Move your thumb up toward the fingerboard and let the mandolin neck rest in the crook of your thumb, you are using more of a guitar approach. I have...
"Everyone is part of the deal" - That's one of his themes; everyone is included. Peter would have everyone crying at the Prairie Home Companion show...
It might be easier for you to simply memorize something short that you like that will let you play on all the strings. Or make something up. It will...
That is a common problem with amps too. Send jacks that are switched that aren't used. I always recommend plugging/out a jack at least a dozen times...
Sherry, you might like a Martin mandolin. The neck is small and the scale length is shorter, so stretches are easier. They make them up into the 70's...
I'm similar to Jim in that I can adjust to a chunkier neck as far as neck profile goes, but wider necks not so much, wider necks and flat fretboards...
Jeff Schneider is obviously a great teacher. I think that a number of musician / teachers are using online tools now. The 'good ones' like Jeff have...
Fascinating discussion. I was toying with starting a thread on the tonal difference between two of my mandolins - the f style oval hole epiphone and...