I agree, Ranald. Some of the southern style players may have a flatter bridge but I am not sure it would be so flat to allow for bowing three strings...
I leave my ToneGards on all the time. They haven't been removed for years and years and in one case has not been taken off since I first put it on. I...
I leave my ToneGards on all the time. They haven't been removed for years and years and in one case has not been taken off since I first put it on. I...
Epilogue: It may well be that the root of this problem, or at least a major contributing factor, was substandard equipment. My main computer for the...
Yeah, I'm pretty much from RI, too. I used to be able to pull in a station from NYC with an incredible blues show on Saturday nights, and the DJ, Mae...
It is a discouraging thing - when you have someone like the OP who defines noodling like that. Noodling, as I understand it in 50+ years of playing,...
Well, the seasonal country-cajun-bluegrass band does "Mama Tried," and even though the drummer sings lead on that one, the band is led by the rhythm...
The only "gotcha" might be if you have only played carved top mandolins before, and have carved top bluegrassy expectations. Flat tops are wonderful...
Ralph if only you had read the OP and the thread with a little interest, you’d find that the context has been given by way of a YouTube video in OP,...