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I haven't posted on here for a few years... Long-term depression got in the way, coupled with a Covid related heart attack 18 months ago... just the usual stuff that happens in life... no sympathy...

I had this 4 string single course 'dola made by Colin Kendall a couple of years ago. It's a bit like a short scale tenor guitar, tuned CGDA with an 18" scale length. It also has a Headway pickup...

As are the Pitchfork and Slammi. Bill Ruppert demonstrates their polyphonic pitch shifting capabilities particularly well, and as I said, I use them both to tune my electric mandola down a 4th to...

Yes, i've tried many combinations of octave/pitchshifting over the years, both with my electric mandolins and mandolas. Some worked well for single note bass lines, but not many work well if you want...

I've wanted a fretless electric mandola ever since I started listening to the Turkish fretless guitar master Erkan Ogur. Looks like someone beat me to it. No actual video footage but some pics of...

this is the choice? # [/QUOTE]

Okay wise guy; maybe he meant the "literate & the illiterate" - it's still a wise comment! We all learn from every situation, and every experience informs us in some...

If I choose to refer to a piece of tab in order to understand how a tune was played, it does not necessarily mean that I intend to play the piece, as written. It can often help me to understand the...