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Thank you very much for posting this Andrew. I've never been able to get a handle on this one, sounds so easy but then there is so much going on in the background mando-wise it became too difficult...

I play in a 4 piece band, I put K&Ks in my Collings MF, run it through a Red Eye preamp (nice solo boost switch on it), into a powered mixer, and I added a Boss GE-7 EQ for tone sculpting (makes a...

hmm, after watching that I think I'll take up gardening. Been playing for over ten years and not sure I could even chop along to those guys.

had been playing guitar in a classic rock band for 15 years and one night on Saturday Night Live I saw REM play Losing My Religion and said "that's it, that's what our band needs". And the rest is...

I use the Twin for my Martin acoustic (built in preamp and volume/eq knobs on guitar) and Collings mando with passive KK pickups. I use a Boss EQ in the Red Eye loop and turn it on when using my...

boy, been there done that for 30+ years. Nothing worse than preparing and practicing your parts and guys show up with "what key is this in again". I'd go for "the talk", tell them that if you're...

I too am primarily a guitarist and play acoustic mando on several songs in a band. Redeye preamp for the mando (and acoustic guitar) is the best boost I've found. No color change, just volume. With...

I actually think about that question a lot, and have come to the conclusion my genre/style of playing is just whatever came to me as a guitar player. I don't fit in perfectly anywhere. Having played...

Nice hat! My kid just graduated from CSU. Go Rams!

I have larger hands, not huge, but ones that fit a 6' 2" guy. I moved from a 1/16 Kentucky KM-1000 (I think they now make them 1/8) to a Collings 3/16. I notice a difference playing the 3/16 mostly...

1 - Sigma (Martin) A style
2 - Tacoma M-1
3 - Godin A-8
4 - Kentucky KM1000
5 - Collings MF

Apologies for playing errors, I haven't been at this that long yet :).


I wish I sucked that good :)

Per Red-Eye themselves: The Red-Eye stuff is optimized to work for instrument level signals, but has a lot of headroom so it doesn’t get distorted even when driven by a very loud source. The Gain...

to the original question, how difficult is it to learn to play mando? Probably easier than guitar, harder than ukulele if you're thinking of picking up a stringed instrument for strumming. Easy to...

now I have to ask, I'm playing my K&K's through a Fire Eye Red Eye into a Carvin powered mixer. I think what you're saying is my impedance is good then? I don't really understand impedance. The Red...

I think we're traveling the same road here....I've been playing a Godin A8 for about ten years through a Carvin powered mixer in a band and it's great. At home though always played my Kentucky...

just bought a Collings MF ivory bound gloss top with wide nut. Coming off a Kentucky KM1000 I've been playing for 10+ years. I was not able to A/B a Gibson/Collings side by side since there were no...

I play my A8 with a guitar cable plugged directly into a powered mixer. The eq on the mixer and the eq on the mando gets you a pretty good sound out of the gate. Doesn't sound thin or cheesy, pretty...

That would do it for me! Would probably take a year and quitting my job to do it.

well, that's a given. Only thing better than a guy up there playing electric guitar in a rock band is a guy playing mando in a rock band. People always come up afterward wanting to know what that...

Beats the alternative I'd say! You could be 67 and not playing the mando, or worse yet, not be 67!

I just went through the process of choosing a standard or wide nut width on a new Collings MF model. Been playing a Kentucky KM1000 for ten years (older 1 1/16 nut width, which they may now make in 1...

mandolinstrapsofmontana.com. Responds to email inquiries about longer straps.

Tons of styles to choose from. What I found interesting is it's a leather thread you wrap around the f scroll, not the...

I play in a rock band, full drums/elec guitars/keys/etc. I use my Godin A8 for the mandolin duties and it's fine - no feedback, good sound, reliable. Occasionally I'll plug in my Kentucky KM-1000...

Funny, after playing guitar for 30 years, and now mando for a few, I do the same thing on guitar. Kinda cool actually - I find my right hand has changed and I'm picking different, doing tremolo, and...