I just got one of these from The Mandolin Store. I read Martin's review and it gave me pause, but Alex's review and playing on Douce Ambiance renewed my confidence. I don't notice the E being...
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I just got one of these from The Mandolin Store. I read Martin's review and it gave me pause, but Alex's review and playing on Douce Ambiance renewed my confidence. I don't notice the E being...
I should clarify, the voicings of the chords in the transition parts don't satisfy me (yet). The two-chord solo sections are not a problem.
And a word about my idiosyncratic charting notations.
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Here you are. I managed to learn the melody by ear, but struggled with many of the chords. Looked everywhere on the 'net for them. Finally paid a professional transcriber to figure it out. This chart...
"Tears" was one of the tunes Jethro taught me during my lessons with him back in 1978-79.
So does that mean my Gibson trap-door banjo-mandolin is from the Lloyd Loar era? Wow.
Well I'll never be duped into buying a fake Loar. I can't afford one in the first place!
Thanks for those referrals. I've tried the Baggs and found it transmits too much pick noise. The JJB looks interesting. I might try it.
Hmm. Well I may just have to try it, then, and report my findings here.
Thanks, but that's not really helpful. I'm trying to find someone who has actually used this particular pickup and who has an opinion about how it sounds.
Does anyone have any experience with the Realist pickup by David Gage and Ned Steinberger? Wondering how it sounds. I find rave reviews of the version for bass, the original pickup they designed, but...
That's my old K2 mandocello. I sold it to David Harvey. Good to see it getting played again. It languished in my closet for many years after my Irish music days back in the 80s.
I realize this is an old thread. I'm interested in using tortoise binding, too, but it seems to be a pretty nasty material ( http://www.axinc.net/Articles.asp?ID=242 ). Doesn't anyone make a plastic...
I have a 2M that I bought new in 1981. I had a radiused fretboard put on it. Still plays and sounds great.
Looks like it may have been strung as a six-string at some point, perhaps guitar tuning.