Honestly, the strings weren’t super slack. I think Billy Gibbons plays with .007-.038 strings, and I have to imagine that those are more slack than what I had. I think you have to just attack the...
Honestly, the strings weren’t super slack. I think Billy Gibbons plays with .007-.038 strings, and I have to imagine that those are more slack than what I had. I think you have to just attack the...
For science:
https://youtu.be/zkBtpPUrr8k?si=WpmBNyUTerqU1J-r
This is my 18” electric octave capo’d at the fourth fret, which puts it a little over 14.25”. Then I tuned it down to G D A E with the...
I played over 40 Lloyd Loar signed mandolins, mandolas, and mandocellos plus a ton of other great instruments in the last two months.
Guess what? They all sounded like me playing an old mandolin....
If you don’t have much to lose and want to try it, start using a string tension calculator set for a 14” scale. My electric octave is around 20lbs per string. That was a nice round number to start...
I have just recently finished builds on three mandos...a recent post what if any four string instruments were out there----to builders crafting 4 string I offer this encouragement. I find the four...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnPdRU1kxRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnPdRU1kxRA
Tonedexter...converted me, who never heard an acoustic instrument w/ pickup that didn't make me cringe.
Whilst I would never deter anyone from investing in another instrument, I am mindful that picks are likely to take up a lot less space than 30+ mandolins.
Of course not. You need to get 26 more mandolins. That is the most sensible thing.
Somebody recently said, and I don't remember who, Victor Wooten maybe, but somebody said "the only thing they will remember after the concert is how you made them feel."
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The four attached photos show two designs for a sliding wedge adjustable bridge with no metal hardware. The "exploded" views show how the bridge foot, bridge saddle, and...
I'm not sure I'd put a capo on a mandolin (octave, no problem), I'd rather sit the tune out or be forced to work it out and play just odd bits of accompaniment.
As Bren was saying, there are often...
Obviously, stating the obvious, obviously. :grin: But better safe than sorry. ;)
BTW, when my old van died, I was saddened about the loss of my Red Knuckles And The Trailblazers bumper sticker. :(...
I recently uploaded a couple of videos of this tune to YouTube. Here's a link to my solo mandola version. Thanks for listening!
https://youtu.be/Rz0_MFzcFIQ
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I guess I will keep building for the pure joy of creating.
https://youtu.be/FrO0mP_HVTA
https://youtu.be/FrO0mP_HVTA
I’ll go ahead and put the target on my back. I use varnish because of the sound. Fire away.
When this has happened to me it's been due to loose tuning machine buttons.
Or a little violin rosin on your fingers
Don't judge anything you hear online without a large dose of salt, because modern audio processing can make anything sound great. I'm sure that's a good mandolin, but I'm also hearing a heavy dose of...
You say 20 years but then you’re talking about the 80s. You know that’s 40 years, right?
In the 80s, I was listening to and excited by the trend to “hot pickers” that really started in the 70s....
Just went to see Sam Grisman last Sunday at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle - and holy cow, what a show. David Grisman sat in with them for about half the show and they played lots of Grisman / Garcia...
Went up to a 'local' jam Sunday (85 miles away) and picked this guy up from Paul Lestock of Arrow Guitars and Mandolins. It's a custom bodied, long scale (15") instrument meant to evoke a gypsy...
Not interested at all in the ‘standard’ licks. If I wanted repetition I’d go to an OT jam.
Ain’t going to happen.
Ymmv.
I'll take the bait.
Here is some simple math --
The materials for a high-quality build are easily $1000 to $1500 if you include top-tier tuners, tone wood, bridge, an OK case, etc.
That...