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Try giving Matt Flinner's program a chance. You won't regret it. With each lesson, he gives a healthy dose of exercises aimed at developing skills; right hand picking, finding chord tones, double...

My mandolin journey began from scratch eight years ago with a bluegrass mandolin "Jam Tunes" book by Rick Williams. When I realized music is best experienced as a "team sport" I devoured Pete...

I lost my go to CT55 in the house once. Drove me crazy for several weeks looking. I'm pretty compulsive about storing the pick under the strings....which I still think is the best habit you can...

What about when band members whoop or holler during the performance. That happens too. Adds a lot of energy. I like it from the audience or the band if done tastefully. Clapping, not so much.

Innvocative thread ! Honestly, to have a real conversation about "underrated" mandolin players I think you need a whole classification system....like three or four, or maybe even five categories....

I purchased Steve Hinde's MF #7 build here on the Cafe classifieds a couple of years ago.
It has been my daily driver since. I've lugged it all over the country and halfway around the world. ...

Not any song, but for those songs and tunes that contain only the I, IV and V chords in a major key...which is a lot of songs, they can be played using these three shapes.

Scott-

While you are at it...change mine to Rick Duvernay.

Thanks for all you do. -Rick

I have one. My F style with tone guard fits fine. I get compliments on the case at jams. It's unusual and stylish. It's also a heavy tank. For festivals and traveling I use my Gator case.

WARNING ! Taking up the mandolin is an addiction and an obsession. I too started at age 50 from a zero place musically and six years later I am looking forward to graduating from jamming to being...

Greensky Bluegrass has been my Pandora station for years. I love them and have grown to love the artists that Pandora associates with them (however they do that) ...Stealdrivers, Sam Bush, Yonder,...

I also started out memorizing about 20 standard fiddle tunes, but likewise feeling frustrated that I could not improvise a break. For me, a big breakthrough came about by working on closed position...

Oscar- Proof that an F-style cat (fat) does not fit in an A-style case.130382

Well... this doesn't meet your criteria for being "free" but.....purchase a simple recorder like a zoom H1 for 99.00 and create an mp3of your backup. She can then download the mp3 backing track to...

Hello Folks-

I am very devoted to the Cafe for the past five years since taking up playing the mandolin, but I rarely post. Last month I was moved by the story posted in the forum about the...

I own three mandolins and over the course of time and through trial and error I have settled on a different pick for each instrument to bring out the best sound to my ears. I find that picks make a...

I have to add my accolades for Matt as a teacher. I've just finished up my second course with him, BG 102. Like anything else in life, you get out of it what you put into it. He gives you an...

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Skipdog - Yes, I purchased Jade #33 from Nic last January. It seemed to take forever (like three weeks from shipping) to arrive from Austrailia. I play and appreciate it more every day. I...

I own a Jade, purchased last year on the Cafe classifieds. I always wondered what happened to the builder, Bob McRee. I came across this today when I googled his name. Thought others might want to...