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i made a Gibson "tree of life" banjo on there once but havent tried a mandolin yet

i got a lefty A style Eastman from the Mandolin Store and am very happy with it.

Great clip, i saw John Moore this weekend and he was unbelievable.

Anyone else check out the Huck Finn Jubilee in Victorville, CA last weekend? I've been to a quite a few festivals but being a banjo picker i never really focused on mandolin pickers before. Now that...

Welcome! I have been at it three 3 weeks myself and am having a lot of fun so far. Good info here.

Another vote for Blueridge. They are the best bang for the buck out there IMO. i got a 00 size and its very comfortable to play and still as loud as anyone else at the jam.

thanks for the tips,

fishmonger, hang in there. i have been playing banjo for a quite a while so these songs are in my head already which i think helps a lot.

Ben, i am actually not planting...

I agree, if it wasn't for all those great huge trees it would have been unbearable. that really is a great setting for a festival (other than the walk from/to the car).

Can't wait for Huck Finn....

Today marks my two week anniversary on mandolin. I was fortunate enough to make it out to a festival yeasterday and actually took my first lead break. It was a simple version of Soldiers Joy which i...

banjo banjo banjo. above is correct. i have been playing bluegrass banjo 5 solid years and still feel like a beginner but once you get the frailing thing down you can do ok fairly soon (of course i...

looking forward to some pics.:)

Just wondering if anyone here is heading out to the old Paramount ranch tomorrow for the Topanga Fiddle and Banjo Festival out towards Thousand Oaks, CA.

I've only had a mandolin for 2 weeks so...

Hearing chord changes took me a couple of years. it was frustration to say the least.

i learned banjo first so after a while i built up some licks in the different chords and then i started...

thank you all for the many tips. It has given me a better idea of the road ahead. So far mandolin has been much easier for me to figure out melodies with than banjo. I reckon if someone is doing a...

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Yep, thats Dean Webb of my favorite bluegrass group, the Dillards.

Thanks, My focus for the question was about the theory rather than the "Should I?" or "Shouldn't I?" aspect.

Looks like the former question is about as popular as the "Do I have to plant two...

sorry maybe this is the wrong forum for this post

Being a banjo player, I have tended to learn most of my lead breaks in the keys of G or C and then just capo to fit whatever key the singer/fiddler wants to do the song in.

Obviously, that crutch...

I gotta say that raking 30 bags of snow-packed soggy birch leaves is NOT something I miss about Alaska.

i learned how to frail "you are my sunshine" once but my fingernail wore plumb off so i went back to scruggs style. love the sound of it though and OT music in general and it's not too hard once you...

8th of January

40... that was 2 days ago.:O

haha, yes i am really learning mando just so i can start telling banjo jokes.

Saska, you are right. 5 years of banjo and i really dont have any calluses but that looks to be a different story...

well she came in the mail yesterday and I'm having a good time so far. working on my "shuffle" strokes and my first solo. fingers are a bit on the tender side....

thanks for the tips. im working on my first tune. 8th of January... maybe ill get it down by then. ha.:O