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That I should spend less time on the Cafe' and more time practicing. Of course, that's advice I haven't actually followed, but it's still the best!

- The mandolinist formerly known as "Mando...

Everyone has different preferences based on their hands, their playing style, etc. There is no right or wrong. There are more factors than just radius also: there is compound radius vs. a consistent...

The implants would be on your mandolin: An armrest and a Tone-Gard for sure, a clip-on tuner and pickguard optional, but a capo will get you ejected from the collective into deep space.

I used to use the Ford method, but once I started using the Cartwright method, I've never gone back. It's not only quicker to string, it's quicker to un-string the next change. I do about a wind and...

I have been signed up with Mike on AOB for about 9 months. I really enjoy it and I'm not much of a bluegrasser. A few points:

1. Mike's lessons are not exclusively bluegrass. He also does some...

I won't go so far as to say I hate Sony, but I have to agree they went way too far with copy-protection technology on the minidisc and they were not up-front with the consumer about how extensive it...

I generally like to read these "I followed my passion and became a success at it" stories. I'm clear that I will not take that kind of path in life. That is a choice I've made and I'm comfortable...

NFI, I strongly recommend the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass online with Mike Marshall. The unique video exchange approach essentially offers you individual lessons with Mike, on your schedule, at...

I'm wondering if an issue here is that the mini disc is a digital format and transferring via the line in will be an analog operation. So if the OP recorded originally from LP records to mini disc...

My choice would be a Starpic, made from pieces of the 4 billion-year-old Gibeon meteorite. They are $4,600 apiece (I'm not kidding), but I can't afford one.

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So I settle for genuine...

I was inspired by two self-published albums on cassette by the Ill-Mo Boys featuring the great Curtis Buckhannon. Those were the albums that made me think, "I want to play like THAT!" Both albums are...

Woody's Rag out of Jack Tottle's "Bluegrass Mandolin" book.

Yep, the Cafe' does this kind of thing every April 1. This is an April Fool's prank. That's why this thread hasn't been locked down and why there is no independent confirmation on the rest of the...

I am no expert, but I was having cable problems with a couple of different generic cables. I shelled out for a Mogami and haven't had any problems since. Could I have spent less and gotten the same...

I travel by airline every week Mon-Thurs for business and have for many years. Try getting a full-size regular mandolin in a 22" roll-aboard suitcase. It will not fit, not even close. Then consider...

I have two room humidifiers: A Venta mist-type (with both warm and cool modes) and a Honeywell evaporation type. The Venta works great and has a pretty accurate humidistat on it. But I get white dust...

I make that joke as someone who has used capos on my mandolins many times and may use them again sometime. But no, I don't park in handicapped spots!

Ditto. There are some really cool double-stop chords up the neck, especailly for power chords (so-called "X5" chords). I have not really seen chord charts for them. I had to just figure them out. For...

Q: Why did the mandolin player hang a capo from his rear-view mirror?

A: So he could park in the handicapped spots!

Q: Is OM right for me?
A: Ask your doctor...

Seriously, It seems like there are two problems here. Strings that feel flabby and getting clean tone. The first is a function of the string gauges....

The instrument linked in the OP reminds me of this guy from the Super Bowl commercial:

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Great idea, great playing! It really sounds good.

It's funny about tune titles, though. I play a tune called "Twin Sisters" and it is a completely different tune than the one you're doing. Nothing...

I use one on my OM. In the past, I have used a cut-down Kyser guitar capo and a Shubb mandolin capo. All are good, but I like this Paige Clik the best of the three.

I'm playing mandolin and OM in a church music group every week. The sound guy's preference is that I plug into the board. My mandolin is a Rigel and my Mendel OM has a internal K&K Twin. Right now,...

These capo threads used to only occur once a year or so. There's been 14 in the last year. It must be something like global warming...