Just wanted to add, Don Young, the founder of the 2nd iteration of National Reso-phonic Guitars, designed the RM-1 and developed those mandolins. He...
I've had it happen a few times on loop-end mandolin E strings. It's funny that even though it has happened before, I still don't figure it out until...
If you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. (Henry Ford, attrib.) If you want to progress your playing by playing by ear, and learning...
You can find music for the two part inventions transcribed for two mandolins, and for mandolin and guitar. I just purchased the music for guitar and...
BluesPreacher, Sting's theorbo is a bit different and shorter because the one in the first video is a period piece (or a fairly accurate reproduction...
Welcome, jonfranzis! I am late to mandolin as well but I am enjoying it. Mark has some good stuff posted here in the Woodshed. I see you have checked...
Man, I enjoyed that. I perked up at the mention of Buck, too, I really like Buck White. Loved that story - "Learn to play every song you know in all...
I was born in Louisiana, been over 30 years in Texas, began playing guitar as a teen. I play guitar with friends, at small gigs and at bluegrass jams. I play acoustic blues, country blues, gospel, country, rock and bluegrass music. I bought a mandolin in 2014, got serious about playing mandolin mid-2015 and my interests are mostly in bluegrass, folk and old-world fiddle tunes.
I also have an interest in documenting information about the group, The Bluegrass Alliance (all incarnations of the previous century rather than the re-alliance group of the 2000's).
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