Hmmm, well I can remember a few where after paying for gas, lodging etc. I've ended up paying more than I made (e.g. in benefit, working cover charge and not enough people showing up, or just costing...
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Hmmm, well I can remember a few where after paying for gas, lodging etc. I've ended up paying more than I made (e.g. in benefit, working cover charge and not enough people showing up, or just costing...
Actually, it makes good sense to have two....that way if one needs fret work done etc. then there's always another you can play. Having still more (that are at the same quality etc.) then yes, it...
5. mandolin CAN have a capo....we just aren't as ready to admit it.
4. True enough.
3. BC makes thumb picks as well. So that can be just as expensive.
2. Both of my best mandolins can hold their...
I use a Fender extra heavy using the pointed end (on just a teardrop pick) for guitar, while on mandolin I tend to use the shoulder of a BC 50. Yes, I could use the BC on the guitar or the Fender on...
Yes, it's
http://www.flatpickerhangout.com/pages/default.asp
Both the Blueridge and the Recording King guitars CAN be great....the key is trying them out beforehand.
I'm sorry, my reference to "open strings" was simply meaning picking individual strings....i.e. not using your left fingers as all. As you're just starting out it seemed the easiest way to see if one...
Are you buying it locally or online? As if your just buying it at a local store, then it would make a difference on how the neck feels to your hand. What to tone sounds to you from the open strings...
Right at the edge of your budget,. but an excellent choice would be a Breedlove:
http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/BCVRB-O.htm
at a slightly lower price would be a Kentucky like this:
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It depends entirely on what kind of music you're playing. In bluegrass the chord is only heard for a split second and then muffled....here the to mandolin is providing the snare drum part. In this...
First off, if you don't have a particular desire for an F model then you'll get the best deal with an A model. The difference, if any, is minimal (Yes, I have two F models, but it's a matter of...
First question, are these instruments available near you (i.e. a store that has one or more choices). Secondly, do you know anyone else who can play mandolin. I think it's always better if you can...
Alan,
You've seen my Prucha (with varnish), I've used Harvey's Jubilee a great deal. I understand you have some...but if you need more let me know (since we're near by).
Sam Bush, in 1974. I was flatpicking guitar at that point, and didn't really start playing mandolin seriously until 35 years later, but the influence was made then.
Of course there's also Bill...
Just for clarification, while Dave Harvey works at Gibson, Jubilee is DECIDEDLY NOT the standard Gibson guitar polish. It is quite good with varnish finishes (or at least on my Prucha's varnish) and...
Some years ago I asked the same question here, and the answer I got was David Harvey's Jubilee. I don't know if it's still available, but that has been REALLY good (it only uses a small bit...so it...
Could that F5G have actually have been an F5-FB? Basically around 2003 a music store in the west coast custom ordered a number of F5Gs, but with a bound neck, an adirondack top rather than sitka, and...
If you call Tony Williamson you can schedule an appointment to go see him (or his son) at http://www.mandolincentral.com/ (near Siler City), If you're willing to go up to Richmond you could call...
My varnished Prucha is a decided keeper. At one point I think my friends thought I was playing a different mandoiln each week. With this one though.....it keeps surprising me at how good it really...
Q: How many instruments do you play? Two seriously, guitar and mandolin. That said it wouldn't be as big a jump to electric bass or to Mandola. On guitar I've been playing for 43 years. On mandolin...
All three of these are good but......with all three brands there tends to be fairly noticable difference (i.e. one KM1000 could be significantly better than another KM1000...the same with the...
Please tell me you're really meaning $3.5k........otherwise I need to bash my head into the wall multiple time over the Dearstone I sold about 10 years ago. :)
I think he comparison with Blackie and any Loar F5 ('any Loar F5'....the concept is a bit funny there) is very much apples and oranges. On that comarison compare Blackie and Monroe's Loar (that was...
Just out of curiousity, what kind of music are you in to playing? Our suggestions here and vary quite widely here, and if we know what you're wanting to play we can make better suggestions.
In any...
Well...this is just my opinion, but....first I'd forget about the concept of 'Vintage'.....either it's one that's been used/played heavily or, if new, would cost more in which case you're really not...
With all of this said, if you're putting new strings on an older bowlback mandolin, you want to use the lightest strings possible. Probably for the least money (and still very good) would be...