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If you’re wondering where you can get it... Nick has a new website: www.nickdumasmusic.com

I just got my hands on the new solo album that Nick Dumas just released and it is definitely worth checking out. It is full of great tunes and also has top notch musicians on it as well. I love the...

Just another case where you need a mando with each! :whistling:

I’m looking all over my mandolins for a switch....:crying:

Look, all this banjo dissing has got to stop. There are so many reasons to own and play one. You can threaten children into good behavior both by telling them you’ll start playing one if they don’t...

https://youtu.be/PAhXXHqUIgk

Yeah…

I didn’t realize the mandolin would be so loud outside, it might have been funnier if it was muffled some.

Oh, and this video doesn’t accurately reflect...

Man, those terrified tops on the Ellis mandolins really scream.

Personally, I think it very dangerous to dispose of an instrument you love before you have fallen for the new one. I too am retired, on a fixed income and an RV owner. I assume, however, that my...

Polarized filter.

Diffusion lighting, like a white sheet stretched over a frame and lighting it from behind is part of movie making magic..

I use 2 light stands, one to each side of the instrument, two lights per stand, all shining on the instrument at about a 45 degree angle. The height, spacing and angle of the lights can be adjusted...

Take your mandolins and some posterboard, cloth, or something you can make smooth and is typically all one colour, then go out in the sun, work the angles so that the sun fills the environment, and...

Trevor has it sussed - http://www.theacousticmusicco.co.uk/q21

Natural light (if possible) and/or camera angles are key. When photographing indoors, avoiding harsh direct light with little tricks like covering overhead lights with a sheet or paper, or even...

To photograph shiny things, you don't shine light on the thing. You light the environment, which is reflected in the thing. A sheet with a light source aimed at it, placed as close to your object as...

It's best if you use natural lighting. Is there somewhere you can take them outdoors? Then make sure the glossy area you want to photograph is not facing directly to the sun. Or take them in a shady...

This is proof that there needs to be better background checks on banjo sales. Open carry banjo is actually more dangerous than concealed banjos. But there should be a limit to the number of strings...

To each his own, to me it's a bridge too far. Maybe two. Give me a classic fern.

Here is a little video I created that has an exercise I believe would help you. I am going to make a separate thread for it, but figured it was relevant here.

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Life is a tradeoff. Lose pastrami, gain BBQ.

Pretty sure I'd need a lobster bib.

I much prefer the company of a fine mandolin over the public.

FWIW, it's my general goal to eventually get here:
https://youtu.be/tlq62fA_zCU

https://youtu.be/tlq62fA_zCU

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Prayer is more effective when accompanied by a sacrifice or burnt offering. Consider giving up on social media for a week. Alternatively, set fire to a banjo. This will impress the gods of lost picks.