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Jazz jams have all sorts of problems, depending on the personalities of the principals. Like one I heard recently: Q: What key? A: The usual. ...

The issue should be of interest to e-mando players, but this video misses the main points about pickups. We can agree it matters where, along the...

interesting, capo 5 puts his version of Whiskey Before Breakfast in F minor and Redhaired Boy in C. Sounds like normal tenor tuning to me.

I pity your neighbors. But then, I pity my neighbors too. I once heard that this is a distinction between a violin and a fiddle: fiddles often...

Being someone whose curiosity often gets the better of him, I checked the hat definition in my OED and, although section 5. “Phrases and locutions:...

“ Alrighty then. Let's see if this works. And whether the effort was worth it. ” - Journeybear It was well worth the effort. Thanks for sharing...

I love the playing. What's the instrument? Is he in some open tuning? Since he's solo and not singing, why the capo--Maybe to lessen the stretches...

Anyone else having problems getting in touch with Mike Black ?

Thanks for all the suggestions people. I have some things to try now.

I like my Hercules stand, too. With 3 large shepherds, a Chi/Terrier mix that thinks she's a shepherd and a rambunctious cat, it provides a greater...

To answer John's question, the intonation cuts on the saddle are deep enough that the compensation will not change when a radius saddle is sanded...

Jamming as I understand it, is different than attending a ITM sessiun. Jamming is the "low hanging fruit" or playing anything and calling it...

Well, I have been using TIs for years (along with other brands), on mandos and 'cellos, and always trim them. However, I have been tempted not to...

I wonder if that truss rod cover has had a piece cut out and a photo inserted behind it- a sweetheart or a motif of some kind to personalise the...

It would also rock if Thomastik also had instructions on how to install those strings because I'm not yet sure if they should be trimmed (like the...

There is not a lot of information out there. A Google search has a bunch of Mandolin Cafe links. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeYyGZ_51MU

It seems reasonable to think most people could sand a saddle flat (though I'm sure there are those among us who could screw it up), but here's my...

No idea. Seems like the center of it was removed and there's a little piece of brown paper in the middle. I'm thinking about getting a pearl and...

Also the Flatwound design will save the frets from scratches, plus they have silk wound around them to protect them.

I remember the Lark Street location. Oh well, I just killed an hour looking at his online inventory.........:cool:

Jazz open-mic/jams don't have this problem because, when a group assembles onstage, the participants discuss what to play, and veto any suggestions...

Agreed - wonderful pattern. And if I see the pencil lines correctly, that's going to be an interesting headstock shape.

I still can't grasp how something as simple as expecting attendees at a regular session (not a tune learning or slow session) to make an effort to...