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Gypsy mandolins makes one. I just recently picked up a used one off the classifieds, and it is a very interesting instrument. Can't tell yet whether the five course layout is ultimately going to be...

Thanks for the comments! Yeah, I realize the instruments aren't totally tight. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif It's sort of a compromise between having to re-record over...

Well he's pretty much the reason I picked up the mando, so yes, I'd count myself as a fan. Won't ever be able to appraoch even the same area code as his level of talent, but I do like his...

Uh, no. I have two medium to small tattoos and that is enough for me! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

This is my first effort to record a mandolin part and my second with the bouzouki. Give it a listen if you're interested; I welcome any suggestions or feedback. Thanks!

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I would agree with this. The mandolin has a lot of virtues, but I wouldn't necessarily consider it being a good solo instrument or singer accompaniment as one of them. Other...

That pretty much sums it up for me, too. I initially got into mandolin because I heard Chris Thile tearing it up and thought, "Wow, you can really shred on the mandolin and, unlike guitar (which I...

I'm working on a fair amount of Nickel Creek stuff because my band likes to play their music. We do "Sweet Afton" and "The Fox" (more or less) and I'm independently working on "Robin and Marian" and...

Cool -- do you actually have music for the Thile piece somewhere or are you just picking up by ear? I thought that would be a great one to learn for picking practice.

I have wondered for a while whether Taylor would enter the mando fray, but thus far I have not seen any indication that they intend to do so. The initial investment required for them to start...

So the final sale price was $6600. Not bad for an instrument of that quality.

I think there is some truth in that. It's impressive to see people do it, and sometimes it actually makes for a cool song, but it risks becoming repetitive fairly quickly a lot of the time it just...

Beautiful! Not something I could afford, but a very stunning instrument.

Interestingly, in the good ol' days, playing guitar never seemed to get me any dates (but then I didn't know any James Taylor and women-folk just didn't seem that into Rush...

Mine originated from trying to come up with an easy to remember (for me) internet handle that wasn't my real name. I settled on Rufus Xavier Sasparilla from the School House Rock segment on pronouns....

Yeah, I do some of that kind of stuff on guitar, and it is definitely easier than on anything else I've tried. Bouzouki is a "just barely," and it would be pretty hard to do on a mando due to the...

I guess it was unrealistic of me to expect a mandolin board to be any different than the guitar boards I have frequented for several years. ...

Mine's also in my signature.

Well I'm hardly in a position to declare anyone "the best ever," but I do have to give Thile his props. I really dig his playing and he's what got me into the mandolin in the first place. I like his...

I don't know that I've been playing mandolin long enough to really say. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif I've gone through 3 mandos in a bout a year -- an Agile...

Are they really that different than the Quartz KF series? I've not tried one, but it looks to me to be basically the same instrument except for the f scroll rather than the rectangular projection....

Perhaps this is not exactly the response you wanted, but I would suggest, in part, learning how the chords are constructed, i.e., a bit of chord theory. Ultimately, I think if you know that, it will...

I'll admit that when making the plunge from the guitar world to the mandolin world, I was a bit surprised at the cost of the instruments. I figured (wrongly, it appears) that since a mando uses much...

Warning: Mandolin playing can be addictive! Welcome to the fold.

I had one for a while. I can't compare it to either of the Gibson models referenced because I haven't played them, but "warm and round" describes the tone for me. It was a very nice sounding mando,...