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I have four El Dorado guitar straps, and they are superb quality. Will definitely keep their mandolin straps in mind.

and a new one just posted on the tube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymjeS5ZPWA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UymjeS5ZPWA

Sierra with husband Justin and some interesting mandolins at Carter Vintage


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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klASVtdtuWY
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I've always preferred nickel.

Very good news. Zach sent an email this morning that Dennis received his double transplant yesterday and is now in recovery but awake. Zach posted that here. I had received a call from Dennis on...

I started out playing mandolin with a preference for f styles as many newbies do (and many seasoned pros). It didn’t take long for me to discover I could get a much better A style for the same money...

Hi all. The Pomeroy arrived yesterday (thanks to The Mandolin Store). It's beautiful. And it has the clarity that I was hoping for and that will make it better for old time jams. The neck (not...

Very well said!!!

Eugene covers this quite well. Unless this is 12-tone or other complex modern music it should work the way that any music would. I also feel though that if you get the piece memorized in your year...

Just updated! The builds are nearing completion, I'm starting to see light at the end of this 3 year long tunnel!
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On Saturday (three days ago) I unpacked a five year old Eastman mandola that I purchased used. Tuning it up, I noticed a problem with the bridge saddle intonation cuts. Saturday night I contacted...

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

The Israeli Mandolin Soloists is a chamber ensemble composed entirely of plucked string instruments. Yaki Reuven, an artist who in recent years has been...

I agree billyk- I think my longest love affair were the cello suites (on gtr)

Do what I did and try playing J.S. Bach Cello Suite 1 Prelude for an hour, with all of its unusual timings, and movements across strings in short sections, and (for me) completely counter-intuitive...

Position is mainly the choice of the player. Some passages would be unplayable in first position, and the choice would be obvious. Some are just more comfortable because one prefers the different...

I like what you wrote in your previous post about how you practice; I could have said many of the same things, so you saved me having to type them out. The main differences between us seem to be...

Gibson's problem is actually two words...

Here's some Tom Petty--with mandolin content, even. Heartbroken.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJl0pe-DWy8

Never used anything but CA bridges on my builds and my personal mandolins...nuff said

I'm in the minority, but I love the sound of new strings. Sometimes they take a couple of hours to settle in, but after a couple of weeks it's time to change. I do have corrosive hands, but over...

I find that Bach pieces often require sustain. As a rule there is not much tremolo in Bach pieces however rules are made to be broken! Generally I will try to choose fingerings that will enable...

Chris Thile's recording of this suite is absolutely impeccable.

Another "c" word comes to mind in addition to "community" and "culture" with respect to the mandolin. That word is "connection." Whenever I hear music played that has a mandolin in it, my ears...

Keep in mind that the mandolin is such a minority instrument. There are likely many more left handed flat pickers than mandolinners out there.

Well I have no data to support that but it seems...

I have a CA on my 815V blew the doors off