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I, too, have the Widex Moment. I customized an on-stage program. My audiologist (who is a musician) said there was a slight delay with the standard Universal program because of all the processing. So...

Kirk, I can’t speak to the latest research, but I upgraded about a year ago and my audiologist still recommended Wider. Good luck.

I am a long time friend of Jerry Hill. Bandmate too. So, that being said, I think it would be hard to find a better mandolin in the price range. They sound great with great playability. Fantastic...

There’s this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6mhYXeKRCE

Wow, Tom, great stuff. Hope all is well with you, sounds like it is.

I grew up in the Detroit area and had the pleasure on knowing Nolan. Great, great mandolin player. He taught me how to play chop chords. Go in peace.

Yes, its a Randy Wood A50 conversion. I played in a band the winter of ‘72 in Colorado (Goldrush). Brian Lappin, the banjo picker, bought it from Tut Taylor. Don’t know what happened to it after that.

I’ve played the acoustic for decades and have a very heavy (for lack of a better term) approach with both hands. With the electric, I have had much better results with a thinner pick and a looser...

I’ve been playing the fiddle about 40 years; the mandolin for about 45. My mandolin playing came along, but my fiddle playing.....I had about 6 months of classical violin lessons early on to try to...

As I mandolin player, I have often felt compelled to cram as many notes as I could into breaks and tunes. However, as I have progressed on the fiddle, I have found I do much better by taking out...

Hey Tom, saw ‘Wayne Shorter on 10 string’ and figured that must be Tom Wright. Great stuffl.

What Al from Colorado said works for me. But I take more than a day off, sometimes several. When I get back to it, I find some of the vexing passages or licks fall into place. Subconscious at work?
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Ellis sitting in a leather chair, smoking a cigar, and drinking expensive Irish whiskey....yes, I have seen that many a time.

Oh, you were referring to an Ellis mandolin. My bad.:whistling:

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The first one I played was Bobby Clark’s, probably about 1978. Yeah, I’m old. We were playing on the same show. I was playing an F4 at the time and broke a string a few minutes before I was supposed...

I have had luck with the Amazing Slow Downer. Record the lead of the tune, plug it into slowdowner, and slow the tempo down to where you can figure out the harmony by ear. (The slowdowner keeps the...

Yup, playing a major chord against a melody that suggests the minor is one of the high points of Western civilization. That and twin fiddles.

Hey Don, I was there! Great playing with you and Mark. Hope you can get back this way some time.

Tim

In a band situation, I suggest kicking it the same everytime. That way the rest of the band will know what you're doing and come in on time. In general on a kick, I suggest staying close to the...

Couple of things that helped me up the neck.

Shift positions via an open string when you get the chance. That is, if you are playing in the first position and hit an open string, its a good...

Just got back from Maryville. Visiting my three nieces and their kids.

I, too, have been playing 40+ years. I think it was John McGann in an interview that talked about the angle of your pick in...

Yeah, times have changed.

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Check out Josh Williams. About 1:30 in he has a visitor.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7vBo0ptYJNs

Ladies and gentlemen, all yawl have got it wrong. The following explanation of how a fiddle makes its sound comes straight from the mouth of the illustrious Dr. Ralph Stanley.

First of all, the...

Check out Patterns for Jazz by Jerry Coker. All kinds of scale patterns, arpeggios, etc.

Tim Wilson

Hey yawl, just got a Schatten M 05 pickup. Been futzing around with it his afternoon. They recommend attaching on the upper portion of the bridge, on the endpin side. I did so but didn't like the way...