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Since originally posting this thread I have bought a LM 520. I could not be happier with my purchase. I cannot imagine ANY other mandolin in this price range can stand up to this instrument,...

Wish I had the experience to provide advice. I have learned so much from DVD and YouTube that i believe (sans a teacher) that is an excellent place to start.
Please keep us informed of your...

Trevor, love the breakdown on sight reading and it's so logical! I am definitely going o start to work on it! Thanks.

John, I'm just a beginner also with only 6 months on you so and have not had...

I was able to build a half a dozen hangers for the price of one pre-made model from the music store. A coated "y" bolt screwed into a pressure treated top cap with a picture hanger (to avoild...

I have been drooling over the OM's on the web lately and am considering buying one (especially after seeing Jim Richter's OM videos on YouTube). Problem I have is no retailers in the area so I will...

You've had it for a few days, the strings should be broken in enough to hold tune for a while. Obviously you will tune everytime you pick up the instrument but it should stay in tune pretty well...

I have a freind with a martin back packer and it is disapointing to say the least. I have owned a Rogue and it would be my first thouight for a 'disposable' instrument. For less that a hundred bucks...

Does the poly finish effect how the instrument "opens up" over time?

I know you see "set up" harped on here and it may seem trivial but it is vital. As mandolin lovers we hate to see a "newbie" get turned off because they get an instrument that is not playable.
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Can't say I enjoyed the music but I was entertained. Do you have the tabs for the Ace of Spades? J/k funny, thanks for posting.

Not a seasoned mandolin vet but would like to put in my 2 cents. A local guitar store sells Savannahs and I've fooled with then a bit. If you have 80 bucks to gamble it's not a bad bet, the ones I've...

The dream of many an economically challenged mandolinist is the ever illusive quality F style for under $500. Sure, we all hold out hope that we will come across the uneducated pawn broker or deal to...

My mistake, I should have said "Other Pac-Rims". I assume they are Chinese, that is if the "Made In China" sticker on the back of the head stock is accurate :)

I have no real high expectations at this stage of my development (i know I'n not going to rip through 'Blackberry Blossom' at 180 bpm anytime in the near future). I just wanted to see how you guys...

I don't know much about Bill Monroe's life but love his music and look forward to the film. I'm sure it will revolve around a romance or romantic aspect of the man since that sells in Holly-weird...

Been playing for about a month and a half and have been dilegent with practice. Got the beginner book, bought the videos, practice at least a half an hour a day but usually practice an hour or more. ...

I cannot afford an instructor and have no mandolin playing friends to get tips and advice from so recently bought Mike Marshall's Mandolin Fundamentals CD's. Just did a screening and it really...

Thanks to all the advice in this thread. Have made much progress (thanks to you all ) since posting this thread and hope other beginners get use from all the good advice.
Just working through it is...

Beginner also, being a bluegrass lover I never thought of anything else. That being said look at Homespun and Mel Bay. I have bought products from both sources and have been very satisfied.
I am...

I too am a beginner and sometimes feel that I am stagnating. I love playing my mandolin, two things that seem to be helping me: learning fiddle tunes (picked up Dix Bruce's "Backup Trax Old Time &...

I can't make a G chord to save my life. Anyone have any tip, tricks or exercises to stretch out to make a proper G?

If your fingers look like bloody Vienna sausages at the end of a rainy Sunday afternoon.

The more music the better. Be it mandolin, cajon or a pair of spoons and a jug. Just got my 1/8th plywood in the mail yesterday and will be building my cajon this weekend.

Was just looking at a clip on tuner on musicians friend and saw this thread. Has anyone tried the Peterson TP3 clip on tuner pickup. It only costs 11 bucks and plugs into my Korg Bluegrass Tuner (as...

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