I bought an MD515 from TMS and it served me very well. The folks at TMS set it up great and their customer service is top notch.
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I bought an MD515 from TMS and it served me very well. The folks at TMS set it up great and their customer service is top notch.
Ive found that taking a tune you know really well that uses open strings and playing it closed has helped me a lot.
This not only forces you to work out the pinky but helps with transposing that...
Did you call him? What kind of mandolin do you have?
Tone gard!!!
A security guy told me this joke about a mandolin when he saw my case...I told him "that sounds like a banjo joke!!"
Just flew Delta from SFO to Nashville on Thursday with mine. No issues.
I'm taking my mando on an airplane with me for the first time tomorrow. I've heard that I should lower the tension on the strings. True? or Urban legend?
Youtube is like Lebowski. "anything but the Eagles, man"
One of the pieces of advice that people give when buying a first mandolin is "get the best instrument you can afford". Having a higher end mandolin increases the experience in my experience. Even for...
This is great!! I’ve got one other person on the line so I’ll get back to you ASAP as to if we can make this happen.
Greetings all!!!
I'm looking to start an intermediate and what the heck beginner jam in sonoma county.
I have the space available and would love to do a bi weekly jam. Bluegrass and fiddle...
I have a great house in Sonoma County that is just dying to start up a beginner jam. Please let me know if you are interested. More advanced players welcome, just be willing to teach and be patient. ...
Thanks everyone for the advice and encouragement.
I've been playing for just over a year and am looking for tips for learning to sing and play.
I am able to do it a bit, but when I play more complicated strumming patterns I find it difficult to...
Thanks Dave.
Oh yes ye olde pontoon bridge.
Hi all,
I am fairly new to the mandolin (had my Eastman 515 now for just over a year) and am curious about and somewhat intimidated by the floating bridge. I want to change strings but don't want...
Sorry got so heated forgot to pod]st the link.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EjpwEzvhZ0
Here is a clip of Jeff Austin from Yonder on stage alone doing a great job doing what he does. I know most of the community doesn't put him in the upper echelon on players but this is pretty cool....
Thanks I'll aspire to that. It's super funny, after a long layoff from playing string instruments(I have played both bass and guitar in the past) and don't remember the beginning stages feeling so...
New to the mandolin and to the cafe and am just wondering if I'll ever get feeling back in the fingertips of my left had. I just got my mando and have been practicing 1 1/2 - 2 hours a day for the...