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    Re: Killer Technique for Mandolin

    Thank you, Mark! Your chart is very helpful. To be fair to the author her illustrations look like the following with a dash representing a whole step, 2 dashes an augmented 2nd, the absence of a...
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    Killer Technique for Mandolin

    I have a copy of the book Killer Technique for Mandolin by Suzanna Barnes. Not exactly what I expected but seems to have some valuable if tedious exercises. Not that I am opposed to doing grunt...
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    Re: High E Popping out of the Nut

    Hey mbruno glad you figured out how to solve this problem.

    I was having the same issue. In fact it sounds like EXACTLY what was happening to me just prior to my mandolin head snapping clean off. ...
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    Re: Dang Thing Busted

    Thanks all for your replies and advice regarding the inferior Ibanez mandolin. Yep, it's time for an upgrade. Current budget keeps me in the prices I'm noticing at Guitar Center or Musicians Friend...
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    Dang Thing Busted

    Yikes! Has this ever happened to anyone?

    I had replaced the cheapo nut on my Ibanez 510-DVS mandolin with a TusQ mando nut last night I was really impressed with the TusQ nut.

    So tonight I...
  6. Thread: Strings Breaking

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    Strings Breaking

    So whenever I tune my mandolin up to standard tuning (G D A E) an E string breaks. I've been playing it tuned down a whole step (F C G D). Not a big deal as I play mostly in closed positions but...
  7. Thread: Hand going numb

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    Re: Hand going numb

    Ruby, does the numbness affect certain fingers? For instance if it affects the thumb, index, middle and half of the ring finger it's compression of the median nerve and is classic carpal tunnel...
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