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I own a 1950 Martin style A mandolin. It sounds very nice with Martin M400 10-34, resonant and sweet. But for my taste the E string (.10) is too flabby. Maybe ok when played with soft pick.
When the...

Here is my my version of the Teardrop Waltz.

Its played on a 1950 Martin Style A Mandolin and a 1980 Martin D35S.

https://soundcloud.com/leo-dilemma/teardrop-waltz

Greetings, Leo

Look at here, this Aria mandolin looks similar

Leo

I like it, great work!

I bought this little mandolin for holliday travelling. In our camper we have always instruments with us. A guitar, an accordion, ukulele, harp and a mandolin. In Germany mandolins were very common in...

Thank you, John,

I startet with the first Duettino. Unsure about the correct tempo interpretation I thought Allegro must be faster than Andante, and so I did. Maybe anybody can clear it up, if I...

3,1.......2

Leo

I cannot agree without reservation. I suppose, Gelsenbury, your hometown in Germany is Gelsenkirchen :). I live only a few kilometers away from you in Dorsten. The Ruhr-District is a melting pot and...

Hello Klaus, nice to meet you here.

Thank you Martin for this threat. Indeed the german folksong tradition is very rich in number and content. In addition to the 'Zupfgeigenhansl' I would like to...

Sorry for the confusion, Ivan, the strings on the mandolin are new ones. When I bought it, it had the same vintage strings as in the package. Yes, it is a very nice instrument - built in 1916 -with a...

Well I've recently bought a Gibson A-0 mandolin. The instrument looks as had been played just for a very short period. The copper strings on the mandolin and the strings in the case had the same...

Yes, the Eastman is made very well and of better wood than many old cheaper Gibsons. It has a fine grained top and I cannot find structural issus. The sound is loud, full and with a quick response...

member Harper posted her arrangement of an old irish tune in this threat.

I am often unsure to decide which mandolin sounds best for some kind of music and so I record the tune and would be...

Thanks a lot for this lovely tune. I recorded it to compare two of my mandolins in this kind of music.

https://soundcloud.com/leo-dilemma/an-paistin-fion-eastman-md-304
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Found this nice video on YT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaVnQDFwVOs

Is anybody able to provide the scores for this little piece, I coud not find them in the web.

Leo

Recently I've bought a nice Gibson F5-G, based on the serial# it was produced 1995 in the Bozman plant, but theres no sign of a supervisor.
Sound is marvellous, full lower midrange for a good chop,...

Here are some pics showing my MD305. I like this budget mandolin and so I decided to spend some hours to give it a silky shine polish. I shouldn't look like a new gloss finish, more as a vintage...

I do not know much about this Mandolin. Its made in the 70s in Japan as a Hommage to Gibson.

It sounds smooth and woody and with the right pick its suitable from italian to celtic folk music to...

... and especially to Martin.

For me as a newbie on mandolin the greatest challenge is to find melodies to play. They have to be not to hard to play but they should sound as real music, and I must...

Wonderful tune and I lovely played. Do you have a link to the scores?

Leo

just found this threat and I am so happy.

Thank you, Sheri and all others.

Here is a jpeg with my old Scandalli with the lovely dark Scandalli sound. As you may see, its complete close when the...

Not flatwound, Betram, Savarez Argentine 1540 (mandolin) and 1560 (mandola). Both set are very smooth to play.

wow, its done!

So much people here make fine videos with perfect sound. And me? don't know how.

Yesterday I started after downloading Audition 3.0 to multitrack the Minuet from
the...

wow, what a nice presentation.

Leo

all above was good input for me. I guess there is a light behind the fog.

With string tension calculator I found out:

GHS PFS-280 -12/24/34/48 in CGDA, scale 16.5" - 88,52 kg
Fisoma...