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This morning's version of 500 mi. hi.

I'm so addicted to that class. And Mandolin Cafe is where I first heard about it. I'm hesitant to post audio because I'm now doing assignments on violin. But here are last week's Scaley Modes. I...

Free webcast. 3-night series continues tonight and tomorrow. Chick Corea w the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (Wynton Marsalis, director.) I watched the 2nd half of last night's concert. ...

I signed up for this online class even though I'm not a builder or repair guy. They're teaching stuff I want to know more about. If I don't like the class I can always get a refund...

Echo: Sweet mandolin content, you guys. No way I can cut it on my e-mandola or guitar; I'm scrambling on violin, my original axe.

Greg, very sorry to hear about the theft and also the loss of...

Thanks for the good word. Have you seen the new videos? Mysteries dispelled, wonders revealed. Work cut out.

I still can't believe Gary Burton is teaching this class, and it's free. I'm loving...

lukmanohnz, that totally rocks! And swings!

I too recorded one on guitar. (A lot more confident looking at those Klingonian demolished chords with a guitar in hand.)

Then I started looking...

Any songs that are familiar; that you've heard a lot. Most people know "Bei Mir Bis Du Schon" (aka Buy me a beer, Mr. Shane.)

Not sure how much Klezmer you listen to. I'm not even Jewish, but a...

Here are a gazillion tunes: sheet music, midi audio, it's a treasure trove. All of the ones I've used have been easy.
The music links are over on the right side of the page, under the word Index. ...

Has anybody else started the course yet? I looked at the videos and downloaded the first week materials. Very cool stuff...

I saw this thread and thought of this old Everly Brothers song. Right away I wanted to record it so bad. So I did. (record it so bad.) Please forgive the clicking; I'll fix that and try another...

To the O.P: Hey there old man, how're they hangin'? I wonder if everybody got your drift. It turned into an amusing thread, regardless.

I'm sure you meant that in the economic climate of the...

I've used MuseScore a lot. It doesn't support mandolin tab yet. They promise this in a future version.

I just watched Bombshell on youTube. Fine pickin'! If I wanted to learn that I would have...

A FUNNY old man!

GOT IT!! Everything works and it sounds so good: big sound, no buzz or hum. Volume and tone knobs do their respective jobs.

So now it is wired just like I had it before, except with a different...

It's 4 wires. I haven't modified it.

I soldered the tips of the green and white wires together and taped them off. Soldered the black and the shielding wire to the back of the volume pot. Ran...

Well, I had my wires mixed up. Re-did the connections with the scheme from the Almuse site, and that clue about the RED wire. (Thanks Pete.)

But it's still not right. Now the volume pot works...

Looking for help on this. I used this diagram to rewire my Almuse classic pickup.
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But the volume pot does nothing. Otherwise great; no hiss or buzz, tone knob works great. Sounds like...

I get that too. I call it string finger; feels like I have the point of a pin stuck in my fingertip.

When I've asked other string players if they get that, many will say they do. But on closer...

I remember hearing Jethro Burns give a funny non-endorsement:

"The people at Gibson want you to know that this is a Washburn mandolin I'm playing tonight."

Not really a mandolin joke per se,...

Last week's coffeehouse jam. Sorry, didn't bring the mandobeast but I had my git and fiddle...

Really great stuff! Beatles tune is exquisite; tempo change from ballad to bluesy groove was so cool. Your solo piece is haunting and beautiful. And the C blues was a tour de bop! I loved the way...

Lovely music, beautifully performed. I somehow missed this...

Another Chromes user here. I just use the guitar singles; mandobird = 10, 14, 20, 38 and (15" scale) mandola = 14, 22, 38, 50

Flat-wounds are the closest I've found to violin strings. I can play...

I hate to sound like a commercial, but online lessons worked really well for me. Study at home, watch the same lesson 10 times, send in a video for feedback. You can learn from one of the all-time...