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Terrific UK band, The Magpies (they've now dropped the Bella, Polly and...prefix) from Yorkshire.
The Mando player is Polly Bolton, from York.
https://youtu.be/j4kPOdmsfDs
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Yes, that's correct. Ced made Leanne's mandolin.

I love Snarks too. I have several for my various instruments.

You don't need 12 guitars. Sell a couple and get yourself a nice $2000 mando that will do justice to your obvious mando talents. Why hold yourself back? ;-)
As a player of various instruments my...

It's swings and roundabouts I think. There are definite crossovers. I've played guitar for decades but never got into flatpicking tunes until I started seriously playing mandolin; the strict right...

Tobin, I agree with you there. I think Simon's idea is that whenever your instrument (mando, fiddle, whatever) comes to the fore on the track you should stop shredding and start being the backing, in...

Simon has just added a slow jam section for those of us who are more velocitudinally challenged.

Hi all. I am a member of the British Sore Fingers music camp community. Another member of that community, Simon Mitchinson, asked me to share his website with you, which I am very happy to do:
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No comments on the rest stroke question?

Hi all. I'm a newbie on this site.

I was recently looking at a Brian Sutton guitar flatpicking lesson where he recommends use of the Rest Stroke - ie following through until your pick comes to...