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    Re: Collings Case Humidifier?

    I love using the Humidipak’s. For a guitar they go in the sound hole but for mandolins the go under/over the strings above the bridge.
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    Re: The Traveling Pick Sampler - Anyone Interested?

    Sampler 1 should be back with Chris now. Cheers!
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    Re: The Traveling Pick Sampler - Anyone Interested?

    Sorry I have hogged this sampler for so long. I am ready to send it on this week and will need John Garcia's address. Thanks.
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    Re: The Traveling Pick Sampler - Anyone Interested?

    I have received Sampler 1. Thanks so much. I am going to have a blast pickin through these. Sadly it seems the Timborana Pseudopiptadena spp is broken.
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    Re: The Traveling Pick Sampler - Anyone Interested?

    Hi. Can I please be added to the list for Sampler 1? Thanks so much.
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    Re: Bluegrass Pick in St. Charles, IL

    This hasn’t started yet however there are two different jams that occur every Saturday morning. One is in Naperville and the other in Oak Park. Both are year round with and indoor place to pick....
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    Thanks! What’s the best way to work on dexterity? Getting to the notes and back to the chop while keeping a good rhythm...
  8. Practice between chords chops and fills help

    Curious if anyone has any suggestions on how to practice chord chops > fills > chord chops. How do you find the right notes to play?
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    Re: taking a break at the jam

    What a great thread! I found a class out here in the Chicagoland area that is Pete Wernick’s method and it helped me a lot. I still struggle to find the melody and on the fly I crash and burn quite...
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    Bluegrass Pick in St. Charles, IL

    Hello all. I am working on getting a regular pick setup for beginner/intermediate pickers. It would be at Old Towne Pub in Wasco (West side of St. Charles). If interested please message me for more...
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    Pickup on Kentucky KM-1500

    Hello Friends,

    I was wondering if any of you installed pickups on your Kentucky KM 1500 or KM 1000 and what your experience has been. I have heard positive things and horror stories about...
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    Re: Achievable fantasies

    Ok here's mine (totally pipe dream though)

    Play Jeff Austin's Nugget
    Play Drew Emmitt's Nugget
    Buy a Nugget

    :-)

    Cheers!
    Dave
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    Re: Loar Vs. Kentucky

    Well it's been a few months and I have thoroughly been enjoying this fine axe. I am having a minor issue, it appears the truss rod may need adjusting. My G string intonation stopped at the 9th fret...
  14. Thread: A Riddle!

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    Re: A Riddle!

    Is it a major scale?
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    "K" Position Chords

    I met someone down in Mexico at a festival that was showing me some chords he called K position chords. I really liked the voicing and the pattern wasn't to difficult but I can't remember the...
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    Re: The first song you learned

    First tune was Ripple. I really should start learning more songs. I mostly just strum out chords and see what sounds good together. I need people to play with.
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    Re: Anything happening in Chicago?

    Aurora, Naperville, Oswego... Sounds like we can do some pickin!
  18. Re: My wife made a mando Christmas stocking for me!

    Badass!!!
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    Re: Whatdidya' get?

    Nice Christmas here! I got a KM-1500 for my birthday so my lovely wife got me Mandolin for Dummies, an Oasis Case Humidifier, David Grisman Teaches Mandolin book, The Pizza Tapes (Extra Large...
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    Re: Help needed maning up my pinky finger

    And I just noticed a thread with a free lesson from Mike and guess what??!??! It's the Finger Buster one. :mandosmiley:
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    Re: Help needed maning up my pinky finger

    Mike Marshall's Finger Buster excersizes! Good luck! It's taken me a long time to get the four finger G.
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    Re: Setup in Chicago?

    Call Hix Brothers in Aurora. I'm sure there is a luthier closer however the guy at Hix did a great setup on my first mandolin. (NFI -just happy with the setup) I only wish they had a larger selection...
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    Strings & Sol

    Any Cafe-ers going to Strings & Sol? Should be a crazy time! :mandosmiley::mandosmiley:
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    Re: Anything happening in Chicago?

    Awesome ill PM you. Fair warning I'm a beginner still.
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    Re: Anything happening in Chicago?

    I'm way out in the west burbs. Oswego, near Naperville. I would love to get a pickin session going.
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