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or get a new case to sell the mandolin with and keep your old case with the stickers!

idk. maybe that's too obvious to be clever. If so, I'll shut up!

National RM1 with hotplate. It won't sound quite like an acoustic mandolin, but it's definitely a mandolin. I agree with Don G. that you'll never be happy trying to compete with electric guitar and...

I think the biggest thing for me was to learn how to memorize a song. It is a lot more work and requires a lot more repetition than I realized. If you go through it about 10 times a day for a few...

I agree with all the little tricks brought up (especially licking your fingers and then drying them off on your pants to add a little "tack").

One other thing I would say is that I find that if...

I have been helped a lot by massage. It is amazing how tight and painful my hand and forearm can get from playing. Both arms benefit. Gaining more length from those muscles and loosening them up all...

first thing - change the strings. I've wasted a lot of time on a bad string before...

consider a Bose L1 Compact system. I know it's a little more money (around 1000), but you can use it for a wide range of applications from solo gigs to acoustic ensembles. It has been fantastic for...

i remember being kind of pissed when I rec'd some similar advice about not playing on the 1&3. It took me a while not to be pissed, but it was fundamentally good intentioned advice. But advice that...

IMO you should use your pinkie for sure. because for C 5578 you're going to use your pinkie - and it's not especially difficult. but maybe not everyone agrees...

lot's of good advice. one thing i want to say is that kicking off songs is a skill and took me quite a few years to be any good at. it's kind of like taking a solo, but you have to hit it so everyone...

It is a lot harder to play and sing than to just play. The more automatic your playing becomes, the easier it will be to sing at the same time. I think many beginners don't realize just how many...

When you have a potential buyer, you can look through their history of posts on the Cafe (if there are any). I have done this in the past and gotten a very good idea of what the buyer or seller was...

I like mine with flatwounds - thomastics I think. and a bc pick. I had my luthier lower the action at the nut and bridge. The flatwounds mellow out the sound a lot. But it still doesn't sound like a...

+1 on getting some setup advice. Worn out frets can make it hard to get a clean sound w/o fretting too hard. A nut that's too high can really make the strings bite when fretting on the first or...

I predict that you will have problems getting enough volume from a microphone to keep up with a drum kit. It is about the most challenging amplification problem for an acoustic instrument. Using a...

For rock, blues, metal, etc. (somewhat distorted, not clean, sound) a guitar amp is more important by far than the guitar. There are amplifier technologies with distinctive "distortion" or "breakup"...

you'll need something to amplify the mic before you can put it into the iphone. Do you have a mixer or any kind of preamp? what were you using to interface it to the macbook?

Marc

old dangerfield is named after Monroe's horse (I think)

She loves to ride horses (Guy Clark)

Flop Eared Mule ?

Wheel Hoss !

My first F5 was from a well known medium sized factory and cost around 4k. I was never happy with the lower strings. As it turns out, that particular mandolin didn't have a strong bass response. The...

More and more i am finding that less = more. Especially in a band setting a clean short chop on 2 and 4 beats a more filling accompaniment. Even in my trio w/ bass and guitar a sparser chop usually...

Even if the humidity is 40% the swing from 70% would cause the mandolin to shrink somewhat which would make the strings closer to the frets. It's pretty normal to have to make adjustments to the...

Unfortunately not everyone "gets" nashville numbering system. Best to be flexible with what works for the guitars and bass player. The Nashville numbering system should be taught to all elementary...

I put a little piece of tape in as a shim. working well so far. not as intrusive as the pliers...

You need to talk - you can tell them ahead of time that you don't want a break on anything (and then you can speak up when you want a break). You can vigorously shake your head "no" when they say...

Maybe you are pressing too hard. It took a long time to learn to pick hard on the right hand w/o overgripping w/ the left.

Maybe you need a much lower setup (at least until you develop stronger...