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My visit to Carters was more enjoyable than I expected. It's a lot to take in and if I went again I'd take some notes to help me remember it all.

Yes. Then take that to an image editor like Paint.

I used that feature creating manuals when teaching. Export to jpeg and cut and paste edit in Paint - export into powerpoint and create new pdf. Editing pdf's directly thru pro is clunky and limited...

I owned both and they have fine points each. Both are built to fine standards - flawless imo. I had two Pavas and they were a less bright than the Collins but the tone of the Collins was excellent...

I consider my Collins A case (badged and sold by Tom Ellis' shop) to be one of my prized musical possessions and one of the smartest purchases I've made. It's a thing of beauty and a work of art. ...

Elevate your sense of awareness when practicing. Study the form of it until your brain develops a way to hold it. I was having trouble remembering strings of numbers in my head recently and decided...

Nice! Good to know he's still at it. I gave one of my two away and was having giver's remorse thinking he had stopped making them.

Today's world is in text. I have good friends that almost only text and will admit they don't want phone calls. Weird for me but such is life

Was it the small dog covers that had an insulating property to prevent overheating in sun?

Also A (and F) designation is reserved for arch top/back mandolins?

The first time I spent a lot of time playing an F style the points bothered me more than I expected. I assumed it would be handy to have the point help rest the instrument on my leg. I was in...

Sounds like a biz opportunity to sell tens of them yearly. I'd buy one or two

Danny Knicely really IS the man. I saw him with the Krunk band and his mandolin and fiddle playing was beyond words. Thanks for the link!

I agree that sub-woofer is not necessary for most premixing but without a sub-woofer system or large diameter speakers you are left to guessing about the bass levels. I used to final check my early...

You can have something in the middle of the two. I find rounded picks too rounded and regular picks a little too pointed. I use a salon 4-way file to slightly round the tip of a TAD down where if I...

Sounds good with guitar

I have snark and notice that 'green - in tune' status remains while I make slight adjustments (by ear) to match the adjacent string on same course. I can hear the change but the tuner remains in the...

Plenty loud for a uke. Really fun to play. The high low courses on the lo end work similar to 12 string guitar. Works well for playing melody because of the volume and tone across all strings. I...

IMO - starting out at slower deliberate speeds it appears to not matter what pick grip you chose. But..

When your speed picks up you'll hit a wall if your upstroke isn't supported or if your...

An auction on this mandolin is a gamble. You never know. I just sold an item at no reserve auction there that went for 3x my estimate. I've have a "give it away" at auction also.

To me the...

In her Peg Head video lessons, Sharon Gilchrist likes to say "feel like you're playing the top of the strings". It works for me

Winner winner chicken dinner! Checking my slush fund...

a million+ views. Wow!

I'm not sure what 'sing-along group' implies. Are you wanting the jam to be mostly fiddle tunes?

This from Tom Ellis himself, found in the FAQ section on his Ellis Mandolin site. I would imagine it relates to the varnished Pava:

"The varnish I use is very durable and quite resistant to...