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My instructor told me I had an excellent vibrato, (I was unaware I had an excellent anything!), although it's a very subtle effect.

I use it on longer notes and it's quite easy to do although...

I've got his #49. Pics are in his gallery. Great tone and truly immaculate fit and finish. Best mandolin I've owned or played. It was well used when I acquired it and I sent in it to him for a...

When I've used the tape on the e strings they still had a good bit of sustain when the tape was right next to the bridge.

The thinner the sliver of tape used and the closer the tape is to the...

I should point out that I agree with others here that using technique, such as the heel of the hand or lifting the fingertips to mute notes, is preferable to a somewhat crude method such as the tape...

I think I know the tone you are looking for. In another thread (how to tone down overly shrill e's)I recommended a thin strip of masking tape, 1/8" or less, folded sticky side to sticky side across...

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Tobin,

I've described the sound elsewhere as "steel mosquito", a metallic sounding whining of the e's. The tape trick really works and if you have some masking tape and two minutes it's free and...

Hi Belbein,

I have the same issue. Pick technique, thickness, and point can help but sometimes to me the e's seem to ring louder and more metallic sounding than the other strings. While I have...

Thanks to all for the input. I now have several must try mandolins on my list, provided I can put my hands on them!!
My quest will continue as will my resolve to improve my technique. Alas, none...

Thanks Don. I know John's skill is a huge factor and that mandolin is "broken in" like nobody's business. There is just not much of a selection of mandolins in my area and I'm trying to narrow the...

After recently re-watching the video about John Reischman's Loar I realized that it is the sound I'm looking for in my next mandolin. The smooth, sweet, dark tone is what I've been searching for. ...

I'm looking for a great setup guy in or around the Twin Cities, MN. I've got a couple of tricky issues with my mandolins and would prefer not to send them out.

Thank in advance.

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Took it in to my local luthier and he re-cut/angled the bridge slots and the metallic, ringing, whining (think steel mosquito) tone persists. He was mystified by the problem, not finding...

Lately I've noticed a extra loud ringing/whining on my e strings. It occurs in open position or fretted, eliminating the nut as the problem. I changed strings and it didn't help. While the slots on...

Thanks for your input. I can stop worrying about it now. Whew!

I just acquired a 1915 Gibson A with a straight neck and no cracks, separations or structural issues and was unplayed for over 30 yrs. It came with J73's and sounded a little thin but decent, but...

One mandolin I had with a lot of low end sound seemed to resonate in a frequency that made my ears ring after playing. I changed mandolins and the problem pretty much went away. Perhaps a...

That seemed to fix it for me as well, using IE9. Thank you,Scott.

I've researched this on the web and others are having the same problems. I have also had the same problem on another website since the original posting. Apparently it is a Facebook button bug of...

It's probably the same thing I have with static facebook links filling the back arrow column. See the topic facebook connection attempts. I haven't figured out a fix yet.

Yes, it has occurred through many power ups. It only happens here on the Cafe forum pages. Example: When I go from The Cafe main page to the Forum page to a Discussion the history looks fine. Then...

For the past few days when viewing the forum my browser history fills with multiple entries of
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What's up with this? It's a little...