This is my latest acquisition, an early Christmas gift. This fantastic instrument was made by Paul Shippey in Somerset (UK). Paul is a brilliant luthier and an awesome guy to work with.
I am a...
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This is my latest acquisition, an early Christmas gift. This fantastic instrument was made by Paul Shippey in Somerset (UK). Paul is a brilliant luthier and an awesome guy to work with.
I am a...
Hi folks,
A couple of years ago, I was fortunate to meet John Maddock, a luthier living in Tavistock, Devon, UK. John did some setup and repair work on a number of my instruments and always did a...
Different people will have different preferences. Many players use one pick on all tunes and all instruments, while others change picks depending on the instruments they are playing or whether they...
Hello everyone,
A few years ago, I found albums by a band called Hickory Strings. The mandolin player was Geoff Brown. I remember they had a website and few YouTube videos.
A few weeks ago, I...
Thanks for the clarification. I am not sure if he cleaned the nut slots or not as he had my mandolin more than a year ago and I don't remember for sure. I'll have to ask him again.
Note to J.R....
I meant to say neck relief instead of neck angle. Thanks for spotting that error. Any idea why it worked in my case? All the luthier did to my mandolin was adjusting the neck relief and bridge height...
I use the FuzzFace mini with the germanium transistor. I love the open and smooth sound it has. I also use the Ibanez Tube Screamer mini before a Phase 90. I gigged and recorded with both pedals and...
I use the "locking in" method and it's been working fine with me. However, I did go through a phase when the E strings were breaking a lot. There was nothing wrong with the peg holes. It took me some...
I recently bought a pack of Fender 346 extra heavy picks and was amazed how good these picks are. I get a warm and rich sound with nice articulation when playing with these picks. I am not a fan of...
I moved to Plymouth about a year ago. Would love to meet local mandolin players.
Cheers
Hi folks,
I like the tone I can produce with casein picks (rich, clear and focused). However, every casein pick I tried except for those made by one company get deformed a few minutes (or...
This is my favourite topic!
I have used a variety of effects on an acoustic mandolin and have enjoyed the sounds I get very much. My effects include envelope filters, flangers, phasers, fuzz,...
I own both the Fishman Loudbox Mini and the Orange Crush 20 watt amps. Both are great amps if you are looking a a quality reliable amp without spending too much money. I used both in a jazz combo...
Because we need another pick discussion.
I've used the Jazztone 208 picks for a while before trying many, many other picks (BlueChip, Wegen, Hawk, Gravity, Primetones, FLOW, Clayton, Fender,...
Do you mean acoustic or electric mandolins? If you are looking for a pedal to use with an acoustic mandolin, I would recommend a pedal that does not have too high of a gain. I have used an EHX...
Having tried fancy picks (Wegen, BlueChip, Hawk, Primetones...) I find myself lately favouring picks with no bevels. In the past, I used Dunlop Jazztone 208 for a while and I am enjoying these picks...
Humidity was up in the 90's these past few days, but it does fluctuate quite a bit, which does not help the instruments. Also, most homes around here don't have air conditioning. Will see what the...
Thank you everyone for the comments and suggestions. I live in the UK (southwest) and was lucky to find someone with experience in repairing mandolins. I will see him in a couple of days.
Humidity...
Hello folks,
I am wondering if some would know what's going on with my mandolin and have an idea on how to make things better.
Around four months ago, I moved to a new country and brought my...
I've used octave pedals in several gigs and they work really well with mandolins. I usually only use the octave down features as I think the octave up is a bit too much for the mandolin. I've used...
If you're only looking to use effects like reverb, chorus and delay, then you would probably be fine with a good preamp and a good acoustic amp with no need for a compressor. You could also benefit...
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Hello Tron60,
I've been using effects on an acoustic mandolin for quite some time, at home, for recordings, and during live gigs. See the attached picture of my most current pedal board....
Hello cafe members,
I am trying to find some information on instruments made by Steve Agnew. I could find very little information or reviews online, except occasional statements that he is very...
I tried an experiment with a few friends of mine, some of which are professional musicians, none of which particularly listen to bluegrass or are knowledgeable in mandolins. I played my mandolin...
Dear Cafe Members,
First of all, I hope you are all staying safe in these times. It's great to have mandolins to keep us sane (or insane, in case of MAS :) ).
I have two questions:
1- Any...