I understand the tonal differences of mandolin, octave mandolin, mandola, was just curious as to if it was possible to have less frets on a mandolin...
Is it possible to have a mandolin same scale length with 15-17 frets so that the frets would be further apart instead of 21-22 frets. Don't know how...
Everyones situation is different, I would just never want to be in a situation that I'd need to amplify an acoustic instrument for I love the tone of...
You'll get various answers but just my views. To remotely imitate the sound of an acoustic instrument amplified is gonna cost a lot. All according to...
For What's It's Worth a tune I was playing shortly after getting my mandolin. A 12th fret chime across all 8 strings sounds really good in the key of...
I'm not organized at all. I've played guitar for over 50 years and never kept any kind of practice journal. Been back at the mandolin the last couple...
Don't hate playing chords as that's where the beauty lies...explore various genre's, 2-3 positions for each chord, two and three note chords are very...
68, started learning guitar at 10. Played on the road for too many years. Worked with blues greats Frank Frost & Sam Carr & lived with Sam & Ms Doris Carr for about 6 years. Gone back to my roots now.
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