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Looks to be in great shape, case included--it's a pick-up-in-person only item, or I'd have kept it a secret and tried to get it myself. I've been curious...

Well, I've pulled the trigger on the Thomann Artist mandocello; the website claimed at checkout that it would be here this Friday, but I don't believe that for a second, unless there's one sitting in...

Well, I came to a better solution. I had a hammered dulcimer that I'd partially restored that was gathering dust. I just wasn't playing it very much, so I decided I'd gauge the interest level:...

Attention guitar converts and mandolin newbies:

If you currently believe, like I did until recently, that a pick is a pick, and that your pick collection from your guitar days is fine, and that...

I considered using that mixed metaphor too, as well as "farming for loose change," "dialing for unicorns," and "scouring for flavors."

...Also, it took great strength of will to not respond...

I LOVE it when internet trends give me a chance to share obscure knowledge! *puts on square cap and robe*
The voice is saying "Laurel," but there are a lot of acoustic and psychoacoustic factors...

Nice! Got my BA from St. Olaf College, 2007. My theoretical knowledge greatly outpaces my chops, so at least I can feel good-ish about that while everyone else here plays circles around me.

Because there is, technically, such a note as Fb, E#, Cb,and B#. E# sounds exactly like F natural, but from a pure theory perspective, one does not function exactly like the other. Let's say you're...

I picked up a cheapie Caramel baritone uke to do exactly this! I calculated out two string sets for it--cello CGDA and octave mandolin GDAE. After stringing it up as a cello first, I felt like the...