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The recommendations to wait for a week or so for the string tension to affect the whole instrument are good... But after that, the frets should be tap-checked for seating and then leveled. Anyway,...

As others have said, wait a bit with the nut loose and see what happens.
I always barely snug the nut in situations like this to avoid buzzing from the nut (and sometimes the rod) being loose and...

Not exactly: It’s going to have whatever natural relief it has when the nut is loose =and= the strings are putting tension on the neck. Parker's question of "did you tune up to check your relief?"...

I assume it's a single action truss rod. Tightening it will pull the neck back to reduce relief/forward bow. Loosening all the way will result in whatever forward bow was built in, which may be...

Today's issue of the Washington Post carries a thought-provoking article that, while it has no direct mandolin content, should be of considerable interest to most of us here on the MC. It talks...

Between the social security card and the old checks there's probably enough on sale here to rebuild and steal his identity. Be wary of any William S. Monroes you meet in the next couple years.

Hey Dem, I'm checking out the brand Mapes. They don't sell in stores and you have to buy them direct from the factory in Tennessee. For mandolin they offer 4 alloy options that include their...

Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer: Bach Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530: I. Vivace from their forthcoming recording Bach Trios.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=770rJqDwRXo

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I'm pretty sure that Whistlearrow hasn't been waiting on our reply for 2 years before he made his decision...;)

instrument and hands of each player, just a well made video with a different approach


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEFXm7eobg

OK... these are not actually Spy photos. :)

Saga sent them to me.

Saga has finally kicked in F-style production at their sort-of-new hand-carved workshop. We have only seen the KM-750 hit the...

Here's a sneak peak at the new book cover, said to publish in October some time.

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The transcriptions were done by David Benedict, mentioned in a recent Mandolin Mondays post. Here's a video...

I haven't read the whole thread, so these may be repeats, but here are some books that I've really enjoyed that have made a major impact on my music.

In no particular order:

The Practice of...

I don't claim to be an expert, but I don't know of any high-end mando shops. Mountain Music has 1 or 2 used Gibson F5s and a Weber F, and then standard entry-level stuff.

The Folk Music Store in...

Everybodies 100% absolutely correct, because we're all freakin crazy....

Yeah, I wasn't necessarily saying the act of staying true to one mandolin was a virtue. I do have multiple mandolins (and mandolas and banjos and fiddles and guitars, for that matter). Each...

Yep, that's pretty much my stance as well. My Ellis is more mandolin than I'll ever realistically be able to play to its potential. It was a MAS-killer for me. That's not to say I don't admire...

I can say that. Unless I need to downgrade. Hopefully, this is never the case. I truly love my Ellis.

At some point 'standard' will be less important than your individual preferences, and those may take a while to surface. I've struggled with string spacing to the point of learning how to shape my...

Found it!
1925 Gibson used on 1-4, 11, 12
Nugget in AEAC# on 6, 8, 9
Sobell Octave on 5, 7, 10, 13, 14

This is why I refuse to throw out all of my cds, even though they're digitized now!...

Or sometimes 20-30 years to sound like you have been playing 10. :)

Well, Butch had and used both a Nugget and a '25 Gibson F-5 for recording, so likely one of them bad boys. He got great tone out of any mandolin he played.

Looks like Tony Williamson had some nice folks drop by after their performance at Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival on Saturday night...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4nU28A6ldw

I have been down this road so here is what I think...In years past I owned some high dollar mandolins and as I played more and more I found that a inexpensive mandolin did me just as well as a high...

On the note of A models, and specifically Joe's Nugget, Peghead just put out this video of him talking about it, and then playing a tune with Scott Nygaard. Great sounding mando!
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