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So while stuck at home I tried to find the origin of an old bluesy tune that Jack White did for the American Epic TV show. The tune is Matrimonial Intentions and I found that the original (or oldest...

Daryl
I have a Sumi "Dawg" or officially S-Mont (Monteleone) I picked up from Turtle Hill Banjo in La Plata, MD. I can't say enough about it, tone, bark etc. A very good mando for the price. I...

Very funny, and we are taking this way too seriously. He just got married, he can write a funny song, he can make fun of himself, and (So I have heard) can play the mandolin. So great job.

I often wonder if there is an alternative universe where Lester Flatt used bar chords instead of a capo and playing in C and G, but Monroe used open chords .....would guitar players be having the...

Check out http://www.banjobenclark.com as well. Very well done videos and tabs which come as tef files as well.

I joined the banjobenclark.com early on when it was a little less expensive but it is still less than the M. Marshall Academy and you get access to three instrument lessons (banjo, guitar, mando)...

Two things to add as the photographer of Alex and the mandolin. The owner did mention it was cross tuned when it was played. He also has photographs of Mr. Monroe signing it (or a very similar F5L)...

I totally agree and very interesting, it is like "pawn stars" meets the "red violin" with a little "scooby doo" come upance in that -"old man S. Smith would have gotten away with it, if it hadnt...

Ahh, sorry, he looks older to me, and i congratulate you on supporting him. I would echo old sausage on the alone sound v. In a jam or band situation. That said it is his decision, what was he...

It is hard to tell over the interweb what is the best, I think all three would be a step up. I only have one question, should or are you willing to offer the amount you were willing to put toward the...

I came from gtr as well, and I think if palm mute works why not. However, I would say , since I play bluegrass and/or with banjos no one would hear me if I muted. But in a coffee house situation with...

I saw documentary on him and he claims it, and his very influential book "How to play the five string banjo" does use it. I have heard other artist site him as welll. Now there is the Wikipedia page...

I think apart the ones mentioned, if you play in bluegrass jams (due banjo players and guitar positions) you will see a lot of G and A. You say you have zero skills in the lead dept. I assume you...

Dminor
Irony: Any information using "any and never" is almost never correct.
That said sounds like the guy was trying to give advice on mandolin which he didn't know much about, ( but knew enough...

I looked at this in slow motion, and I think the tape is over the E string only, maybe to mute it when he is doing open chords. Weird anyway.

1) I would stick with the standard D chord (no thumb). The reason is your transition to other chords/scales/arpeggios will be easier.
2) Buy a bunch of different ones and see which is most...

I am kicking myself?? I went to law school in Charm City and didn't know about the group!! I also don't live too far from Baltimore. I will devinately follow the BMQ in the future.

p.s. anybody go...

It ain't great, but who cares if you do take 30 min...multi-task. I usually change them during baseball or football games ...where I have no attachment to either team, (as a Skins fan I call that...

Can't you be both? Are they mutually exclusive? Can you be niether if someone thinks your are but you don't? ..............And sometimes it rains.

My answer to Mandolinist or Musician is... 42.

I agree w/ santiago. I have an eastman and I was very protective until the first ding, and now I pass most stuff/dings off as "played" "distressed" . Of course I don't play vintage mando's for this...

There is always Pandora. Not a BG station per se, but you type in the type of artist you like and it finds similar stuff.

www.pandora.com

Nice to hear from belgium. I lived there for 5 years in Rosieres (suburb of Brussels/Bruxelles near waterloo), cheers!.

For your price range I like the weber mandola, though they are a bit over...

great point

To paraphrase others, it is the international/interinstrument language. Ear is just as important, but if you want look at jazz or classical tunes or the theory and to mess with this stuff to make new...

I think the point Jeff D is making, if I can be so bold, is once you get used to notation, you stop thinking in EGBDF-FACE. It is a language, I do not think of the word "word" as W-O-R-D I think of...