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    Duck Dynasty

    Anyone know what song is being on Duck Dynasty while they are eating supper at the end of the show?
  2. Re: Finding chord shapes in same area of fretboard

    This is movable all over the fretboard93457
  3. Re: Height of BRIDGE: Higher = Louder/more Tone??

    The height the bridge does not necessarily reflect the height of the action. On my MK the bridge is almost all the way out but the string height is pretty low. My The Loar bridge is almost all the...
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    Re: How to "stretch"

    The best stretching is playing. Play first position scales closed using the pinky on the seventh fret. But, if you want to run a marathon, you run a lot, if you want to be a body builder you lift a...
  5. Re: How to get a more bluegrassy tone out of my Eastman MD505?

    [QUOTE=August Watters;1084675]I think strings and picks are just the beginning of this discussion. A couple of folks mentioned technical issues like pick angle and sweet spot, which get into the way...
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    Re: Weak Fingers

    The exercises above are great, and using them is just like lifting weights or running, it takes a while to get into shape, and the more you put into it the more you get out. I'll getting old, it...
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    Re: Your favorite Pick Size

    Golden Gate, and a Fender Heavy. I like the feel and sound of the Dawg pick but I cant get good volume without really picking hard. As for small picks I have a Small red Dunlop Jazz 3(?) that I use...
  8. Re: Michael Kelly Solid A-Style NEW?

    I have a MK Eligante, f not a, and I love it, I have a Loar 500 and an Eastman. I had a bad relationship with my MK and had actually quit playing it for months when I decided to give it one more...
  9. Re: The Roys saving 'traditional country music'

    Check out Barbwire Bluegrass, they play real bluegrass. And I always love these threads about haw bad music is today, which it pretty much is, but I always wonder if people said the same thing when...
  10. Re: Modern Sounds in Bluegrass Music

    Greenwood Mill by Volume V is a great NEW bluegrass song. Whats funny about the old music from even Big Mon is that his same songs done in the 60s and 70s dont sound like they did in the 40s and...
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    Barbwire Bluegrass at FCWC

    Barbwire Bluegrass will be playing Saturday evening at 7PM at the Floyd County Wildlife Club. The cost is $10 for dinner and the show. The club is located on GA hwy 100, 1 mile north of GA hwy 20,...
  12. Barbwire live at the Floyd County Wildlife Club

    Barbwire Bluegrass will be playing Saturday evening at 7PM at the Floyd County Wildlife Club. The cost is $10 for dinner and the show. The club is located on GA hwy 100, 1 mile north of GA hwy 20,...
  13. Re: Bluegrass Fans are Country Fans??...

    I thought about this over the weekend for a second round reply. I see enough bluegrass shows and festivals and am constantly talking about music with friends and people I meet and from what I see...
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    Re: Sanding the neck

    Thanks, I'll try that. I appreciate all the responses
  15. Re: Bluegrass Fans are Country Fans??...

    I dont think its that I dont like modern country as much as there is never enough good new county out there to turn the station to "The Highway'" on XM and leave it. If you listen to Zach Browns...
  16. Re: Bluegrass Fans are Country Fans??...

    Amen!!!
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    Re: Sanding the neck

    Thanks for that to, I'm fixing to give it a try. I have very clammy palms and when playing outside my palm just sticks to the neck and I cant do anything. And this is Georgia and 80% humidity
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    Re: Sanding the neck

    Thanks a lot, I'll give it a try.
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    Sanding the neck

    If I sand down the neck of my mandolin so my palm does not stick to it do I need to put anything back on it such as some type of oil?
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    Re: Michael Kelly???

    I own a MK Elegante, it didn’t sound that great until I had it set up and now I love it, sounds great plays great. I have a Loar 500 that I was using before I got the MK and it does not even compare...
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    Re: Somethings missing...

    Not all MK's have inlays all over the thing. Mine has a wood binding, dots on the neck and a black peghead with a pot in the middle, pretty subdued.
  22. Re: What did a mandolin cost 100 years ago?

    According to the documetory about Bill Monroe, he states he payed $50 for his famous mandolin in a barber shop in Florida, I cant remember what year but the early 40s
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    Re: Only play mandolin

    Same here, I barely play the mandolin, I'll be 90 by the time I would play the guitar
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    Re: To Chop or Scratch

    I agree. I play fiddle tunes, can solo (a little, and sometimes a little less) and play rhytham. But thats not my point. I love Monroe and Scaggs and TheBoxcars....................>, you name it,...
  25. Re: Women in a Mans World of Bluegrass

    My wife hates for me to go to jams and festivals because of all the women that are there!
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