What an ancient thread
Ill fly away, oh brother where art thou version.
Georgia mail, same bush
Sailin shoes into crossroads, more or less.
Wish you eee here, jim richter
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What an ancient thread
Ill fly away, oh brother where art thou version.
Georgia mail, same bush
Sailin shoes into crossroads, more or less.
Wish you eee here, jim richter
Sorta close on...
I have both nitro and varnish mandos. Gibson fern , brentrup f5, respectively.
Charlie Derrington in a lengthy interview said he could hear a difference, but barely, between the two types of...
Badlands is also great.
Great picks.
Jims tabs are great.
Hank, for the price, give em a try.
its what you like.
Id suggest monels will be closer, tonewise, cheaper, but, not flat.
I used flats for many years, TIs, on my fern and Brentrup.
I no...
On reading this, i guess ill qualify my ‘absolutely’ response. I do have a rigel a which i use if i am gigging in an area where i think i might get jumped after a late gig.
Doood, (lol)
Banjo is hillbilly zen
Part of ‘the practice’ is learning not to hear banjo, but music, like the inner flame>……
Namaste……..
Yup.they have doubled in price in the past decade.
And if you break a string in the first few weeks, its tough to swallow.
Fwiw, when playing hard several hours , daily, i kept mittels on for 8-9...
I play guitar, bass, mando, banjo.
For almost ten years, it was mando virtually exclusively, because thats where i fit with my musical friends and bands.plus, its easy to tote. And i had a certain...
I guess ill disagree with the “no difference” opinion.
I play tis, and have used all 3 gauges.
Imho, starks are about the same tension as medium pbs. Or, TIs feel about one gauge ‘down’ compared to...
No pro, but I used to gig regularly, pre covid.
Absolutely. Take my best.
But, i never let it out of my sight. Ever.
Having once had a mint ‘35 A50, with gorgeous mint red line geib,( stolen from me thirty years ago, and likely residing in Yuma, Colorado), i well recall those miserable original tuners, 1:6?. i...
Ted was kind enough to include a Few when i first started mando, and bought some tomastiks from him. And a key fob pick holder!
Tomastiks were 27 bucks a set then.
Loved the picks, and still...
Hey thanks. It is great to know what you're working on.
let me suggest, from my own experience with music stands, and performing, (i used music stands as a fall back, as sometimes a new...
Alignment is critical. Simply they must fit properly, not too big, not too small, nothing at an angle in order to fit.
I will make sure that the post is centered in the bushing.
i will make sure...
Sherry, do you/can you sing a song and play chords? I think this is a great place to start. Fluidity of changes, hearing changes, listening.
And...knowing the lyrics by memory. This is important....
Having only recently acquired adirondack (red spruce instruments) in the oast ten years, and,
Having the same models in spruce topped versions, guitar, archtop and flat top, and f mandos.
I far...
I once had that issue as ateen
Wash hands.
Coated strings
Flatwounds or tape wounds.
Frequent string changes.
Wipe strings after playing.
Sounds lovely.
Thinking about his 2 point model.
I have several bluechips. They’re great. I worry about loss. I like the feel and slickness.
That being said, i also use, among other brands, golden gates and pickboy (cellulose, ultex, and high...
There are lots of non burly mando players, sierra, sarah, sharon gilchrist readily come to mind.
But i agree mando can take some muscle, initially. And callouses.
To temper effort, a good set up...
I put rubners on my rigel. I believe the original tuners were gotohs. I had regular tuning instability issues, despite lubing the tuners and nut.
The rubners are superb. Smooth, stable. Mine are...
Nonsense. There are always great bottles someone has yet to try...lol😉