Tab and notation are just tools. I use either or both, depending on what I want to do and what is available. Of course listening is important. I find it’s very easy to read for instruments tuned in...
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Tab and notation are just tools. I use either or both, depending on what I want to do and what is available. Of course listening is important. I find it’s very easy to read for instruments tuned in...
Yes, I replaced the Pingwells on my MDA-315 with Schallers, and the outer holes had to be relocated. The old holes are visible.
I have a sunburst flame maple Dr Arm on my SilverAngel, and an ebony Cumberland on my Eastman MDA-315. The ebony would work on the SA (except it’s a rosewood fingerboard/bridge), but the sunburst...
Side note - the last version of the software no longer does the feedback correction in any slot.
I tried Mandola in both the lower and higher banks, and it definitely sounds better in the lower,...
You are better off using tenor banjo strings than mandolin strings. Use the lightest you can find.
“Agreeable sound” - I am a fan of banjo-mandolins (but then, I like old string and jug band...
Deleting an ignorant hasty post. Ignore.
The clip is fixed to the instrument body, the mic (which is mounted on a gooseneck) fits in the clip. DPA makes mounts for a wide variety of instruments. If you search for “DOA 4099 guitar” you’ll...
I use the cello clip instead - I’ve never been able to get the guitar mount to stay put. I mount the cello clip in the strings between the tailpiece and bridge. Much less fussy, more secure. I...
I use a violin mute like this - http://nwttbb.biz/ADS-PIC/40000000/40086641/40086641_2.jpg - on my tenor banjo, which has stopped the bitter, annoyed complaints from my wife when I practice. I tried...
Good choice. That’s a piece of gear for the long term.
Based on this, as a mandola, mandolin, and trad jazz tenor player, I recommend a plectrum banjo. The advantage is that plectrum banjos are in low demand, so it is easy to get high-quality vintage...
I tnought it looked a little like Steve Burgh, who played with Goodman some, but there’s too much hair.
The ART is a good example of what I mentioned earlier. It’s a solid state preamp with a tube run in ‘starved plate’ mode (low voltage). The tube is used to add a bit of distortion to a solid state...
Yes, I installed a JJB in a Loar LH-700 a few years ago, and Jesse was very quick and patient to answer some questions I had. I don’t have that guitar anymore (I found a vintage Epi) but it sounded...
If you are using a DAW it might be cheaper to try VST (or whatever) plugins first. Digital modeling has gotten pretty darn good. There are plenty of mic preamp plugins out there, free and not free. I...
My own ignorant take on it -
Dim7s are often used as passing chords. For example, in the last half of the second measure of a fast-change blues, when the IV moves to the I. There’s (almost?)...
Yeah, I made five quick wave maps and picked the best of them. I will spend more time and make more careful maps, but even so I can live with this. And you are right, the eq on the TD helps.
Another using the ToneDexter this time
https://youtu.be/5sU7x0kZdX4
I installed a pickup in my Eastman mandola. I made a little video in which you can hear the difference between a DPA4099 condenser, the direct pickup sound, and the sound of the pickup through an...
Hmm, I had time today to refit the bridge, change the strings, play with the action, and while I was at it add a pickup. I have the lighter D’As on it now and it’s just fine. I should have waited...
Hmm, I could put the 049s from the lighter set on it and see what happens.
Hi folks
I recently purchased a new Eastman MDA-315 mandola. I am generally satisfied with it; mandolas are scarce (especially here in Europe) and the Eastman is quite a value.
However, I am...
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Here’s something I did a year ago February, with some mandolin content. It was very quickly done.
https://youtu.be/b6l_hf8--XQ
As someone who still has LPs from Captain Beefheart, The Residents, Snakefinger, and MX-80 Sound in my collection (although they don’t get played often anymore) this doesn’t sound too out there. But...