The mandocello police will probably be after me for this - but iunderstand there's even fewer of them than mandocello players so I may be safe. I think this depends entirely on the song. Double...
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The mandocello police will probably be after me for this - but iunderstand there's even fewer of them than mandocello players so I may be safe. I think this depends entirely on the song. Double...
Late to the thread, but i love mine. My only point of reference is my other mandola, which is a Jimmy Moon flat top. Not surprisingly, they're completely different beasts. The Eastman had less...
I tend to use the longer scale instruments for different purposes. Almost always, I'm playing in a setting where there are other instruments to carry rhythm - usually an acoustic guitar. On the...
There's mando content in there - you just have to look hard. David Holt mentioned that Tom Fellenbaum was one of his first students with Jerry Read Smith. Tom builds mandolins and bouzoukis in...
Late to the conversation, but I'd actually say quite the opposite - playing another mandolin family instrument (in my case, mandola and then mandocello) made me a much better mandolin player. When I...
Hadn't heard of them before, but they're doing the Friday night outdoor concert in my town. Dan Bui on mandolin is awesome - beautiful Ellis. Doing a bluegrassy version of Heart of Glass right...
I have a mandola that is the same way, and it has a very slight bow in the neck. Would that cause this problem?
Depends in part what kind of music you want to play. thesession.org has kept me happy for months with basic notation for fiddle tunes and some Celtic stuff.
That must really fly under the radar. I've lived an hour from there for a decade and this is the first I've heard of it.
Got to hear the Human Hands tonight with Dominick Leslie on mandolin - part of the free concert series on Friday nights in my small town. Well worth seeking out of their nearby. No idea if Dominick...
I played the three at Gruhn and one at Carter's a month or so back. To my ear, they compared favorably to the only other F-style I played in that range (a used Weber Gallatin). There were a bunch...
Harry and Jeannie West in Statesville had a few vintage Gibsons last time I was in. They also have a full lineup of Kentuckys and Eastmans. Assuming you're coming in on I-77, they'd be about six...
Amazing how you get that, yet when I order a $5.99 3-pack of picks I get a giant box filled with packing materials.
I'll be honest. I don't think the $280,000 one sounded 4516.13 times better than the $62 one.
Surely such a room would require at least one new mandolin.
I have no financial interest here but there's a Pava in the classifieds at that price point, and I'm not seeing in your original post that you are set on radius fretboard of F style. I just bought a...
Scroll to the bottom of this page and take a listen. http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/who-is-lowell-bailey-olympic-biathlon-team-usa
My mandolin has a nice brown streak across the headstock logo and a discoloration on the back of the headstock from the previous owner who left a tuner on. I also have one that buzzes badly if I...
Wow. Despite having heard about this book for nearly three years, I am blown away at how thorough this is. Thank you!
I won't even try to speak about flat vs. arch in general. I would say that my flat top has far more complexity than either of my arch tops when I'm playing single note stuff - and that's what it was...
No information, but if you're on Facebook, there's a group called "the mandocello enthusiast." Someone posted a picture of herself playing one just a couple of days ago. I'd imagine if you joined...
Easy to miss with all the beautiful pictures. On the previous page, Northfield says that it's not a flight case.
Well I have never played a Collings that sounded like that!
A couple of thoughts from the person who started the other in the dueling threads:) In no particular order:
I'm not sure the two threads are really so different. I don't read the OP here as...
Well - it was the lowest price of what I played. Better than many of the others. Nothing I couldn't live without, and yes - I know looks have little to do with tone, but i do sometimes look down...