How about this?
http://www.cbgitty.com/featured-products/cigar-box-guitar-bridge-with-embedded-rod-piezo-exotic-padauk/
Or this?
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Type: Posts; User: jumppin james
How about this?
http://www.cbgitty.com/featured-products/cigar-box-guitar-bridge-with-embedded-rod-piezo-exotic-padauk/
Or this?
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Buy them both. It'll cost about $1.50 for a single string each, so experimenting is pretty cheap. Get a string winder and you could do some rapid A-B testing.
Looks like he's gonna need shiny silver ones since it's an electric instrument. Your friendly music dealer should be able to sell you singles in any gauge. (Check Eastwood's mandola specs.) I assume...
The Eastwood Mandola has a similar scale length. Check out their string gauges: http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/Other/airlineMandola/mandola_frm.htm
The strap on his bag was at least double thickness--something I remember my mom would never tackle on her beloved Elna sewing machine. Try and explain to your mom why the needle's bent and the motor...
Best music notation joke ever!98923
My son had an upright bass gig bag with similar problems. The shoe repair shop in town was able to sew the handle back on, as they had a heavy duty sewing machine. i think it cost 20 bucks.
I imagine the KMart toupee and wig department took a big hit whenever Mr. Welk's band came to town.
http://youtu.be/6j8P0DYDn64
An e-mando with a headphone amp makes motel room stays a bit more fun. And, if you need a metronome, the dripping faucet in the Motel 6 bathroom can be useful, although you may need to see several...
How about funk mandolin? David Grisman walks that fine line between genius and stupidity here:
http://www.greenlightmusic.com/music-licensing/song/42-32674234/
I'm a bit uncomfortable with this concept, too:
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AQUILA 30U SOPRANO UKE SET
NYLGUT, FIFTHS TUNING - GDAE in 5ths, like a mandolin or violin. Strings are Nylgut, G is wound.
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I want to thank everyone for their ideas and encouragement. However, I think my worries might be overblown, as my heater has failed for the second time in a week. So, yes, my house feels incredibly...
I wonder if fanned frets are possible for such a short scale length. And, how about the Buzz Feiten Tuning System? (It's way different from the tuning I have on my Mando-Bird IV--the Feiten Buzz...
Thanks for the encouragement. I guess I'm most worried because it's all solid woods and I just know somewhere some wise old mandolin player's gonna say, "Soundboard cracks I see. Couldn't wait to...
I'd like to invent a time machine to go back to the 60s so I could slap these guys.
http://youtu.be/Pr8CKSSuqTE
I think the line between bluegrass and other types of music can be blurred at times.
http://youtu.be/RECzxQlPyTc
Thanks for those links. I can tell you now I'm going to be about as enjoyable to be around as a 9-year-old the day before Christmas.
Oh, that's right. They first appeared back in the Cretaceous Period, I believe.
Is it a Mandocello? Gotta be the coolest instrument ever!
http://youtu.be/KAMe9pZwogY
A couple of mandolin designs I posted to the Eastwood Guitars site in hopes that Mr. Eastwood would send me a free instrument:
Picasso's Seafoam Green Period...
Okay, but how warm does a flagpole need to be before I can touch it with my tongue?
I briefly owned a Williams (!) A-model mandolin. It had a beautiful blond woodgrain Formica finish and a zero-fret on the neck. For a budget mandolin, it had absolutely none of the cachet of a cheap...
I'm beginning to think attending Lamaze classes before I open the box might be worthwhile.
Cool instruction book: Mandolin Blues: From Memphis to Maxwell Street by Rich DelGrosso
It has some history about the scene and some of the players. Also, a play-along CD.
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For waiting to open the box? I've got a Big Muddy MW-OW coming by United Parcel Snails in the next couple of days. But, while my house normally has a climate like the inside of a UPS truck, it's deep...