That's wonderful - one day you may want to play those notes.
That's wonderful - one day you may want to play those notes.
I was inspired to play high up on the fretboard because of this thread and realized that the 17th fret is a tiny bit too high on the E string side (only affecting the outer E string on the 15th and 16th fret). I don't know if I would even realize if I didn't read this thread.
So I'm not sure if I sure fret about it.
Mandos: Coleman & Soviet ovals; Kay & Rogue A5's; Harmonia F2 & mandola
Ukuleles: 3 okay tenors; 3 cheap sopranos; Harmonia concert & baritone
Banjos: Gretsch banjolin; Varsity banjolele; Orlando 5-string; fretless & fretted Cümbüs o'uds
Acoustic guitars: Martin Backpacker; Ibanez Performance; Art et Lutherie; Academy dobro; Ovation 12-string
Others: Maffick & First Act dulcimers; Mexican cuatro-menor; Puerto Rican cuatro; Martin tiple; electrics
Wanted: charango; balalaika; bowlback mando
My thoughts are that having those notes on some mandolins and perhaps removing them from others, helps justify owning more than one mandolin, which, by the time one becomes comfortable in the nose bleed frets one is sure to have more than one mandolin.
Mine came with them, I am not one to go in for "elective surgery".
Sometimes, "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone"
Timothy F. Lewis
"If brains was lard, that boy couldn't grease a very big skillet" J.D. Clampett
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