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Another consideration would be a flat vs radiused fingerboard. I had a couple of Gibsons but when I played the Weber with the radiused fingerboard, I was hooked on that.

I have a 2004 Weber (Mahogany/Cedar) that is awesome. Also had a more recent Bedell A model that I sold to a friend that was an absolute cannon.

My experience with the Bozeman Webers is that they...

AI has been doing the analytics on what songs are most "popular" with the advertisers for years, resulting in the playlists we have today. The stations are not manned by actual people, just...

And yet every town has a "Classic Rock" station burning you out to the tunes you burned out to all those yers ago, and the new rock styled "music schools" use the same songs to teach children with.

My last "upgrade" was not a higher end mandolin, but one more suited for use in the current group I am playing in. I had it built to my specifications using neck measurements from one I really liked...

In the music industry, the writer gets the lion's share of the proceeds, followed by the artist. Most of the "acts" we see in the big venues are not "organic", but constructed as vehicles to make...

In a live setting prefer a pedal tuner, but I use it using short cables on the insert jacks on the amp, and the pedal, (along with a couple of others on a very small pedalboard), stay on top of the...

This chart explains what most "sound guys" know about mandolin

https://s3.amazonaws.com/ssipublic/musicfrequencycheatsheet.pdf

I tried this one at a gig last weekend. Worked great for acoustic and electric guitar and mandolin on the rounded side. They are on sale so I thought I would pass this one.
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The TC Unitune Clip is nice because it works well, and folds back so it does not look like a small TV on the headstock. Battery life is great.

If you are looking for ball end, you can always use electric guitar singles.

Over 55?

Why not use an A/B switch and a line splitter?

Are you playing the bass exclusively through the mains?

If that is the case, get yourself a small bass amp with a DI out.

The QSC CP8's would be a good choice as they match the rest of your...

FWIW, I have a couple of very high end mandolins that mostly live in the case. I take them out on occasion and they need a few hours of playing to wake up.

On the other hand, I have a couple of...

This may or may not help

I use a heavier gauge string on my guitars and have found that when I acquire one, often the nut is cut for lighter gauge strings.

I use an old string to widen and...

Clayton

https://www.steveclayton.com

I had a great experience with Roy A Gordon building one to the measurements I sent him

RAG Mandolins nfi

https://ragmandolins.com

Put a strap on it an no one will ever see it.

Use some graphite in the nut slots and on the bridge. Keeps the strings from binding and prevents some of the breakage problems.

I use this one:
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Use the insert for an EQ for the mandolin and tuner. Turn the EQ off when using the guitar. Balance the signal levels of the instruments using the gain on the EQ.

I have a very small pedal board...

Keeley Memphis Sun. It does it all

https://robertkeeley.com/product/memphis-sun-lo-fi-room-reverb-delay-double-tracker/

This might help

https://www.artisanluthiers.com/repair/mandolin-setup.html

If the guitar guys don't like it they won't play it, or at least play it well.

Old Time music has many songs that were translated to bluegrass, country, and rock.

Get a "Fakebook" with...

I would start with a good cleaning with Dunlop 654.

Just did a banjo for a friend and wiped off about 2 cartons of Marlboros. Made a huge difference in the smell and color of the instrument.