Yes, the Beartooth used a modified X-bracing. I have an F-hole model that I bought new in 2000, and it's a great instrument. My other mando is a National RM-1, which I like maybe even better. ...
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Yes, the Beartooth used a modified X-bracing. I have an F-hole model that I bought new in 2000, and it's a great instrument. My other mando is a National RM-1, which I like maybe even better. ...
Maybe it's time for everyone to lighten up, as the Carolina Chocolate Drops in my neck of the woods have been happy to do.
Gypsy Gyppo. Yeah, great band. I'd snap up a CD if it became...
Best of all is to have both kinds in your town, as I do. I consider them both treasures.
Jill said:
If I was going to a session I'd never been to before I wouldn't even bring an instrument - I'd bring a recording device and ask if it was ok to record the tunes that were unfamiliar...
Wow, fifty-five years! I bet you can't do THAT again! (Hope you do, though).
Nice!!! What's your backing track, Band-In-A-Box?
That's hard to answer without seeing what you're referring to. But I think most (all?) of those exercises are linear, single-note lines, not chords. Mostly what they're about is learning all of...
I'll second Steve-o's suggestion of a National RM-1 resonator mandolin. I have one that I use for Irish sessions (not bluegrass, though). It's loud, but sweet and pleasing to the ear. It meshes...
I second, or third, both of these. Learn a few blues scales, and find some slow blues recordings to jam with. BIAB is a great program that gives you great ways to build jam-along backing tracks...
Yup, just returned my Netflix copy. It's good to see them carrying things like this.
I almost posted this great story on the 'Social Groups', but figured you'd all enjoy it.
I've been playing a National RM-1 resonator mandolin for about a year, and loving it more each day.
A...
There's a town down here that's named after Oliver WENdell Holmes. It's called wenDELL. Go figure.
I'm a transplanted yankee living in the South. MANdolin and GUITar I can handle. INsurance I'm still trying to get used to.
My National RM-1 resonator mandolin is the loudest I've ever played. It's not brash or tinny, though, and it can be played quietly too. The tone is unique and very pleasing. The RM-1 works very...
Love it. I use it all the time, but have only scratched the surface of its abilities. It's easy to get started with, but can get as complex as you want it to. Played through a good amp and...
Big Mon (tgomery) !!!!!
Pete, Mike and Peggy all played banjo, but were all fine guitarists and mandolinists, as well. Mike was particularly strong on mando, and also played great oldtime fiddle, (and just about any other...
Just another good word here for National's RM-1. If you're gonna mess with resonator mandolins, it's the only way to go. Loud, yes, but in a good way. Very sweet and woody.
I have found mine to...
I've been working with Ted's FFcP book, and also Pete Martin's. They're both great ways to get yourself retooled.
Since I also play some jazz guitar, I've lately been tabbing out a lot of common...
I'll second the complaint about the size of the print. It's tough on my old eyes. The content is very good, though. It certainly runs the gamut from basic to challenging.
See Pete's material, at www.petimarpress.com
His 'Jazz Chording on Mandolin' is an excellent primer.
Practice doesn't have to be intense, either. Hold your mando while you're watching TV. Silently change chord shapes during the show, and strum during commercials. Quick chord changes are all about...
At lunch today, I wandered into a CD store with the idea of picking up something of Herb's. They had nothing, but I walked out with some mint-condition used Wes disks, for cheap. Herb was really a...
I think it's always fair to say "chopping" mandolin chords isn't appropriate when you're trying to recreate a specific sound, (say, that of some particular band that came before). To say it's not...
I second the FFcP approach. I wish I had found it years ago.
In the meantime, take any fiddle tune that you know in D, G or A. Move the whole thing a fret or two up the neck. You'll have to...