Yeah, I was really sad to hear they'd closed up shop. I have #593 from 2013 and it's a gorgeous instrument, MUCH too good for me, but it's a treasure. Picked it up at Gryphon - it plays incredibly...
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Yeah, I was really sad to hear they'd closed up shop. I have #593 from 2013 and it's a gorgeous instrument, MUCH too good for me, but it's a treasure. Picked it up at Gryphon - it plays incredibly...
Thanks for the kind words and listening, Bill!
Interesting, maybe I should compare them a bit more, now I'm curious. I will say the label has worn off my main Dunlop where it didn't on the BC, but that's of little concern to me! I should inspect...
I am not a very good player, but when I switched from the random picks I'd gotten at Gryphon to a BlueChip CT 55, I could IMMEDIATELY see why these were renowned. Amazing, just felt right in every...
Thanks, Jim, I appreciate you listening!
So I probably won't post again with this "series", I don't want to clutter this part of the forum up too much, but I did end up recording the octave part today, which is here separately (and I'd love...
Hey all, I finally got back around to working on Telemann pieces and I recorded the top part with the mandolin for "Menuet 3" in A Minor and I'll work on the Octave either tonight or tomorrow,...
Thanks for the encouragement, Mike!
Thanks! I'm on to number 3. :)
Sped it up a bit, a LITTLE more confident on the octave and did video form ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeyoWNrOaw8
Not very good, but I'm hoping to do a "diary" of progress as I learn...
So, I've picked back up my mandolins in the last few weeks and am brushing up on fiddle tunes and have decided to work through John Goodin's transcriptions of G.P. Telemann's "Sept fois sept et un...
Wow, just catching up on this. Sad to hear, my Phoenix Neoclassical is an amazing instrument and now I feel even more lucky to have it.
DHopkins, is yours 22" scale, I'm guessing? Says he does other ones, but... if it's not his standard size, I'm nervous.
I own a beautiful (I think) Weber Gallatin octave mandolin (22" scale). (Pictured below with my Phoenix Neoclassical.)
Recently, I was thinking about trying to sell or trade it to find a 20"...
Thanks for the feedback, everyone!
Well, to be fair I was playing a bit harder than I normally would so that the mic would pick up the buzz, but even when just strumming at a reasonable volume, the buzz persists.
My daughter...
Hmm, OK. Well that makes me feel a little less sheepish about heading down there.
It's a 22" OM (which, honestly, I wish I'd gone 20" because it's a bit much for my pathetic noodle fingers) and I...
I'm going to. I just don't want to go down there and do one if I'm just playing too hard or wrong on the instrument. (><) Trying to avoid embarrassment.
So, I have a Weber Octave mandolin from 2014. I was going to change my strings as they're kind of old, now, but I also have a buzz when I play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsNtah1kzvk
I...
Yeah, but turning it into a Mandola is a specific purpose, I just feel like it's kind of a handicap to capo it for easier playing and I might as well see if I can stretch my fingers with practice and...
I'm so tempted to do this with my Weber A style, but I feel like it will be admitting I can't handle the Octave I bought, hah. I do get better tone capo'ed up 2 strings, but I might be fine with just...
Maybe this is the wrong forum or the wrong thing to ask about. How do people normally do this?
So, I've been neglecting my playing but I started playing again today after a big break.
I wanted to play Road to Monalea (http://www.folktunefinder.com/tunes/41249) but it seems a bit thin with...
This is going to take a while to make sound good. :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLGFldcjPU0
I mean, there is music with the book so maybe you'd be able to hear what the notation is, but it's played at speed so even when I slow it down it's hard to 100% tell the difference between a grace...