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Good point. I only realised that after posting. High G would be around 00.8 (octave string of the G) and in unison, that would be a harsh sound. High A string is probably out of bounds.

A 12...

Makes sense. I see Lakewood is building their 12 strings with a shorter 630 mm (24.8 ") 13 fret scale. These should be available used around my area.

Tried the tuning on the 6 string today - it´s...

My thoughts exactly. But there has to be a catch, there alway is:confused:

I have read the threads about 12 string "conversions" (changing string guages, really) and my question is:

My interests lie in playing trad tune accomp. and melody playing, old time tunes, general...

Spruce,
I can´t open the file, unfortunately. For the time being, I´m going for a bandolim but who knows - maybe an oval hole or f hole archtop 10-sting is in the cards at some point. And it sure...

Spruce that would be great if you find the time. If you don´t mind, what is the width of the neck at the nut and at the bridge on the Girouard? Does it work for you in terms of playability?

By...

Looks nice and sounds great! Are you happy with the response and the feel and intonation of the c string? What string diameter are you using for the c string?

I saw Hamilton live and he sounded fine but it was an amplified setting of course. And the C-string he uses is a hefty 0.35. So for me fan fret is probably the way to go. Maybe I should get rid of...

first post in a looong time ....
As part of my choro quest, I´m having a 10 string bandolim built. I´m contemplating a fan fret approach but here´s the catch: What scalelengthes should I go for? I...

So now I´m back after having a great time and here´s what I saw:

As Paul said, the quality of the instruments for the most part is very low. The ones that are for sale for the tourists are...

Thanks Paul,

so far I found a guitar and violin workshop mentioned in my guidebook, which appears to ber located way off the beaten track. As that is not what I´m looking for, I´ll probably go to...

Hi everybody,

I´m going for vaccation to Cuba in a couple of weeks and have always been intrigued by Cuban stringed instruments, particularly the tres and the tiple. I would love to check out some...

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Think back to all your favorite/classic recordings. Think back to your favorite songs/tunes. It wasn't the recording quality that stood out, it was the song/tune. ...

So true! With my previous bands, I always recorded in the studio, and if I was in a band now, I wouldn´t give homerecording a second thought - too much hassle for lo-fi results!

As you realised by...

Well, I´m not ruling out going that way - but I tried to set up audacity on my laptop, and sometimes it would work, sometimes not. Sometimes it would crash, sometimes not. I just found that it took...

Darn! I guess, a live mixer (Mackie) will probably not do, as the quality of the preamps and the other components is crucial. So that would set me back another 1000 $ or even more? Any other options?

My first post here for quite some time, and I really appreciate your input cause this definitely pushes me out of my comfort zone:

I´m thinking about recording a CD with Mandolin (me) in a duo or...

Hi Oliver,

get in touch with Rüdiger Helbig, owner of the Folkladen in Munich (I don´t have the address, but you should be able to find it on the net). I´m sure he can get you in touch with a...

This is sad on many different levels:

Peter Alexander had some artistic potential that was wasted in dozends of movies like this one

Likewise the band - they could swing when they were allowed,...

Hey, I can do that photo thing too ,after only 5 or 6 years hanging around here...


This is the only pic I have of my current mando, # 59..... the neck is beefy (which I like) and the extension...

This should be pics of Kimble # 15

Is Kimble #15 in Austria?


My old Kimble lives in france now, and is taken well care of by Christian Seguret, a great player.

Still working on that photo thing....

Wil is a great guy and builds terific instrumwnts. I used to own an early A-5 blacktop (# 15 ?) and later Wil sold me his personal instrument, again a blacktop A-5, # 59, which I still play. Great...

John,

thanks for one of the few explanation for modes I heard that actually makes sense...

Now, after thinking this trough, am I right in saying that there are two ways to learn modes, namely:...

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[I]It seems like some of you don't know that THAT'S the way a particular genre of music like Bluegrass (or Old Time or whatever) stays alive. These smaller genre's of music don't get the...