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Also watch Tim O'Brien. He has the most relaxed right hand and wrist I've ever seen.

How do you generally play fifths on the mandolin? I found some instruction on this in a Simon Mayor book, and I have found some bits here and there, but I still struggle with it sometimes.

For...

I think he could better improve his tone by replacing that plywood mandolin with a good solid wood instrument.

I got my copy and had it spiral bound. I think Marilynn is right that this book will keep me busy for a long time. I thought I'd just breeze through the basics section, but I'm finding that some of...

I've been looking forward to this method book for a long time, but now that I see the description I'm wondering if it will be too beginner-oriented for me. I was hoping for a comprehensive classical...

Congrats on scoring a very nice mando. I also want to praise Bill Bussmann as a great luthier and for providing exceptional customer service. I have an Old Wave C# (f-holes) that I custom ordered in...

The sunburst one is a Martin 000-18GE and the other is a Martin 000-28NB (Norman Blake model).

A couple of other minor differences I can see are that yours has a double-bound headstock,mine is single-bound. #And yours has an ivoroid heelcap, mine is ebony.

And Clark, maybe I do lust for...

Hey Bruce,
I just saw your post here. I hadn't been checking this forum much lately. Nice Sawchyn octave you've got there. It's interesting that it is so similar to mine. I picked the color based on...

My Sawchyn octave has a carved top and back. It's a fantastic instrument. The sound is deep, full, resonant, and loud.

You can see it in this thread:
http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin....t=36131

The upper point on the body is a little different from the usual Gibson copy. It sort of has a rock guitar look to it. I like it.

I have an F5 style mandolin (custom built for me by Peter Sawchyn) that sounds very good. It's not the loudest F5 mando I've played, but it does have good volume and a really sweet tone. A well-known...

Okay, let's try this:
A few Christmas tunes by Brad

My recording setup is rather primitive. It's just a Shure SM57 microphone plugged directly into a Boss BR-8 multi-track recorder. I bypass all effects and do no post-processing. After I get a song...

The MP3 page is for artists with commercially available recordings. I'm just a hack mando picker who sometimes records a tune in my basement. I've compiled my recorded tunes into a few CDs, but I...

I recorded some Christmas tunes on mandolin, octave mandolin, and guitar. #I posted them on this banjo website that I belong to.

My Tunes on a banjo website

My favorites are God Rest Ye Merry...

Okay, I have posted some holiday songs here:

My Tunes on a banjo website

If you want to hear how the Sawchyn octave mando sounds, listen to Joy To The World, What Child Is This, and The Little...

I recorded some Christmas tunes using this octave mando. It sounds really good for holiday music. I know that Mandozine has a home recordings section. Is there another easy way to share home...

I have an F5 style mandolin (custom built for me by Peter Sawchyn) that sounds very good. It's not the loudest F5 mando I've played, but it does have good volume and a really sweet tone. A well-known...

I saw one for sale earlier this year and almost bought it, but the intonation seemed a little off. They look like fun, but they can be pretty obnoxious sounding.

Looks almost like clawhammer picking.

I'm trying to learn mandolin, flatpick guitar, and fingerstyle guitar, and recently added some clawhammer banjo as well. I also like to play many styles of music. I can only find about an hour a day...

The compression Engelmann looks like it's wearing pinstripes. The silking in the Lutz wood is really nice.

That's the general concensus, but it's all a matter of personal taste. On my archtop f-hole mandolin I like a heavy semi-rounded pick like the ProPlec or Golden Gate. On my archtop oval hole mandolin...

It was a great mando camp. The student/instructor ratio was something like 6:1, and the instructors were all excellent. They were also very approachable throughout the weekend. And the Cape Cod beach...