Thousands of members here were in your shoes at some point, guitar players drawn to the mandolin. It took me a year or so to sort of begin to find a...
I love the look of it. It's in great shape, as is the case. He has light strings on it, which I won't change immediately, but I don't see any reason...
I've been playing my mandola with the lower two string pairs having one string replaced with a thinner one & tuned up the octave. It produces a sort...
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).
Location:
Alvarado/Mansfield, Texas
Interests:
Music, lutherie, woodwork, wood finishing, web design
Occupation:
Furniture repair, architectural millwork repair, web design