the last month. Love it! Can't wait to hear the new music.

Jim: On Martin's website go to "instrument pricing." In the picture of the A-style mandolins, my instrument is pictured on the left. Economy is a matter of perspective. Martin calls these...

Oh, I have not posted here in quite a while and I just noticed that my profile picture is my Eastman. I guess I will have to change that.

On Friday I picked up my A-style Macica from Martin's shop. It is one of his economy mandolins. Because of a busy schedule I didn't get to play it until yesterday morning. Oh my! What a fine...

Jeremy Camp, Give Me Jesus works great on Mandolin. Amazing Grace, of course. I add the Chris Tomlin "My chains are gone" part. Third Day, "I need a Miracle," and "You Are My Everything" are...

Have you looked at Documents To Go? It works with .doc files.

I have become almost exclusively a Spotify user. I pay for the premium service, which allows me to save playlists for offline listening, however, I have heard that artists stand to make more money...

Merry Christmas, and God bless us, everyone!

Thanks, Scott, I will try again.

A few weeks back I read a thread from someone who has written arrangements of Christmas songs that allow you to break out of the simple, repetitive melodies. I have done a search but can't find it...

I have tried and continue to try so many picks that it is getting to the point of being ridiculous. Every now and then I treat myself to a night of "pick tasting" to see if anything changes to my...

Just get one of the Dean Markley stick-on pickups. Inexpensive and works fine. If you are playing in a loud jam environment the fine nuances of a high-end pickup will be lost anyway. Nice long...

Fender Pro Junior. Plain, simple, sweet tube tone.

i am curious if leaving a mandolin on a stand, as opposed to in the case, has any effect on opening up? Positive, negative or none? i usually put my mandolin back in the case when I am done fo the...