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    Re: Cozart Tenor Telecaster

    Here's something somewhat related - I like the fact that this is 22" as I have been looking for alternatives around 21", of which there are none. A few days ago I took a look at the Rickenbacker 325...
  2. Re: How to practice: Play very slow | Tal Wilkenfeld and Lex F

    Tal hit the scene as a noob at the 2004 NAMM. We were launching the first Pigtronix pedal - the Envelope Phaser - which was a big hit with bass players who were attracted like flies, Tal among them....
  3. Re: Can beginners learn on a 4 String Electric Mandolin?

    I have 2 PeeWees that are a lot of fun. I keep one tuned CGDAEB (bulls-eye) and the other (burst) E standard so one is in 5ths and the other in 4ths. I upgraded both with an active EMG-89 (switches...
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    Re: Guitar player wanting to learn mandolin

    It's easy to get lost on a new tuning/fretboard and having some port-in-the-storm can be helpful, which is all the upside-guitar notion provides. It's like training wheels you can abandon when no...
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    Re: New Batwing coming soon

    Back in the day they used to tie one end of the strap around the neck at the headstock IIRC. I never did like that as it puts too much pressure on the neck join.

    Here's a John Paul Jones (Led...
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    Re: Gold Tone GME-4 My take

    Thanks for the review. I've always thought these and the 5-string version are sleepers.
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    Re: Dillion mandolins?

    I've checked them out online a few times but nothing in person. They appear to be what they are and aside from setup and maybe electronics work should be fine if the price is right.
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    Re: Guitar player wanting to learn mandolin

    I started on bass then moved to guitar then mandolin and now multiple flavors of extended-range-tenor. Here's my take:

    - It will take quite a while to get used to the fretboard and you will sound...
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    Re: HB Tenor Guitar

    IIRC they shifted the bridge forward when they went from a 12 to 15 fret neck join. It also changes the voicing that helps remove boominess in some builds.
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    Re: Love for Ovals

    Thanks. I accept your comments that strings and such do make a difference but in comparison to the mando I play daily the F4 was horribly overbuilt and no amount of waking up would have helped it. It...
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    Re: Love for Ovals

    I was in a guitar store a year or so ago and there was a beautiful early Gibson F4 up on the wall I just had to try. While it looked great it was seriously overbuilt and had the tone of a dead rock,...
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    Re: Love for Ovals

    While a "petite D" in gypsy jazz terms my Paris Swing is more oval than not. Super tone that's very different from my f.

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  13. Re: Transform a guitar into tenor guitar by changing the neck

    Yup, it really is that simple. Using a capo gives a great deal of flexibility over string gauges so this is a pretty forgiving way to get your feet wet, so to speak. 100% reversible so at the very...
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    Re: Custom Fender emando case???

    After getting my FM-60E from Guitar Center used my search lead to a Fender HSC also at Guitar Center. For some odd reason they couldn't sell it online, only in-store (it was the only one left in...
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    Re: Songs that fit the mandolin well

    House Of The Rising Sun.
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    Is this the final headstock set up? I've seen numerous variations over the life of this project so it would be nice to know what is actually shipping.

    A mando/octave would be nice to see as an...
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    Re: John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band

    Same here. Some of the old-timers around here had an insider view of Paris Swing as it was happening but nothing said about the JJ connection that I heard. There must be stories.

    As noted above,...
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    Re: John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band

    Here's what the stock Jorgenson looks like:
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    Re: Eastman ERM El Rey

    Sounds good. You might want to consider putting a clean boost pedal between the mandolin and the DI to get some punch when you solo.
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    Re: John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band

    LOL - I have on occasion played gypsy jazz on it but that's not my focus, nor am I any good at it. I really respect the talent that goes into it and find it a great place to find inspiration.
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    Re: John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band

    While the Jorgenson-sig was the top of their mandolin line, Paris Swing had a few models, as well as gypsy-jazz style guitars, including their infamous grande bouche:

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    No idea what they...
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    Re: John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band

    John did a signature mandolin model a number of years back that flew largely under the radar; he doesn't play one in concert, which doesn't help. It was the top-of-the line in the short-lived Paris...
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    Re: John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band

    Yeah, John is a monster player across multiple genres and instruments. In addition to bluegrass he does Gypsy jazz and was the lead guitarist for Elton John's last world tour before covid shut down...
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    Re: Breaking A-Strings in CGDA tuning

    My Les Paul PeeWee (19" scale) is tuned like that [C G D A E B] using a .008 on the high B. The problem with going with too thin a string on an electric is there isn't enough metal to create a strong...
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    Re: Breaking A-Strings in CGDA tuning

    FWIW I recently picked up a Squier Mini Jazzmaster to convert into a tenor. I had originally thought I'd have to change it from a 6 to a 5-string to get FCGDA tuning. Then I thought something like...
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