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    Re: New to Tenor Guitar (jazz)

    I never played tenor banjo, but I discovered the methods available everywhere when I got serious about learning CGDA mandola. The three books which really got me using mandola to its fullest were...
  2. Re: Won an auction for an Eastwood Airline mandola - any tips?

    I have an Eastwood, and love it to death.

    My personal use takes it, and also my Gold Tone GEM-5 and my J Bovier / eMando 5-string, beyond the norm. Fingerstyle jazz is easy with a good set-up....
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    Re: Know of any musician retreat centers?

    Yeah, I wasn't thinking writer's block, but instead of capturing no matter the circumstances. Now, the more chaos around, the more I get on paper and tape / chip... and the more inspiration swirling...
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    Re: Know of any musician retreat centers?

    Hey, Charlie!

    I've had the same fantasy, being able to (variously) compose, write, practice, etc. I hope you find the space to do so.

    In my case, I started folding activities into my day,...
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    Re: Affordable 10 string mandolin/mandola?

    Somebody did manage it.

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    Details in the following topic.

    https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/163316-Don%E2%80%99t-shoot-me-Need-Gold-Tone-F12-Mod-advice
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    Re: Ovation Mandocello

    For those who are concerned, normal guitars regularly tune their highest pitched string to E4 at a 25.5" scale length. No Ovation I've owned has had a problem with it.

    I also have an Ovation...
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    Re: Montana Lutherie

    I've talked with Bruce many times, purchased from him, gotten advice on DIYwork, and am planning to have him do work on two unique instruments (Mix NewMAD oval-hole F-style with scroll, Walt Kuhlman...
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    Re: Breaking A-Strings in CGDA tuning

    A regular steel .007 will break around G#4 relatively quickly at 25.5".

    An Octave4Plus will get there, but needs a clean string path, and will NOT tolerate repeated detunings. I say that in view...
  9. Republic Guitars has a few Highway 49 reso tenors in stock!

    No financial interest on my part, but...

    https://republicguitars.com/collections/highway-49

    ...Republic has a few of their Highway 49 resonator tenor guitars in stock.

    The scale length is...
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    Re: THAT Freddie Green tone

    Not quite mandolin, but definitely fifths-tuned...

    The amazing and generous Tony Lombardo put up a video series exploring Freddie Green-style comping on CGDA fifths-tuned tenor guitar.

    ...
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    Re: I can’t find The Blues in my Mandolin

    Three solutions I use at various times:

    1. I slide indo and out of notes. I do it judiciously and rarely more than one fret. I try to emulate how it would sound if I was just singing it, scoops...
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    Re: I can’t find The Blues in my Mandolin

    I think I was at that particular workshop, and some of the tunes might have been "Black Rat Woman" and "John Henry." That and a few other workshops led to me taking lessons from them.

    Nice guys,...
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    Re: I can’t find The Blues in my Mandolin

    It's not the voice, it's the vocabulary and the accent.

    Coming from a non-bluegrass background, I always cringe when a bluegrass player claims to be playing jazz or blues... and then uses all...
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    Re: I can’t find The Blues in my Mandolin

    I'm from a part of the country where Piedmont blues was the main form being played. I was lucky enough to learn guitar from the late John Cephas, and formed my initial harmonica chops taking private...
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    Re: Chop chords help

    Actually, gradually stretching *is* possible.

    I suggest you play it 5 frets up, as a C chord. Put your fingers down and play it slowly (not chop) to be sure each string is fretted cleanly. Take...
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    Re: Re-necking an OVation MM68?

    For the benefit of future readers and to dispel any inaccurate rumors, here's the back of the Ovation MM68 mandolin, with a large access hole visible.

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  17. Re: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (for solo mandola)

    This is inspiring.

    When a piece of music grabs my attention, I often try to see if it fits on mandolin or mandola. I will also often cheat at watch videos which teach that piece on guitar,...
  18. Re: A likely contentious opinion on electric mandolins

    I do use and like three different 5-string fretted electric violins, playing them as violins and also as mandolins. I have a NS Designs NST active, their WAV-5 passive, and a headless passive acrylic...
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    Re: Hello from New Member!

    Welcome!
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    Re: Yet Another CF Mandolin?

    I hate strap buttons at the heel, because I use the whole neck. Please, make that optional at best. That's actually a deal breaker for me.
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    Re: Guitar songs on the mandolin

    My main instrument is mandola, and I manage to play all kinds of '70s guitar-centric rock on it in the original keys (Doobies Listen to the Music, BTO Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, Edgar Winter Group Free...
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    Re: Tenor in CGCG -Chords reference

    I normally accept that I have to build my own chord books for non-standard stuff. Here's the tool I use, putting in a custom tuning as per the instructions, looking at the resulting fretboard...
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    Re: Mandolin Cafe Member Bogle Has Passed Away

    Sorry about the loss. The world needs more kindness.
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    Re: Math rock fans?

    Here are three cuts which led me down the math rock path. I suggest enjoying them in the order given, and either on a good sound system with decent bass, or on good headphones/earphones.

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  25. Re: 25.5" scale Tenor Guitar, one that I can afford?

    Jill, is this the first you've noticed this user doing this? Personally, I think it's hilarious when he routinely resurrects my various topics on my 6-course 25.5" mandophone in full fifths tuning...
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