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@fox That guitar has been sitting around gathering dust since I landed the 2nd hand Eastwood Astrojet, & this guitar is a better quality guitar than the Eastwood. My band saw broke its blade a couple...

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35mm nut, 22" scale & Clifford Essex nickelwound .11, .016w, .026w, .036w.

Here's a peek at my three jumbos. Jumbo Mandolin 17" scale, jumbo Tenor Guitar 23" to 24" scale GDAE & jumbo (Tenor) Fiddle 400mm stop length. 190776

I just put a set (kr116) onto my €3:50 nylon 23” GDAE. I had a set of daddario folk nylons on it. With the kr116’s the sound is different alright! I used the G .025 for my A but it is too loud for...

I’m spending most of my time playing a 3/4 (23”) classical guitar that I bought for €3:50 while I wait for the carbon fiber to arrive. I have some of those carbon strings but haven’t tried the yet. I...

A new head is the way to go, to get the best sound out of it it needs to be really really tight. Some people tune the head up to the pitch of A, some say you should have it one quarter of a turn from...

In Ireland I see lots of players that use that flexible thumb picking style particularly banjo players & nearly all of them are great players! I think it comes from starting off picking tunes rather...

Being an Australian this island seems tiny, Some advice to both you guys,'Don't take up Hot Air Ballooning!' :whistling:

Rather than start a new thread when this is totally related; I just spoke to my luthier, Alistair at Emerald Guitars in Donegal & put the specs together for a GDAE Carbon Fibre Tenor. It'll be a...

And such a relaxed hold on the plck. Such relaxed everything!!!

For the Mouthorgan competition they want a "tremolo" Mouthorgan. The brand of choice for all the top players is Tombo. They allow 2 Mouthorgans for the comp, most players use a D & a G Mouthorgan....

Fleadh time again 2019. In 2017 I had timing/tempo issues, hence this thread. Thanks to everybody for their great advice, it was big help! Last year it was mostly positive comments from the judges in...

I'll get someone to help me do that next week (I have an All-Ireland final to contest at the Fleadh this weekend).

This is an idea I put up on a previous post. The idea is to split the neck so the 23" tenor GDAE strings can easily be strummed separately. The 25 1/2" bottom FC bass strings are easily...

No worries Jill I pm'd you yesterday with my contacts. I definitely won't be competing in mandolin, just looked up the timetable & I'm down for 7 categories at the same time with one being in a...

If you're passing through Mullingar you most welcome to use my 16" scale mandolin. I'm through to the Leinster fleadh on Mandolin but I don't think I'll compete in it as I'm through in 10 categories...

Nice! & I enjoyed hearing it on the banjo. What's the greater challenge knowing the tunes or knowing the names of the tunes?

For a cellist that explores the instrument like a mandocello it is worth checking out a fella called Rushad Eggleston

Correct & right about chords on the cello, I play mainly 23" or 24" Tenor guitars & 23" Tenor banjo. For chords I go for the guitar, for Irish trad tunes go for banjo with a flat pick or half size...

I like the bouzouki & I like that they are across the pond!

@bruce.b I can manage the 24” scale fine for tunes & chords (although chording some swing songs are tough) of course on a 23” it’s better/easier. The low G string on 24” sounds better to my ears...

I was about to start on the mandolin, now I think I'll take up the viola instead:))

Thanks folks for all your help! The Westmeath county Fleadh was held today in Mullingar. A healthy turnout. I managed to limp into the next round (Leinster Fleadh) on July 14th. My timing is much...

@JL227z. If your B string has too much tension 008's, or 0.200mm are available. I kept breaking the E on my 16" GDAE uke so I found the 008's (D Addario) work well. I notice that there are 007's out...

My tipp is to stay away from a wooden flute if you are in California. I have a 200yr old Camp flute that got destroyed by the climate in Melbourne Australia despite all the oiling in the world. Now I...