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I had one custom made from ToneGard and couldn't be happier.

All I had to do was send him a tracing of the mid-mo body, and about two weeks later I had the ToneGard.

Willard:

I think you are right about "jam freeze". I went to a slow jam last Thursday and just relaxed, and everything was fine.

Turns out, the slow jam wasn't so slow after all. There were...

Thanks to all for your thoughts and comments, they have been most helpful in putting some perspective back into my playing. I think I was letting one bad jam experience influence my thinking.

I...

This is a portion of a message from another thread in this forum. I posted this as a new topic in order not to derail the other thread.

***If the people you are playing with like to play at speeds...

Jeez, I hate it when I gush like that...but the guy truly is amazing.[/QUOTE]
I've got to agree. Once in a great while, I will hit one note, that sounds as good as his. Just one note, mind you, but...

I have a Breedlove Cascade, strung with Newtone strings, and use a Wegen 2.0 pick. The other night at our bluegrass session the owner of a Flatiron and myself switched mandos for a few songs, and I...

Great work. Thanks.

Now, could you create a widget to make be play better http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif .

Close to me as well (Allentown). What say we pay this fellow a visit?

Congratulations. I love being a grandfather. You get to love 'em and hug 'em, then when they start to get cranky, hand them back to mom and dad.

Are there any sites like The Session for bluegrass music?

Thanks.

1. About a year and a half.

2. 59

3. Self taught

4. No, but I play piano. Took guitar lessons for two years, but gave up. Too many strings!

5. Fun

I have the same book, and using it gave me confidence to go to my first jam. This was the first book where the tempo was playable (at least for me).

Excellent resource.

What kind of music does your worship team do? Contemporay, country, blues, etc.

I've been wanting to approach our music director, but our music is on the border of black gospel/contemporary, and...

I asked basically the same question here, and got some wonderful responses.

After I digested the information, I bought a Breedlove Cascade, simply because it sounded great. I also own a MidMo M3,...

Been playing one years as of today. Played piano since I was a child, notation not a problem. I'm getting good enough to know how bad I am, if that makes sense.

Practice one hour a day, play two...

Glad to see this thread. I've been holding off on posting about my visit to Mandolin Brothers in regards to the Eastman's they had.

I visited on 6/25, my birthday, at the suggestion of my wife...

Thanks to all. I have saved all the information and will practice them.

Dan: I have adopted your technique of single note triplets (if that's what they are) in some reels and hornpipes. While I'm...

I'm getting pretty good at grace notes, triplets, but rolls are giving me a hard time.

First, I'm not sure how to play them, and secondly, I'm not sure if this type of ornamentation is done on the...

I contacted the maker of the Tone-Gard and enquired if he had one for my Mid-Mo M3. Well, he didn't, but I sent him a tracing of the Mid-Mo, and in less then a week, the tone-gard is in place and...

Thanks to all for the great suggestions. I went to Borders with a printed list of all your suggestions. The only CD I could find was,"Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza". It's a 2 CD set, and has the...

New to bluegrass. Went to my first slow jam, and must admit to being hooked.

I don't know a thing about bluegrass artists, with the exception of Bill Monoroe, and him by name only.

I'm...

Mark:

If you would, please check the Eastmans there. There were several (815s, I think) when I visited in June, and to be honest, they sounded terrible (please no flames). Perhaps the strings were...

59 going on 23.

1. Mid-Mo M3
2. Breedlove Cascade

I play the Breedlove 80% of the time. It's new (1 month old), and I'm waiting for it to open up.

At the moment though, I'd have to say I like the sound of the...

The admission is not for the players, but for the audience. I found that out when I got there.