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Oh! What a lovely beast! Can't wait to hear it. The binding work at the bottom is especially nice.

AND....bridges are not highly technical secret structures. I have had great success and derived much satisfaction from making my own. Get the size and height from your present bridge and check out...

I have always made a point of letting the beer that drips off my mustache dry a little bit before I wipe it off the mandolin. That way I'm not banging it with a glass.

The tunes are the exercises you need, directed exactly at the skills you need for the tunes. At some point, instead of learning more tunes, spend some time learning new ways to play the tunes you...

Sessions are nice, but smaller sessions are nicer... from my POV the quality of sound is more important than volume. The closer you get to really Irish traditional music, the more you hear mellow,...

I've not been around for a while, but what a treat to come back and see this sweet beauty. VERY NICE!

DUDE!,

You are progressing even tho it seems not. At the very least, your discernment is progressing. The hardest part of practice is hearing what you are really doing instead of what you want to...

You really only need to know the part you use. And then again if you use the whole thing you'll end up knowing it. If you play from standard notation you'll be thinking of the notes and will...

I have just made my first attempt at learn by listening: recorded my friends playing the tunes I want to learn so I can play along, clipped out exactly once through using Audacity, copied and pasted...

Aidan,

Do you think the set thing (playing tunes in sets) is really part of the idiom or a relatively new thing based mostly in the performance mode. When playing tunes FOR people it becomes...

Seriously, warm water works! Washing your hands in very warm water, or plunging into a sinkfull of dishes gets the muscles warmed up and draws blood flow to the area and will greatly shorten your...

Mon capitan, your strings seem on the heavy side for a 22" scale, but as I'm finding out that's not always bad, as it will allow a lower action. Especially your G string may be heavier than...

I have also found that properly set visegrips can bend the grommet until it cracks for removal. The fine line is to crack it without creasing the loop which causes it to break. That's what properly...

What glue to use for pickguard on a flat top? Also should it go right on the top or be elevated from the top with some kind of spacer? And if I use a spacer, should it be a damper like leather to...

I'm in a position now where I am comparing a heavily built OM with heavy strings with a lightly built OM with lighter strings. The lighter instrument sounds better...way better. But the heavier...

The better OMs that I see (more loud, more sustained) are built quite light and made for lighter gauge strings, while it seems that heavier strings should vibrate longer and channel higher kinetic...

I went to using the three cornered pick...by the time it rotates enough to be a bother, there's another one coming along.

Here's an attempt to show the sound of it. My apologies for my playing and recording both. The size difference takes it's toll, but I'll get it someday soon. I'm playing it so much I'm chewing up my...

Just picked it up and OMFA is it nice! The pictures don't do it justice, as the finish is so glossy that photos pick up reflection artifact. It's just enough bigger that it's going to take a little...

OBOY OBOY OBOY Here are the "done" pictures Mark sent to me. I'll be picking it up next weekend and if it sounds as good as it looks, I AM READY.:grin::grin:

Delivery in two weeks:grin::grin::grin:Pictures and sounds at then.

3 things.
First, I just went and measured my standard 'cello and the scale on that is 27.25 inches which makes even the wickedest bouzouki look pretty tame. 'Cellos are typically melody instruments...

No recent news, but wasn't expecting more til after Neujahr. Keeping up my chops on my TC OMrod so I'm ready to burn it up when it comes. Hitting the gym so I'm in shape for it. Stocking up on...

SWEEET! Thanks for this.

I've been trying for my own use to prioritize what's important and so far I think:

the right notes
played clean
with good phrasing
slurs in the right places
with the right ornaments...