Try to find a mandolin that doesn’t have ADHD.
Try to find a mandolin that doesn’t have ADHD.
This doesn’t work for all of the modes, but one thing that helps me remember some of the more common ones, is that you “lose sharps” in the key signature as you go from Ionian (major) to Mixolydian...
Here’s my F-4 jr. I love that it doesn’t have an inlay, just the logo etched into the headstock, makes it a bit less conspicuous. Absolutely my favorite oval hole, and about half the cost of his...
I’ve explored this a bunch, since I travel a lot. Didn’t love either the Seagull or the old Martin backpacker mandolin (hard to find, cheap, but they do have the advantage of being sturdy enough to...
Lovely, fun tune!
http://taterjoes.com/Fiddle/Alpha.html Is a pile of fiddle music in standard, that you can play on mandolin. Also thesession.org, tunearch.org, and abcnotation.com. That’ll keep ya for a while. :grin:
I have one of the flatiron mandolas that had a bit of top sinkage like that. Took it in to none other than Frank Ford himself, who diagnosed that the transverse brace had become detached at one end...
I have a 1N, 2MC, and 1C. They are a little different because of the different tone woods, but not much. Pretty much any flatiron pancake is a nice instrument (sorry). Also like the big muddy’s as...
I have a bunch of friends who use JamKazam. FWIW, to make it work well, there are a few restrictions:
- can’t really handle more than about 4 or 5 people at once
- you need to be wired in...
Pre-covid, I was going to take Marla’s in person Irish mandolin seminar (she’s the woman in the video). Before class she sent some exercises for us - the point of them being in Irish, pick direction...
I met Iwamoto-San last year and played in that jam. The bar is called Moon Stomp, in Koenji. He’s really nice and the whole crowd was incredibly welcoming. I saw one of his instruments in a store...
I travel a lot with a flatiron flattop. mc-2 I thjnk. It’s really great. I keep it in a soft uke case and can tuck it above the luggage on a plane, etc. it’s got a great tone and volume and is very...
I have an old Calton and a new Hoffee. I like the calton better. The hoffee is both bigger and heavier, and not seemingly for good reasons. Also the gloss cost scratches if you glance at it. My wife...
They’re not adjustable but I’ve been having really interesting results putting Red Murphy’s 11 hole solid bridges on some of my instruments. Really changes the tone. You’ll have to make one, I don’t...
I was visiting Tokyo this week and looked around for jams. There’s a really great one ln the first and third Friday of each month, in Koenji, at a place called Moon Stomp. Typical small Japanese bar,...