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Yesterday, 5:34pm

David Lewis replied to a thread In praise of solid body mandolins. in General Mandolin Discussions

That is , yes, DANG!

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Sep-20-2019, 6:53am

Bob Buckingham replied to a thread One more banjo question in Builders and Repair

Overtones abound with an open back banjo. You can use a cheap plastic shopping bag to attenuate them. Shimming the neck with a business card seems...

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Sep-19-2019, 4:10pm

lflngpicker replied to a thread A pair of Diamonds in General Mandolin Discussions

Those are something to behold and I would bet sound great! Congrats!

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Sep-19-2019, 10:54am

Paul Statman replied to a thread Post a picture of what's on your bench? in Builders and Repair

That's a really innovative design, and I really like your homage to the Florentine tradition. I dig the way you think, and I believe that Lloyd...

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Sep-19-2019, 4:49am

Daniel Nestlerode replied to a thread Please talk about your experience with the Mandola. in CBOM

My usual 'mandola' is actually an Arrow G5 hollow body electric 5 string mandolin with a 15" scale length. It solves a lot of stretching/fingering...

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Sep-18-2019, 3:14pm

JeffD replied to a thread Please talk about your experience with the Mandola. in CBOM

After my first mandolin, a Tanada, was destroyed in my locked car one hot sunny day, I ordered a mandola from Elderly Instruments. I played it capo...

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Sep-18-2019, 2:26pm

Daniel Nestlerode replied to a thread Please talk about your experience with the Mandola. in CBOM

Ask and ye shall receive. Got this from the man hisownself. :) Daniel

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Sep-18-2019, 10:13am

Daniel Nestlerode replied to a thread Please talk about your experience with the Mandola. in CBOM

I don't have the mandola tab, no. I do have the guitar tab though. I was thinking about putting it in TEF and then trying to convert it from guitar...

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Sep-18-2019, 6:34am

Daniel Nestlerode replied to a thread Please talk about your experience with the Mandola. in CBOM

tmsweeney is right about sharing a lot of sonic space with the guitar. I've been playing along to Eric Skye's "Kathryn by the Delaware" on the...

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Sep-18-2019, 5:16am

Daniel Nestlerode replied to a thread Us newbies are cracking on ;) in Four, Five and Eight-String Electrics

I find the Page 3 shots distracting too. The instruments are porn enough! I could stare at them for hours. Sorely tempted to ask for a 5 string...

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Sep-18-2019, 5:04am

Daniel Nestlerode replied to a thread Please talk about your experience with the Mandola. in CBOM

Slap a capo on the octave mandolin at the fifth fret and have a go! The scale will be a bit shorter than the usual 16" or 17" but the fingering...

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Sep-17-2019, 10:45am

JeffD replied to a thread Tonegards in Equipment

Ummm... makes me feel terrible. Not only am I doing it wrong, but I am doing it wrong poorly.

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Sep-17-2019, 10:43am

JeffD replied to a thread Tonegards in Equipment

My experience is different. I can't hear the difference as much myself, but those in front of me sure can. And have said so. The test is to stand...

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Sep-17-2019, 10:35am

JeffD replied to a thread Tonegards in Equipment

I still use them. Still very effective. No negative issues.

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Sep-17-2019, 8:16am

Bob Buckingham replied to a thread John Cohen 1932-2019 in General Mandolin Discussions

He gave us a lot of great information and insight and shared what he knew readily. RIP

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Sep-16-2019, 4:24pm

JeffD replied to a thread Harmonizing at the end. Vids. Please! in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

The Blue Sky Boys are the Harvard and Yale of old time mandolin IMO.

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Sep-16-2019, 2:16pm

JeffD replied to a thread Harmonizing at the end. Vids. Please! in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

The Blue Sky Boys

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Sep-16-2019, 2:12pm

JeffD replied to a thread Harmonizing at the end. Vids. Please! in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Can't do better than those old brother groups. Louvin Brothers

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Sep-16-2019, 10:01am

JeffD replied to a thread A New Pick For Slick? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

In venues and musics where the individual tone of your instrument isn't the most important, a pick that can cut through the background noise may be...

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Sep-15-2019, 9:45pm

JeffD replied to a thread A New Pick For Slick? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

Don't fall into the mental trap that there is only one pick for you. I change my pick for different venues, different kinds of playing, different...

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Sep-15-2019, 8:50am

Bob Buckingham replied to a thread How do you test the qualities you're looking for in a Mandolin? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Play it, do you hardest stuff and see how it works and sounds.

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Sep-15-2019, 8:49am

Bob Buckingham replied to a thread Curly Seckler and the mandolin? What gives? in General Mandolin Discussions

Lester and Earl were taking heat from Monroe for playing bluegrass, his music, after leaving his band. Having Curly play mandolin probably...

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Sep-14-2019, 11:41pm

f5loar replied to a thread How do you test the qualities you're looking for in a Mandolin? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

The true test is when you pick it in a band. That's when you know it will do what you need it to do. Sitting down by yourself won't get it. Having...

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Sep-14-2019, 11:36pm

f5loar replied to a thread Curly Seckler and the mandolin? What gives? in General Mandolin Discussions

Curly's prewar F2 suffered like many of a prewar that got shipped back to the factory for repairs after the war and got new parts on it! I'd say in...

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