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    Re: What Preamp Do You Prefer

    I've been using the Fishman Platinum Pro for maybe five years and I really like it. Great quality and features so far as dialing in the sound you want. Also works well on batteries which is...
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    TSA mandolin incident

    Was flying today and had one of my mandos with me, an f-style, in a soft case.

    After it went through the X-ray machine, the TSA agent operating the X-ray said "Sir, what kind of guitar is this?"
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  3. looking to identify instrument bought in Germany

    A friend in Germany purchased this instrument at a local flea market and has asked me if it's a mandolin. I have explained to him the obvious differences between this and a standard mandolin as we...
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    Re: Alternate tuning for mandola

    Do you do anything different as concerns string gauges for the alternate tunings?
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    Re: Modern Oval Holes

    nah, all of my mandos have K&K twins through a Fishman PP to the FoH. Here's an example with the f-hole but it's not well mixed -

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPPmCadga7A
  6. Re: Marty Stuart playing "Fault Lines"solo on a RR track-help me

    That's awesome - thanks for posting it! This was late Tom Petty - maybe his last album? Always thought it was a great song and of course Marty kills it...

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    Yeah, good...
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    Re: Modern Oval Holes

    207468I have two Collings oval hole mandolins, one an F-style and one an A-style. Both great mandos. Oval holes have natural reverb that f-holes don't, and I like that. But I've learned that, for...
  8. Re: Marty Stuart solo mandolin in KC as a train joins in

    Love Marty and the Fabulous Superlatives! Check out their cover of this Tom Petty tune -

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVKkhWPkE4E
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    Re: oval vs F style...question

    It's not so much amount of projection as the manner of projection. F hole mandos project in a clearer, crisper manner. Oval hole mandos have natural reverb that F hole mandos don't have. It's...
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    Re: Why is the A string always jacked up?

    The A string is always most problematic for me as well. Often, if I tune in the E-A-D-G order, by the time I tune the Gs, I have to go back and fine-tune the As again. More noticeable on my...
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    Re: A Fox Jumped Up one Winter Night

    That version in the opening post is interesting. I too have known this song since childhood, and coincidentally it's on the set list for a gig in April (leading a campfire sing at a hotel in the...
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    Re: Anyone use an octave pedal?

    Another vote for the POG Nano. Small but very effective. Use it along with a chorus pedal and you can comp along the lines of keyboards or even horns.

    Note that this is not for every musical...
  13. Re: Telemann: Siciliana from Partita No. 5, mandolin/mandocello d

    Very nice indeed! Love Telemann. Two questions.

    Why is it called a Siciliana?

    What is that blue instrument in the corner? Looks like some kind of resonator tenor guitar?
  14. Re: 3 Favorite Mandolin CDs (not by Bill, David, Ricky, Sam & Chr

    Emory Lester, At Dusk
    Mike M. and Caterina L., Third Journey
    Not a CD, but Mike Compton's "By Request" (or something similar), from his basement early in the pandemic (it's on YouTube)
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    Re: Mandolin to Violin

    I play mandolin and upright bass, and I sometimes bow the upright bass (although I'm not great at it). I came to have a fiddle in my hands and I'm like ... OK, mando tuning and I know how to bow ......
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    Re: Best stage pedal for live mandolin

    Fishman Platinum Pro is what I use, and it works great for what I do. Not an effect pedal, just a really good preamp. My pickup is K&K Twin.
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    Re: Bass Builder Undertakes Mandola Build

    Mandola looks great! Checked out Serek Basses and they look nice too...
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    Re: Squirrel Hunters - Which version?

    Special Consensus from Rivers and Roads. Love the modulation from the A part to the B part once the whole band joins in. The Mike Compton version is great because it's Mike but those aren't my...
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    Re: Smart Florentine Mandocello

    Gorgeous. Don't have 18.5k for a mandocello right now, but might be worth the gas money to drive to Lexington MA and play it for 5 minutes.
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    Re: Bela Fleck and Chris Thile

    that was great
  21. Re: Seeking "mournful" mandolin - like Levon Helm with The Band

    Some great choices on there. I also like 'Azalea Waltz' in this genre. Sierra's playing it on an octave here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caB5g_Kaxfk
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    Jethro Burns at Adler House, 1985

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpU83gGQMGY

    Enjoy.
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    Re: Strumming like guitar?

    "Strumming like guitar" can mean different things. To me, Mike Compton strums the mandolin and I think he's fantastic. Is he "strumming like guitar"? I dunno. There's a pick in his hand and it's...
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    Re: octave pedal or multi-effect pedal?

    In one of my bands I play what I'd call rock mandolin. The chain goes like this. A Sarno Black Box sits on top of my Genzler Acoustic Array and is the first stop, as an impedance buffer and for...
  25. Re: "banjo-mandolin" and "nice sounding": an oxymoron?

    I have one - it's from the 'teens or '20s and was probably a decent one in its day. I'm away with family but will post a pic of it on here when I get back - I'd be interested to hear any thoughts...
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