Tomo Fujita has ton's of good advice on his YT channel. Focuses on guitar, much is useful for mandolin as well.
https://youtube.com/@TomoFujitaMusic
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Tomo Fujita has ton's of good advice on his YT channel. Focuses on guitar, much is useful for mandolin as well.
https://youtube.com/@TomoFujitaMusic
Last week we had a Nyckelharpa at the BBC (Beaver Brewing Company)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyckelharpa
Before breakfast for me it is Whiskey ;-)
My 2 cents:
A tube amp will compress the sound. This is great for electric guitars. But any compression will increase feedback when used with a microphone.
Wein is German for wine. But we like it very much here in Wien/Vienna, too. ;-)
To me neither. Looks like plastic to me.
I had to finish a gig with only 7 strings due to a nut failure early this year. Luckily our instruments provide a sufficient level of redundancy ;-)
So...
I used to use one clip on mic on mandolin and banjo.
Best result on my banjo was, when I pointed the mic exactly at the rim. So it partly picked up the head and partly the resonator. The downside...
I found this helpful:
https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/mixing-essentials
Happy Birthday! We still need more Dawg music.
Likely this was coincidence.
My guess would be a loose/poor contact somewhere in the electric path from the pickups to the amp...
+1
We use this at band rehearsal. Then we share the recordings for practising at home.
I would not use that for producing a CD, though ;-)
Thank you Mandolin Cafe.
I also wish: Peace for everybody!
XMAS = extra MAS ?
Regarding 1: Same story here. So I restrung my Airline as octave mandolin. One octave below normal mandolin is in the same range like the guitar. And yes, mine is surf green ;-) Gauges which work for...
Thanks for this interesting thread!
To me these are different still similar instruments:
Electric mandolins, electric mandolas etc, F-style acoustics, Neapolitan mandolins,... - we need an excuse...
Try to go from 120 to 121 rather than to 140. Getting faster is s slow process ;-)
By the way as for others, 120 is damn (too) fast for me. There is only one tune that I can play at 120 and this...
To shed some light on some sound tech myths:
Impendance matching:
Means that the sink of a signal (e.g. preamp input) has the same impedance as the source (e.g. the PU).
With matched impedance...
Absolutely preferred setup:
Mandolin - several feet of air - the audience
medium preferred setup:
Mandolin - small diaphragm condensor mic on stand - mixing desk - pa - several meters of air -...
Changed my strings yesterday and was impressed again by the improvement of the sound. As always.
I try to change every 4 weeks but actualky do it less often.
Only with flat wounds (on other...
Not the worst song I heard. But it is missing mandolins real bad! :grin:
I belong to the category 'lazy frequent string changer'. That is, I very much like the sound of fresh strings but do not always change them as often as I should.
On the other side sometimes after...
If the issue persists with new strings, you could check whether the strings in each pair is exactly at the same height at the bridge and nut. I have a slight issue at the lowest course with my...
Avoid the C#
when programming in Python
not so when playing your mandolin
Muy bien!
This is for sure true. And whatever I got used to is what I like the best.
That said, I have to add that I have several instruments with a radius (mandolin, electric bass) and several with a flat...