In answer to your question, I fell in love with the sound, and playing many other stringed instruments immodestly found the tuning to be the most intuitive tuning of any instrument I play.
As for...
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In answer to your question, I fell in love with the sound, and playing many other stringed instruments immodestly found the tuning to be the most intuitive tuning of any instrument I play.
As for...
Mines very close myself, but no fretted instrument is going to be perfect on every fret. If as you as it’s ridiculously sharp I’d check the intonation, I know it might seem perfect, but sometimes one...
An eastman 304 or 305 sounds perfect for you, if you live near London there are a few stockists in the city. I purchased my Eastman from MAKs Guitars and they have a very large stock of Eastmans, and...
I love the Eastman V shape, but I use my thumb over the neck and not on the back, guitar necks are often uncomfortable for me due to not being V shaped enough. You can always reshape a V to a D but...
I don't often go above the 15th-17th fret but I'm sure there's a contemporary classical composer who's laughing as he notates out the high E on the 24th fret.
-Ross
I personally don't see the need for an armrest, I don't use one myself and don't see why it would help me, but I'm sure someone will get great use and joy from something like this.
-Ross
Sounds like years of experience, if you don't get the sound you want then I'd advise you to just take an in depth study of what you are doing with your right hand and work on getting the sound you...
I've heard tonic water helps ... I've also heard it works better mixed with gin ... personally I don't like the latter but the water helps.
I'd consult with a medical professional, and my other...
I hope you get well soon Dennis, I hope you have a quick recovery.
Slowly speeding things up like that is a great way to improve speed and accuracy. I like recording my own backing tracks (although I understand that’s not possible for a lot of people) and it’s...
I personally recommend knowing both three and four string chords, I find myself reaching for both, depending on the situation and the particular sound that I want to make, some shapes are in...
Personally if y'all want to get to grips with chords and the more out there keys, I advise just playing chords along to songs in those keys, it's how I learned at the very least, I hope that helps...
I personally use and really enjoy the k and k products. I use either the big twin or twin fusion internal systems myself (I can’t remember which exactly. I’ll check later and edit in exactly which.) ...
Personally my inclination is to advise learning both. The DUD DUD helps internalise the accent pattern and the alternate picked version will whip your upstroke accents into shape if you can get it to...
I’d recommend coated strings like elixir or maybe the new daddario coated strings might be worth a try, it’s just my 2 cents but I hope it helps.
-Ross
Hi,
In my own opinion (not being an octave player, but playing mandolin and having a lot of experience working on guitars) I’d say you want a slightly heavier gauge on there ... either that or the...
I find it more comfortable to stand as I can have the mandolin comfortably much lower than when I sit. However I play most sitting because I practice at my desk in my home studio ... and because I’m...
I use a Hercules ukulele stand the AGS single ukulele stand (http://herculesstands.com/international/products/fretted-and-bowed-instrument/ukulele/); it's small, portable and lightweight. It really...
Thank Niles,
I'm going to start writing down and transcribing anything I can, I'm new to transcribing and once I finish what I'm working on I think I'm going to start transcribing some Hendrix...
Thank you for the feedback, I can see where I've gone wrong with the tempo now, and it has been corrected. I'm really not used to transcribing traditional tunes, so I'm expecting a few mistakes like...
Hi all,
I'm just starting to transcribe for mandolin and I post what I transcribe on my website here: https://www.rossdoesbass.com/transcriptions-copy-1
I could do with some advice on...
Thanks Dix, love your books, and these videos look great.
Hi, for my two cents, or pennies as I'm over here in not so sunny Britain, I'd take a look at the Eastman MDO305. Not sure how much it is over the pond but its great value for the money.
I keep them in my back left pocket. If I didn't I would probably forget them and use them, so many people have bought me little tins and stuff, but I end up leaving those at home. At least I can't...
Thanks again to everyone who replied, I've been experimenting with pick thickness and where I play throughout the week, I made the switch from a .88mm to a 1mm pick and that made a huge difference...