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    Re: First encounter with the tenor guitar

    I saw the video Will Fly put on song of the week called 'the sweetness of Mary' - and I got the bug for tenor guitar. :)
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    Re: Have you named your mandolin?

    hi - mine is called Maeve - just seemed she needed a name given the amount of time I spend with her - and having agreed with my partner we wont get a second dog - the name in my head I had for the...
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    Re: Wegen Bluegrass Pick

    I use the wegen bluegrass as my go to pick most often - but ask for it to be made at 1mm rather than 1.4mm standard. small difference but I can feel it - if not hear it conclusively. Always found...
  4. Re: Tenor Recommendations Please (UK/EU £400/€450 and under)

    I had the cheaper Ashbury which sounded fine - but I struggled with holding it moving from mando. So I sold it and bought an Ozark and am very pleased with it. Less ringing than the Ashbury - but...
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    Re: Thoughts on UK luthiers' instruments?

    Hi - I have a Paul Hathway cedar top mando and I love it. I emailed Paul from his website and asked to visit to look and he arranged a date. I went and he had several set up and left me to it. I fell...
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    Re: Carbon fiber picks

    ok - had a 2 hour test drive and my immediate response is that my mando is singing notes i didnt know it had - either that or the 'play much better' fairy visited overnight.
    They look like arrow...
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    Re: Carbon fiber picks

    hi - i meant to add that when i asked for advice re best to get i specified i usually like .9mm to 1.2mm - and that i didnt want a jolly roger one! so there might be better ones he does - but were...
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    Re: Carbon fiber picks

    I contacted this firm https://www.rjlguitars.co.uk/pick-store given above info from helric and got a quick and helpful response. I asked what he though would be best for mando and he said
    my...
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    Re: Which Tenor Best for GDAE

    hi

    I have thge cheaper ashbury tg - with these strings on and it oftens gets comments about how nice it sounds

    http://www.newstrings.co.uk/acatalog/Tenor_Guitar_Strings.html

    i'm in essex if...
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    Re: Fingertip Callouses (a theory)

    I do wonder as a woman if using creams daily has made mine tough but not dry? I have really never hard that hard dry finger tips - maybe different bodies do differnt things - maybe I dont play...
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    Re: blue chip picks

    uh-oh - now thats tempted me - am going to explore possible extra costs vie EU- and then...crikey i could actually get a blue chip. :grin:
  12. Re: Letter from America..... No not the Proclaimers

    I ordered a red bear last year - took a while to arrive but think they had big back log - anyhows it arrived fine. Also ordered a McClung armrest - again arrived fine.
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    Re: Who's got a "keeper"?

    I am a year in so a keeper is likely not really something I think I properly understand yet - but I bought a Paul Hathway cedar top (called her Maeve!) - and can't think she wont be around for...
  14. Re: Jesse Brock Masters Workshop - Yarmouth, Maine

    oh boy - that was dissapointing - not Yarmouth, Norfolk, uk then!
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    Re: Hygrometer help please

    thanks again for the responses.
    @ Ray - its certainly affecting the sound - was in cotswolds few weeks agao where reading was 50 for the week and she (I've called my mando Maeve!) was sharp - bit...
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    Re: Hygrometer help please

    Thanks for you responses - reading the first one made me way more relaxed about the whole situation! I am no longer worried that I'll get to the point of having to wring my mando out!
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    Hygrometer help please

    Hello -

    I live in uk - 200 yards from the sea and my hygrometer is reading 68 everyday (this is an in case - the reading is higher in the room) . Looking on this site I should be keeping my...
  18. Re: Anyone else first take up playing at a little "older" age

    I am 45 and started mando learning in Feb this year. Only musical experince before was - and no word of a lie - at school playing a ruler because there weren't enough recorders to go around for 1/2...
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    Re: Wegen M150 Pick Shortage?

    Hi

    I ordered direct from the wegen website and they arrived within the week about 6 weeks ago. prob a bit quicker as netherlands to uk - but have done this several times and never a problem. they...
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    Re: help with identifying please

    many thanks for your thoughts - I have been googling now to look at similar ones - lots seem to have decoration mine dosnt and a wavy bit by the hole. Its been good looking. Am hoping to get a good...
  21. Thread: Mandolin Strap

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    Re: Mandolin Strap

    Well - i am a beginner - but I tried all sorts to get something comfy - and finally tied an old scarf to each end with a shoe lace. Its light, can be pulled out wide to spread the weight, easy to...
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    Re: help with identifying please

    Hi - not sure re sides and back - but think mahogany?

    https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U3g_Uw6xpcM/ThiW1_oxyiI/AAAAAAAAAD8/SGF7_gC8m8k/s640/103_0282.jpg
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    Re: help with identifying please

    and a bigger body shot

    https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c723ixHiS-c/ThiWlaaro3I/AAAAAAAAADw/CjC_q_xX0CI/s640/103_0279.jpg
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    Re: help with identifying please

    and heres the head bit

    https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uckeNSruzmw/ThiW1tiVezI/AAAAAAAAAD4/AVvlydtoc9w/s640/103_0281.jpg
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    help with identifying please

    Hello,
    I am 5 months into learning the Mando - which I started on a whim at 45 - and now seem to acquired 3! Is this compulsory behaviour? anyhow - I bought one from ebay that I liked the look of -...
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