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"Don't Fret It"

Nice laid back feel, and an average pun.

We practice once per week and when things get stagnant we have one practice where everyone brings two new songs with tabs and we play each one through twice. We then do two good things: one, we...

Email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com for a copy of my ebook on how to set up a mandolin. Free to all mandolinacfe members. You'll learn how to evaluate the current set up and then how to cut the nut...

Does the G string buzz when played open, or when it is fretted? If it only buzzes when played open, the nut slot is cut a shade too low for that course (pair of strings). If it buzzes when fretted,...

A few people get my last name wrong (it is Meldrum, a good Scottish highlands name), but "Gundrum" is the farthest from the mark so far!

Rob Meldrum

Free mandolin set up ebook, email...

+1 on what Tobin wrote. It "sounds" like you need to examine and adjust the nut slots. Email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com for my ebook on how to set up a mandolin. It's free to all mandolincafe...

I bought my D35 in 1984. The local music company brought in a dozen different Martins for me. It came down to a D28 and a D35. I bought the D35, which happened to be their 150th anniversary model. ...

Or you could do a search here to find out about learning how to do your own set up - I offer my ebook free to all mandolincafe members. Just email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com. You can follow my...

An earlier post mentioned my ebook, email me to get it. If your G strings buzz when played open, the nut slots are cut too deep. To verify that, fold up a piece of paper and put it in the nut...

Ted Eschliman's Getting Into Jazz mandolin has fantastic exercises for learning scales and then improvising anywhere on the fretboard. If I had started with that as my first book when I was twelve...

I read an article about Liona Boyd (popular classical guitarist) a couple of years ago. She used to practice constantly. When watching TV with her husband she would play scales on her guitar with...

I agree with all of your answers. Maybe it would be a good idea for a sticky, along the lines of: before you ask, here are the recommendations for your first mandolin based on your budget... If...

The ebook is still free, and thanks for the nice comments. :-) If you want a copy, just ask nicely and put the word "mandolin" somewhere in the Subject line of your email request - it makes my...

Thanks to all the folks posting! The ebook is still free for all mandolincafe members. Just email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com. Please put "mandolin set up" in the subject line, as this makes it...

I had this issue once. Spent hours checking and tweaking lots of different factors. Finally swapped the two E strings and the dead sound followed the string. Easy way to prove the problem was with...

I just copied this from a Craigslist ad in Seattle selling a "The Loar" mandolin:

"It's called "The Loar" because it is a copy of a Gibson F-5 mandolin designed by Loyd Loar. Loar worked for the...

I have several Snarks and love them. One of my band-mates borrowed one from me and I cringed as he twisted the dial all over the place (to adjust the viewing angle) with the touch of a blacksmith. ...

I searched my old email requests and found kizmit had already requested the ebook after seeing one of my YouTube videos. I am in the process of making a series of detailed videos on aspects of set...

Or learn how to do it yourself. Email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com for my ebook. It is free to all mandolincafe members. Do a search on this site to see what others have said.

Rob

I'm here to chime in on the side of believers that it's OK to start with an inexpensive mandolin. While writing my ebook on mandolin set up (yes, still free to all mandolincafe members, email me at...

Try again! Email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com. I've been sending out about five or so each day - the requests keep coming. :-) I'm glad to hear folks are enjying the book.

Rob

Hi there, fellow mandolin lovers. If you got a nice, shiny mandolin for Christmas but it didn't come with a professional set up, get my (free) ebook to learn how to check your set up and address...

Play an hour of straight McCartney songs and you will get fatigued. Same with Lennon. Part of the genius of The Beatles wa letting George write one or two songs and having Ringo sing one song on each...

If the fretted notes are *always* sharp, I would check the nut. Make sure the nut slots angle down and back towards the tuning pegs. This assures that the strings make a clean and uniform break at...

The Beatles. Every album showed growth/change/new musical ideas. But the older stuff still has its own wonderful merits. As Brian Wilson (of the Beach Boys) noted, they were the first band to put...