Search:

I'm guessing most likely thing is label is damaged/missing, like this othre banjo rant https://www.banjohangout.org/topic/359236

T here's a few guitar books i can recommend, they're NOT scary theory books, they have enough theory, starting w/pentatonics, working thru different minor scales, mixolydian,

Guitar Theory by...

That's not a good sign, as far as having a luthier with mandolin experience doing your setup. Get Rob M's setup pdf and some feeler gauges and measure everything else: string height at 1st and 12...

I recommend trying 2 things in a shop if you can: different kinds of compressors (there's 4 or more differnet kinds, depending on how you count. I have VCA and OTA types)

Also multi effects...

What level are you at now, what tunes can you play backup/melody to?
_________________

Use the search box to search topics like:

Picking / Fretting/right/left hand technique
Theory: common...

You can also try lighter gauge strings and tuning down a half step to see how the neck reacts. Luthiers have ways of heating and straightening necks, which often goes back to original shape, but...

I have to admit it's been awhile since i've played mandolin, I should dig it out and see if there's any more f hole cracks, at least...

My parents liked to sign me up for music lessons and math...

Here's a video i've posted over and over (and probalby watched a hundred times myself), Bush/McCoury/ Skehan/Joliff, Hoffman. You don't really want to coyp anybody, it's more getting ideas to try...

i just measured the D'Andrea, it's 5/8" wide and just under 1" long, so.. pretty darned small. I thought about dipping in Plastidip but that's really messy toxic stuff

I also saw the other thread...

at 31:13 and other spots there's closeups that do show a pretty small pick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqWBth_rLgw

I have a lot of these picks for 6 string guitar , i've tried them for...

Could be technique, could be the neck shape/size doesn't really agree with you, could be that you need to warm up before. Those FFCP exercises like in Todd Collins and Ted Eschliman's books (which I...

If i's double bass, the string tension will make practically anything else feel easy, fretting hand-wise. Every once in awhile i'll drag out my drum sticks and practice pad and *try* to practice...

If it's northern Oregon, you might consider a trip to Dusty Strings, you'll likely hit some horrible Portland and Seattle traffic but they usually have some Northfields and Collings hanging on the...

I asked a couple luthier about a pickguard for my km900 and they said they would have to add wood at the position where the attachment pins for the guard are normally drilled in and it would be a...

That looks like good material. There's some other resources i like, https://www.jazzadvice.com/ and Jens Larsen's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/jenslarsen02/videos. And Dix Bruce's...

I'm a fan of their modeling amps (and Boss/Roland's Katanas and Nextones) but a fair number of people have reported problems w/firmware updates on various Core ID models so check that before you...

There was a book in the library that recommended (band and orchestra) instruments for kids who are not especailly disciplined, up to really determined kids. It said sax, clarinet and flute were...

Replacement handles are mostly buckle onto metal rings, or screw/rivet into the wood. Here's the buckle type https://www.elderly.com/products/case-handle

and the "sausage-style"...

There's some good banjo setup sites, these and others from Deering, Nechville, frets.com, Warren Yates on youtube:

http://en.pruchabanjos.cz/uploads/how-to-setup-your-banjo.pdf
...

You shouldn't ahve to do this more than once every couple years or so, but make a fingerboard guard like this out of a stiff plastic like mmilk carton and go to town with steel wool or 800 grit sand...

The gentlest first step is to get a book of arpeggios and scales and play thru them slowly for short periods every day. Trying to read chords will give you migraines. These are books i use,...

If you go to festival/jam/workshop, there should be enough BC's you can try for yourself, and I think one of the traveling pick samplers has at least 1 (that thread is getting loooong...

This should keep you busy, I like Tim O'Brien's arpeggio warmup, some days that's all i play (for 7 minutes) http://www.mandozine.com/techniques/index.html

Mike Marshall's finger busters and his...

Wow. That is gorgeous, an innovative but classical template at the same time, beautiful color as well.

The font is smaller today on my PC, Win10 using Chrome Version 76.0.3809.100 (Official Build) (64-bit) but seems to be same in firefox (i.e. a little bigger)