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Looking for active group...FFcP concerns etc...only post I could find was dated 2013.

Thanks guys....Mandobart's suggestion to tilt it from the side worked fine ....thanks for all the many useful tips Wm.

church setting ...organ and singing mikes on separate system...large Peavey amp provided for Rigel Mandolin...
When I plug in and play behind it,I can't hear or judge the volume.
When I put...

Can we see the result... DC?...2 small picks or 12?

Thanks for all the helpful suggestions and thoughtful insights ..what a great site and what fine folk... 4/4 it is....Wm.

I know ..wrong forum ....however I've noticed many of you speak fiddle and thought I might get an opinion or two.
I have an old strad German replica 3/4 inch violin that has been laying around...

Thanks John
Looks like a useful little app...Wm.

Oh where?...Oh where?.. has my BC pick flown
It 's the only one that I own,

Oh where?...Oh where?.. has my BC pick flown
It flew the coop on it's own.
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Ditto..Dotty.. ...I'd have to play a tune fifty times to memorize it ..then I'd forget it in a week...Easily bored..I often jump to second endings when playing for my own amusement.....good thing...

Oh Boy ...memory lane...your right about that album Mick...even "Silvia's Mother" which was written as a send up...could evoke strong emotions ..it was done with such passion and raw desperation.
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Thanks Phil..Seems no one else picked up on the "Happy Share" spirit of my post. Wm.

Were you advised to make this "modification" at summer school?

I've never been a fan of the "pick beneath the strings" method of storage...figuring strings being stretched a little out of shape, lets say, 20 out of 24 hours a day in the case, would have a...

Thanks Andew...that sounds right... temp in my room is 72 (F) usually the humidity hovers between 40 and 50 ..it's now at 58...Wm.

My "Rigel" stays happily in tune for ages ..and when it does go out of tune it invariably goes sharp...is this common? I would have thought the strings would stretch over time and go flat ...this...

Here's the thing Bill..
You fact that you already play so well and sing so nicely.. the slow and plodding pace of learning to read standard notation will seem so regressive...pointless even.
It...

Just had a set up done ...sunburst, the problem seems to be on my end of the axe...also have noticed something I hadn't realized before...I often don't play both strings, just hitting one going down...

Thanks for the tips guys. In trying to find the minimum amount of pressure to exert in order get a clear, clean tone ..my right hand, in sympathy, I guess, picks very softly ...so,the plus side is, I...

Maybe I'll invent a kinda training wheels for mando ...clips onto the neck somehow, and has an adjustable piece of light as air material that is suspended over the fretboard..perhaps, in the right...

Looking through tons of posts (well, lots anyway) for advice re: sore fingers,I saw several posts suggesting using a mirror to check hand positions in order to gain speed or control "flying...

I'll miss your posts and nifty avatar....Happy trails! Wm.

Hmmmm....11 responses out of 336 .....I would have expected more of us to have some measure of this phenomenon.
Perhaps it's so common folks don't bother to post...but i would really like to...

Yup...count me in ...love 'em ....Had a set -up & re-string job done last May...played 3 to 4 hrs. daily since then ...yesterday I had some work done to resolve neck issues and suggested they...

Don't know what level you play at ,Don but my experience with the mandobird was short and grim..I had an old,almost unplayable bowl mandolin of my uncle's that I was trying to learn basics on...got...

Have many of you found yourself noodling along while seemingly immersed in another activity?
For example, I often log onto this site to take a break from my practice routine or whatever I'm...