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Last I talked to Kristian he was playing far more guitar than mando, but when he did he was a huge fan of Rigel’s plug-in prowess. Good to see him playing it again.

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Emanuele Barbella (1718-1777): Concerto in Re Maggiore per Mandolino, Archi e Basso Continuo

I. Allegro ma non presto - 0:00
II. Andantino - 3:34
III.Giga Allegro - 7:08

This is a late...

Wonderfully bonkers & fit for the industrial era.
I assume your wallet is having a hard time remaining closed.
You know you really really want it don’t you Marc?
Once you buy it you can post us a...

One at a time? Of course! Is there another way?

I don't use a peg winder either. I put the string on, grasp the peg head firmly, and twirl the instrument around over my head. I've broken a few...

There are no hard and fast rules, so I practiced a number of different approaches. My longest fifth-tuned instrument has a 25.5" scale length, so here's how I went about learning to play on it.
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Here's my mandola. "Starter" from Thomman, but has to my ears at least a nice tone.

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Looks like it was made by Nathan Sweet whose work was sold by Lark in the Morning and at ArCane Lutherie.

Well you could always play "Hand me down my walking cane". :grin:

Dan I love that picture. Thanks for posting.

I'm sure the Good Lord was pleased with you . . . keep it up.

Yessir, an easier year to stay in tune than most ;)!

Most songs in Hymnals are pretty straight melody lines. When I wanted to learn a hymn, I would transcribe the notation from the treble clef to tab and learn it that way. You may not readily find...

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Ah well, there it is - the challenge of explanation, bypassing "second nature" (as you correctly guessed). Let me start with a bit of history: I came from playing the TB (fast single loud notes) to...

I play in a jam every week and we have a couple of fiddle players who play extremely fast. I concluded that I may never be able to pick some of the fiddle tunes that quickly so I practiced versions...

Congratulations to the OP. Maybe you did receive good service. That's great.

However, the Mandolin Cafe has had enough of the Mando Shop and its owner and has permanently banned him from using...

Two good high-end instrument dealers, Bernunzio's and Stutzman's, plus a couple other places (including Guitar Center) that might have a mandolin or two for testing when I stop in. And there's...

I got this Sam Bush wig I put on, see.
I don't know why, but it seems like all I needed.


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Hey everybody! I wanted to share this fragment of an instrumental off my bands upcoming album. The title pays homage to "Blazing Saddles!"
https://youtu.be/gFIylZ1YE-s

Sam Hamrick is a fine mandolin player in Seattle. He sells shirts, greeting cards, prints, etc. on Etsy under the Fiddlebones name. Some great examples-

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I agree - and his transcriptions, in my experience, were not simple note-for-note renditions (great as that is) but contained useful advice on phrasing and approach to the music....always really...

Funny, was thinking of JM just today. He was musical, patient and very giving with advice and technique pointers. I still refer to many of his awesome transcriptions.

R.I.P., John McGann

He was a gift to us all.

Jamie

Thanks so much, Mitch - this is Tim writing back, I really appreciate the notice and praise. Actually, the video is indeed a few years old, but June Apple, the CD, is currently in pre-release, hot...