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Here’s a little holiday music. Sorry, there is banjo content, but I have managed to bookend it with mandolin.
https://youtu.be/K8yaBswmYOk

I have two mandolins. An older Red Diamond Vintage model, and a brand new Ellis Fern.
I’m done shopping forever.

I had a Varnished Fern from 2003 signed by Danny Roberts. It was easily the second best mandolin I have ever owned. I reserve the top spot in my collection for my Red Diamond Vintage model.

Don’t really want any stickers on this one…165238

Yeah, this is a problem every player should have. Which one should I play? I solved that problem by having both of them out at the same time.

I learned a lot about setup from this mandolin. It...

Tremolo was the technique that saved my mandolin playing. I had been struggling with being able to get any speed for a long time. Then, one day I noticed that when I played tremolo, I used a...

Okey-dokey. I ordered one.

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I love Red Diamond mandolins. Before I bought mine, I was on a quest to acquire a Gil. After getting the RD, that quest was quenched.

I have actually all but given up the mandolin in favor of playing banjo. I find that it is easier to keep up than the mandolin. When my wife and I do our duet shows, she told me she actually prefers...

I'd say it depends. If you don't know the melody strong enough to convey it to the rest of the jam, you can always play a turn around. I like to hear the melody of a tune rendered recognizably in the...

You're supposed to clean these things?

Some people claim the varnished instruments sound more mature when new, and break in sooner. Some people say that's a bunch of hooey. I'm in the camp that believes in varnish instruments. I've had...

I use the AT4033, but I think it's important to point out that unless you have the knowledge and/or equipment to control these mics, none are going live up to your expectations. I found that a...

Here's a project I started many years ago. I was going to take the top of this case off, and put it in a shadow box, but it has been hidden away in the basement for years.

I prefer the mandolins that have eight strings.

http://youtu.be/j79ybReWJNI

http://youtu.be/Qwe2EJjNrQs

I have never lost one of my Blue Chips, but I have a number of the same models, so according to the way my luck runs, I won't ever lose one, or wear one out. All my spares will be rendered...

My Vintage Model is voiced like a Reischman. Clear highs, and cutting ability, plenty of volume. I had also owned an A model with the vintage 22 voicing. I wish I had never let it go. Pretty...

When I discovered that I could play faster by tilting the pick rather than striking the string with a square pick stroke.

They do seem to be all the rage these days with bluegrass bands. I worked for a pro sound company last year at a festival where a band showed up with one. I wasn't blown away with the sound of it....

I don't think Adam Steffey actually recommends posting as being the best way to play. But somewhere in his learning process, he decided that it works for him...and quite well. I don't post or anchor...

My point was that advising someone that there is only one right way to play, is ridiculous. Chris Thile has stated that he believes there is only one right way to hold the pick. Maybe for him, that...

I would use the word, "charts", to refer to a chord chart of a tune showing it in either actual chords or Nashville numbers with timing being a part of the chart. If it was written music, I'd refer...

Is this from the angry guitar player?