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Congrats on your first post, and welcome to the Cafe!

Musicality is absolutely a teachable skill, but most teachers don't know how to teach it and a great many of them don't posses the skillset...

Thanks Drew, I'm so glad you're enjoying the music! I didn't know about the Salty Suites cut of "Somewhere Far Away". I'll have to check that out! Have you heard Brad Folk's version? Nick Woods,...

Thank you! I'm looking forward to releasing the project!

I believe so. I remember seeing a Cafe thread a while back where someone was talking about visiting the Ellis/Pava shop.

You're welcome, Em Tee! I used a Bluechip TAD-3R 50 in all of the videos.

The Carter Vintage Guitars YouTube channel has a lot of videos where you can see different mandolins played by the same player, and in some cases, more than one player.

Here are a few I filmed at...

It was fun hanging with you too! I can't wait for Kamp 2019! I'll have my mando along even though I'm officially on the devil's instrument that week.

I have two Pava mandolins, an A Player model and an F5 Pro model. Both are outstanding. My Pava F5 #194, A.K.A "Wonderbat" is my favorite mandolin I've ever played, and I've played a lot of really...

Fiddle and mandolin suit each other well. Although there is more that is different than the same, playing both has helped me be better at both. Because of fiddle I learned to play with more sustain...

I've used the Bartlett on my fiddle quite a bit in the recording studio. We used it along with two other mics and blended the sounds. On my fiddle the Barlett makes a nice warm, clear sound, and the...

Here's a new Pava Pro F5 I checked out at Carter Vintage Guitars on Sunday. The tone, resonance, and setup are excellent.

https://youtu.be/7TkrM6z3Hn0

Asking for a chart and more time to learn a tune is very reasonable, and any reasonable person should be ok with accommodating that. Does this band have a bandleader, or is it a "democracy" band? In...

Thanks DataNick! To me the two mandolins have a different kind of depth. The F has a strong, powerful, plosive depth, but the A has a depth of overtones that is just incredible. I like them both a...

Here's an A/B comparison of my Pava A5 (#83, 2014) & Pava F5 (#194, 2016) at the request of Ron McMillan:

https://youtu.be/X_0aiN6RotQ

My McClung armrest does not interfere with the Tone-Gard

Thanks! It's getting used to being a mandolin instead of a tree, and I'm getting used to the new mandolin, so what you heard is definitely just the tip of the iceberg!

I'll admit that I hunker down over my mandolin. I know it's bad for my body, but I can hear my mandolin really well. Lot's of good mandolin players hunker down, and lots of good mandolin players sit...

There's a great book called "The Practice of Practice" by Jonathan Harnum. It is full of great tips and tricks and will help you develop proper practice habits. It's included in my list of...

Great topic! It's hard for me to choose which are the three most important, so I'll just choose three that come to mind.

Mandolin:
1) The realization that practicing with a metronome is about...

I think it's really cool that you're doing that! I saw the sponsored post on Facebook and signed up. I have been using the EXP74CM on both of my Pava mandolins and I really like them. The heavier A...

Hi Ron, I can make that happen! I'm headed to Long Island Bluegrass Festival tomorrow to play with the Jim Hurst Trio, but I will try to make a video next week!

This is my new Pava F5! I got it last week and I love it. I already owned #83 which is an A model. The two mandolins offer such a great contrast. The A is so sweet, sustainey, and full of overtones....

There's a great book by Kenny Werner called "Effortless Mastery". If you read it and apply the principles in the book, I think it will help you a great deal. One short piece of advice from the book...

I haven't read the whole thread, so these may be repeats, but here are some books that I've really enjoyed that have made a major impact on my music.

In no particular order:

The Practice of...

I know this is an old thread, but I came across it when searching for a thread for someone else and have something to ad. Here's a video I made recently of Pava F #189 that you guys may find...