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I have a Snark tuner (red one) I like it but seem to have difficulty in picking up the E string, getting an accurate reading. Does anybody else find this? Any ways round it?
Kevin

Great stuff.:)

I like it. Wasn't aware Mr Foley made that style of mandolin. I particularly like the antique finish look. That, and the faded leather look of some of the Weber models.

Will be watching Jools Holland tonight. Not a fan of the recent material Ivan? I've yet to hear the whole album. Just heard a few bits and pieces so far.
Kevin

Absolutely gutted to hear this. I learned so much from his posts here on the Cafe, and his DVDs. Such a huge loss.

Great stuff, will have to check them out.

Kevin

Can't have the bluechip pick thread disappearing into the 2nd page:), so was wondering, is anyone using the xr or sr picks and their thoughts? Considering purchasing one while the free shipping offer...

A very loyal customer from the UK too. I have found their customer service to be excellent.

Don thats great, and pretty inspiring. Thanks for sharing that. I thought I hadn't imagined it!:)

Kevin

I'm pretty much devoting my time to the Burns book, FFCP and John McGanns sound fundamentals DVD to iron out any flaws, and get the best possible tone. While also trying to ignore the temptation of...

I recommend Led Zeppelin: When giants walked the earth - Mick Wall. I thoroughly enjoyed it, even to non fans. Have a lot more admiration for J.P.J after reading it. Recently enjoyed his work with...

Ouch!, just come back myself from a 2 week layoff myself due to stupidly taking a white hot plate off a waitress. Burned the pick holding side of my index finger. Was even more frustrating as strings...

The Monroe doc on the site is saved to my favourites. Needless to say it gets regular viewing. Good stuff if anybody hasn't saw it yet.

I generally put as many fingers down as I can in the fond hope that they will be closer to where they need to be when the time comes.[/QUOTE]

I've personally started to integrate more of a focus...

Ah well, at least you will have the book to vary your repertoire in future. Burns didn't appear to favour the four finger chop chords according to his book so the Collins book should be just what...

Mo, i'm not far ahead of you in that I have pretty much have Devils Dream down. Just need to pick up speed a bit on it while keeping the picking clean. I agree with the above posts, using the first...

Thanks for the replies. I personally prefer using the thicker more rounded pick on my f holed mandolin anyway and was probably overly concerned that i'd develop the bad habit of getting sloppy by...

Hi, i'm currently working on the Jethro Burns book and looking to improve on triplets which I haven't had much experience using. I'm wondering if using a more pointed pick will encourage better...

Darren, Mike Compton described the grip your now using perfectly in his interview on this site. Definately worth a look if anyones not read it.

Kevin

I'm considering dropping the cash on the itunes version with the extra tracks. Is their a possibility of them releasing a special edition disc in the near future I wonder?

Kevin

Hi Nele, I own a Moon standard that i've had for 2 years now. You can't go wrong really in terms of buying a very playable instrument. Plus a 12 year old Moon should be well played in. They have...

Jim, thanks for posting that. Greenday with mandolin:disbelief:, I used to be heavily into them in my mid/late teens (i'm 31 now:) ) I wouldn't have them imagined playing this kind of stuff back...

Ryan, I'm by no means qualified or an expert but if , and once your pain free, you may want to consider some light strengthening exercises for the entire hand, wrist and forearm. You probably don't...

Andrew, yep the very same Jon Brion. Good find on the vid by the way.

Kevin

Jon Brion is the other guy. Scored the music for the movie Step Brothers.