Just email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com and put Mandolin Setup in the Subject line. :-)
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Just email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com and put Mandolin Setup in the Subject line. :-)
Hi there, mandolin lovers. Many moons ago I wrote an ebook on how to set up a mandolin. Mandolins are finicky little beasts and very slight adjustments can make a very big difference. I've been...
Get my free ebook on how to set up a mandolin. Email rob.meldrum@gmail.com and put Mandolin Setup in the subject line.
Get my free e-book on how to set up a mandolin. Email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com and put Mandolin Setup in the subject line.
A friend turned me on to Nanci’s music in the mid 1980s. What a beautiful voice, and she wrote great songs. Loved seeing her in a concert in Cincinnati in, I think, 1986. I especially like her song...
Make sure your nut slots are filed with an angle back towards the tuners. This assures a clean break at the edge of the nut. It can make a big difference in intonation.
Second, make sure your...
Yep, still sending out the ebook for free! Just email rob.meldrum@gmail.com and put Mandolin Setup in the subject line. Rob
This is actually very common. The nut slots need to be filed so they angle downward toward the tuning pegs. This makes for a clean break at the edge of the nut. Also, replace the strings. The strings...
It's the strings. Or should I say it *was* the strings. Cheap mandolins ship with the worst strings I have ever played on. I guarantee you, had he changed them the problem would have vanished.
Please email me for my ebok on mandolin setup and make sure the nut slots are angled properly and the height of each slot is optimal. This is usually not correct on mandolins that were not set up by...
First, file the nut slots at an angle down towards the tuning pegs. If the strings don't break cleanly at the nut you will have intonation issues.
Next, check the string height at the first fret....
Beautiful tune, beautifully played. Thank you!
There was a YouTube video of a guy who tried a bunch of different things to stop room reflection. The best was using old towels folded up and stuffed inside wood frames with artsy fabrics stapled...
I think your lower strings are going out of tune because the knots have more stretching to do before they settle in. I’ll bet it will take a week or two of playing an hour a day before they are...
Hi Greg and Poul,
Greg, thanks for the kind comments. Poul, believe it or not, I haven't gotten any Spam from my offers on this website. So either my email filters are really good or Spammers...
I'm the gentleman who gives out the free ebook on mandolin setup. I don't see any emails from January 15? Please email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com and put Mandolin Setup in the subject line.
I'll...
Please email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com and put Mandolin Set Up in the subject line. I will send you my free ebook that will show you what you need to do. And, yes, making nut slot files out of...
Hi everyone,
The free set up book is still free. :-)
Just email me at rob.meldrum@gmail.com and put Mandolin Set Up in the subject line.
Rob
I'm pretty sure no instrument builder, ever, said their first instrument was as good as their subsequent instruments. But I just searched for prices on canary wood and it doesn't look like it's rare...
OK, I agree that this sounds like a tailpiece issue. I had this situation once. The tailpiece itself was not making a firm connection to some strings and would cause a rattle. I removed the...
So sad to learn this. Praying for Kip and his family tonight.
If the A strings are in tune when played open, and are sharp as soon as they are fretted, the initial problem is with the nut slots. The slots should be cut so that they point downwards toward the...
Beatles as contemporary... Following up on Allen Hopkins' note...
The Big Band era was reasonably close in time to the Beatles era, but the instrumentation was wildly different. Two guitars, a...
Hope I'm not too late to the party. Grab your nut slot files and cut the A string slots just the next bit wider. It "sounds" like the slots were cut for a lighter gauge string than you have on. ...
A few others have suggested starting with a standard sized guitar if your intention is to play in DADGAD. I concur. The shorter neck length can make the lower-tuned strings buzz. I play a few...