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Without a doubt JPS, but i feel i may slightly embarrass myself after i said i was quite pleased with it, i am only three months in dont forget lol
what the best way to do it? take a picture of my...

Thanks Jps, well i have worked it out after a short while, i'm quite pleased with myself actually, it doesnt sound too bad, i just have to play it fluently now lol
one part that i think was wrong...

Thanks for the input Bob, i have looked at a few tunes from that page and quite a few seem to be somewhat cobbled together, i know the "dirty old town" tune and i am sure its not right, but it does...

Hiya guya, I hope you are all well..
I am three months into my playing, so quite a novice, i have come across this tab for "dirty old town"...

thanks, great link

Thanks Ed...yeah, i guess your right, i need to some hours playing under my belt, get a feel for it and not just doing it by numbers so to speak..thanks for the link, i will have a good look at that...

Guys, i have found this tab what i have been practising, its sounds pretty good when i play it, but i need a little help here guys, although i can just about play this tab, i am really struggling to...

Thanks Polecat, i have just started to use something called Blu tack, and it seems to help me a lot, its a reusable putty-like pressure-sensitive adhesive produced by Bostik, it gives me quite a good...

Thanks for all your posts guys, its all very much appreciated, it sounds like you all had this problem at one time..

what size picks are you guys using, and do you use a lot? i seem to be going through 0.5 quite quick

Yeah, i hope it comes with time..
i wouldnt mind too much at home, i can st
I am on stage at an open mic next week, me and a cousing on guitar are doing a spot...i have the fear of god that i will...

Thanks Jeff, i was actually thinking about roughing the surface up some way

I am nearly two months into my playing, and i think i am doing okay, but one part of my playing that i am struggling with is my plectrum, when i start to strum it moves about between my finger and...

Yeah, I have started going to an open mic night once a month, gonna have a bash at Maggie May with my cousin on guitar, we need a couple of meet ups before the big night tho, he is about the same...

yeah, thanks guys, i think thats what i will do, cut it down a little, but you know what its like when you are first starting, you want to play everything lol

Hiya guys and gals.
I am bout one month into my mandolin learning, i have about 5 tunes that i am trying to learn, and about three strum patterns that i am trying to perfect, what your views, should...

now that sounds like a much easier way to play it, thanks i will give that a try

Hiya Sonic and Mark..
firstly let me apologise for hijacking this thread, i am really sorry,
I think my problem has been that i was trying to work from two sources. i started off with the one by...

Thanks Sonic, how do you mean mute the e? sorry but i am only two weeks into playing

I have been working with this video, i know its for the guitar, but i like to see the chords and hear the music playing, so i just try and play along, but one thing i am struggling with is the f#m...

me too..
Dean Campbell

Thanks Mark, that is a great for a novice

Hiya guys. merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you all...!!
I am about one week into learning my mandolin, i am currently picking out the tune "wild mountain thyme" and hoping i can put a tune...

Thanks Steve, excellent post. i cant really disagree with anything you say there...
As i said earlier, i think the fella i bought the Mandolin off confused me a little, i knew i was going to look at...

As i said guys, i am a complete novice with the mandolin.
i think the guy i bought the mandolin off threw me off track a little, i knew it had a built in pick up, and i fully expected that to be...