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  1. Re: Do you take your best or most valuable mandolin to gigs?

    On reading this, i guess ill qualify my ‘absolutely’ response. I do have a rigel a which i use if i am gigging in an area where i think i might get jumped after a late gig.
  2. Re: multi-instrumentalists: how do you manage your time?

    Doood, (lol)

    Banjo is hillbilly zen
    Part of ‘the practice’ is learning not to hear banjo, but music, like the inner flame>……
    Namaste……..
  3. Re: multi-instrumentalists: how do you manage your time?

    I play guitar, bass, mando, banjo.

    For almost ten years, it was mando virtually exclusively, because thats where i fit with my musical friends and bands.plus, its easy to tote. And i had a certain...
  4. Re: Do you take your best or most valuable mandolin to gigs?

    No pro, but I used to gig regularly, pre covid.
    Absolutely. Take my best.
    But, i never let it out of my sight. Ever.
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    Re: Rubner tuners on Eastman MD305?

    I put rubners on my rigel. I believe the original tuners were gotohs. I had regular tuning instability issues, despite lubing the tuners and nut.

    The rubners are superb. Smooth, stable. Mine are...
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    Re: Tipping a Luthier

    Well, as to the OP,
    If you walked in asking for expertise or tweaks, a charge would be appropriate, for the luthiers time. Luthiers could give advice free all day. Otoh, thats what many do in...
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    Re: Question for Experienced Players

    All of the above.
    Its not the genre, its the people. and their attitude/interpretation of music.
    And, its YOUR sense of musicianship.
    You need to find YOUR peeps.

    This like preferring spicy...
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    Re: I Hate Playing Chords

    Im with you!!!
    while I play an lot of leads and fiddle tunes, im with you, chords are where its at for finding the melody, improvisation, and outlining changes.

    but, I agree with sherry, mando...
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    Re: Does mandolin improve guitar technique

    I play mando, guitar , banjo and bass.

    I agree with jeff, some musical stuff can improve, get a different perspective.

    when I started mando, I was transcribing in my head from guitar. now I...
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    Re: Refret for Gibson F9

    Fyi, i paid $20 per fret, the rest was crown, set up, etc. professional quality work requires experience, and, time. Often more time than one would expect. Thats reality. Some guys can accurately...
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    Re: Refret for Gibson F9

    I paid $550 for 12 frets , crown, set up.
    A bit high..., yup, and i knew it, but....the work was perfect on my fern. Perfect.
    The repairman is excellent. I had zero concern that my fern would be...
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    Re: Best Banjo joke I've heard in a while

    I am deeply hurt by the overwhelming and deep hatred yall ‘spress towards us who play , or are trying to play this maligned, misunderstood, and nuanced instrument.

    I shall start a “banjos too”...
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    Re: Gibson F-5L thoughts

    Many mandos have yellow to brown/sepia. Tobacco burst, and other names given to particular hues and shades of the various browns gibson has used. Ice tea, desert sunset, ad nauseum,



    These...
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    Re: Gibson F-5L thoughts

    Congrats.
    Im sure youll love it.


    Aa good gibson has a unique and distinctive sound, and, imho, an unequalled woodiness to the lower ranges and chop. And a certain sweetness to the higher range....
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    Re: Gibson F-5L thoughts

    this is what I have read as well.
    FWIW I bought my 2002 fern, sight unseen, with a 3 day return. I love it.

    You cant always find one where you live. In fact, you cant always find lots of musical...
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    Re: Gift for Mentor?

    Gryphon strings has some great mando peg winders, made by a guy that works there, from vintage pens caps, in the frank ford menu. Imho, they are gorgeous.shop, “franks corner”.

    Nfi.

    Fwiw, i...
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    Re: A 6 course renaissance lute I built

    Wonderful!
    Very interesting rosette design.
    Hand made pegs by you?
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    Re: Late medieval lute just finished :)

    Nice!
    I used to build lutes.
    Like the rossettes especially.

    Sapelle?
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    Re: Go Deeper, Not Wider

    I am a bourgeois pig.
    It seems, now that i have retired and am more or less secure, i have indulged far more than my previous self. Due to gigging, i have gone from one “soul mate” martin for 45...
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    Re: Do i need an amp?

    well, again , Deano,
    there is one aspect of having an amp I neglected to mention.

    amps are terribly revealing of every aspect of your playing.
    this can be a good or bad thing.

    I am a pretty...
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    Re: Do i need an amp?

    happy boxing day deano
    simple answer. NO you don't NEED an amp.
    it might be fun, it might allow you to use effects, but, simply, as dghert mentions, amps are frowned upon in most acoustic jams.
    ...
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    Re: What is Groove?

    Groove is about body response to the music.
    Makes you need to move, dance, sway,

    This is not in the context, strictly, of bluegrass, just music.

    How do you get groove?
    Dennis Chambers...
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    Re: When or why to upgrade

    Cindy, not to sound crass, but on one level, its simply about money.

    I strongly hold that the only justification for an upgrade is that you WANT one, not that you need it or "merit" it.

    Long...
  24. Re: I pulled the trigger again. Hope this isn't a blank this time

    Glad that youre feeling better.:mandosmiley:
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    Re: Multi-Instrumentalist's Advice?

    Yes.
    I bought a fern, and was committed to learning.
    First, i took lessons. Worked fiddle tunes, scales, chord inversions, general finger hand coordination.
    Then ensemble. More info to process...
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