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I'm working my way through this myself right now. It's a really intriguing way to learn, and I've picked up more about chord forms and theory in the first few lessons than I did with a variety of...

For what its worth, I upgraded mine with a new bridge and pickup from Moongazer Music and it made a world of difference to the sound and playability (especially with regards to an overly quiet...

Seeing this thread bubble to the top is certainly timely. I just got notice that my seafoam green airline mandola just arrived at my house. Work will now pass extremely slowly. :whistling:
Looking...

Thanks, guys! That's a lot of good info. Time to take a step back and re-approach this a bit more slowly :)

Hi Mandolin-Folks, I'm in nee of some advice. I'm working on 'Moonlight Waltz' from Butch Baldassari's '30 Fiddle Tunes for Mandolin,' and the tremolo is giving me fits. I can get it going, but I...

Count me in. I'd love to try these out.

Well, this was timely! I was about to ask the very same question regarding resting fingers on the mandolin, as that's a habit I've found myself getting into (I guess my misspent metal guitar youth...

Hi Folks,
A friend of mine has a chance to purchase a bowl-back mandolin from an associate, and he's asked me to see if I can figure out what brand/vintage this mandolin might be. I, of course, have...

What a lot of good info. All I can add is that when improvising over the chords in question, I would make sure to hit the components (i.e. 1 3 5) of each chord preferentially. Well, perhaps with some...

I'll second the metronome. You wouldn't think it would help,but it does. A lot. Once you've got your tune (whatever it is) clean and smooth at a slow tempo, you can start to speed it up...

I'm a physicist for a nanotechnology start-up. I'm the only person on staff brings a mandolin to work every day :cool:
-Matt

Thanks for the advice, guys. I feel a lot better about the travel now...:whistling:
-Matt

Hi Folks,
I'm about to head off on a week long business trip, and I don't want to be mandolin-less for the whole time. So, I wanted to ask about your collective experience traveling via plane with a...

Hi Folks,
I have an odd problem on my Trinity College octave mando, and I'm wondering if you can advise me on how to fix it. I recently restrung the instrument after several years of not playing it,...

Initially at 23. Seriously at 28. I'll be 36 this year...time flies...

Actually, I am still in Mass (Framingham). Any lutherial advice would be appreciated...

Terrible news indeed. Rest in peace, Butch, and thanks for your instruction and inspiration.

Thanks for all the help!
From the discussion above, and as I lost my original bridge in a move, I think I'll be keeping the pick-up after all. Having just moved out here to Massachussetts I don't...

Hi Mandolin Cafe Folks!
After years of lurking, I finally have a question I need some help with...
Some years ago, at the behest of my band mates, I put a fishman transducer pickup in my Weber...