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I do that with my mandoloncellos, bowlback & A bodied, but have both feet planted on the floor when seated.
If standing I put one foot on the stand it sits in when not in use.

I put a dab of solder on the wound string a few cm from the end, then clamp it with a vise grip just in front of that. I then unwind the outer and lay it back around the core in a longer twist, bend...

It's a really lovely tune to play. It's in his book Great Tunes For The Mandolin #1
I was areally pleased to find it in there when I bought that book.

The violoncello and mandoloncello is actually a diminutive form, which seems strange until you are told they are the "little" version of their origin instrument the violone and the mandolone. Violone...

You could try "The Mandolin Lesson" by Frances Taylor http://themandolinlesson.com/the_book.htm

an autobiographical story of self discovery centred around a passion for the mandolin.

You may find Chris Smith's book useful to give you an insight into the whole subject of backing.
Celtic Backup For All Instruments
I bought it to help with my Tenor guitar and Mandoloncello backing...

I'd second the recommendation for Phil Davidson. I saw a restoration he did on a teens gibson a couple of years back & it was impeccable.

Matt Norman has done two really good workshops for the BMG members this summer as a substitute for not having the summer school. I really enjoyed them.


Our mandolin orchestra & fiddle orchestra...

You can always do the Strings shuffle. It's not unknown for a mandolin to be restricted by too meaty a string set. Maby try the DR rare ones with the hexagonal cores, they come up well on some...

There are different types of hornpipe rhythm, some are very even, rather than what is often called 'dotted' rhythm. I would find it difficult to give any absolutes about which tunes or styles should...

I find I turn to the music with the season change. I love the cascading flow of the Hardanger styles in the winter.

We left the EU last year, this year is just rolling things over & seeing if we can cobble something together to maintain any fluidity to the transactions.
Duties & fees will be payable now unless...

Check out the Classical section on here so. There are some great threads about many interesting different approaches by artists worldwide.
There have been some innovative mandolins building...

If you intend to go on to play classical music with other people in Japan, ensembles & maybe even orchestral music, then there would be a strong case for buying a bowl-backed mandolin as that would...

Yes I have used this one https://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/local/sales/products/GR31070/viking-vmc10b-standard-bowl-mandolin-case/
They're quite a bit deeper than you might need for most bowlbacks, I...

Don't collapse your wrist like it is in the profile pic and you'll get a lot more reach out of the little finger.
Maybe spend some time working on maintaining a nice relaxed flat wrist even in the...

I've been using the Mackie MR824 & am very impressed with what they deliver in terms of clarity and accuracy in the detail for the cost.
I like the fact that you can tune them in terms of their...

I think that is Romeo Di Georgio (born in Rome 1888] who emigrated to Rio and opened his guitar shop in 1908, no mention of Naples in his career.
Still no info on G. Di Giorgio I have found yet....

Rione Amadeo would have been a very up market address in old Naples, a zone with grand buildings and show-piece palaces.
Probably why it appeared so boldly on the gilded lettering adding to the...

& then some.... here's a photo to highlight/ exaggerate the interesting bits up at the second peg box.

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I've been having a rummage based on my initial hunch of a mandolin based theorbino and it looks very close to what you would expect.
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These are lute based examples.

An...

yes, the upper nut looks like a raised platform, it appears to be at x2 the mandolin scale and I can count 12 white grooves across the bridge.
From that I would speculate normal mandolin on 8...

188677Definitely some extra funkyness going on at the other end.
Almost like a mandolin hybridised with a Baryton or Theorbo; a Neapolitan version of the theorbino using mandolin technology for the...

These look like a very interesting find Victor.
I think the elongated peg box for friction pegs may throw people off a bit, but the business end of the instruments is shouting 'mandolin'
For me the...

AKG P420 & AKG C1000s

The P420 in Omni mode seems to be very un-coloured & transparent.

I like the C1000s for mandolin & it's versatile for stage use too.