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Exactly. The little jack is barely any bigger than the wire itself.

Hey, Tobin!

No need to cut off the wire! I had one of the exact same type of bridges, where the piezo element is sandwiched between the two parts of the saddle. Coincidentally, I just put a new...

Ahhh, perhaps I know what happened then. If you slow down songs in certain programs, it changes the pitch accordingly! That might be what happened?

Hey, Scott,

You can change my name to Jonas Bombeke if it isn't a hassle.
Thanks!

An easy way to share MP3s is to create a soundcloud account. It's completely free, and I find it really handy. I don't use Skype all that often
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At a first glance (I haven't...

Oh! Quite beautiful indeed! I wish I head a voice like that!

Cheers!
Jonas

I switch between the Dunlop nylon 0.60mm and 0.73mm plectrums, it depends.
I can't use much heavier picks on my mandolin though, and the bass seems to overpower the treble when I do (when playing...

Hi!

I have no idea about the fingerpicking, so I won't comment too much about that, but about the song you tried to figure out:
I remember when I first started playing music about two years ago,...

I'm aware it's been a while since you posted this comment, but I can't help myself when I read Flogging Molly :D
While your statement is definitely true for their first few albums especially, I...

Oh man, this is awesome! I wish I could find a band like this over here to gig with my mandolin and tenor banjo!

Very true, Bauzl!
Though, unfortunately, I'm stuck with recording at home, which is located near a semi-busy road, which leaves me with a lot unwanted background noise, especially when the window's...

My mandolin doesn't have an armrest (and I don't necessarily need one either, I feel), but I do lightly anchor the heel of my hand on the bridge when I play melody (perhaps a side affect of me...

Alright, this is all very interesting indeed!
I'll experiment a bit and let you know the results when I received my bridge.

A lot of people have already suggested good duet instruments for the mandolin, and since I have limited knowledge of that, I won't divulge into that any further.

However, as a lefty, I can say...

Thank you very much for the quick response! I'm glad to hear that, and certainly, this information will prove very useful to me in the future.

Cheers!
Jonas

Hi everyone!

About two years ago, I bought my very first mandolin, a semi-acoustic one (one with an undersaddle piezo pickup). The pickup never really worked though (and the bridge was extremely...

Yes, the partial inversions indeed, the ones where she goes from 0023 to 0035, 0057 and 0078.
Thank you very much!

Hello, everyone!

I've been playing the mandolin for about two years now, and while I've been playing around with these "chord variations", for a lack of a better term, I have no clue what they are...

A late happy birthday!
It's indeed fun, I haven't regretted my purchases yet.
It is, isn't it!

And that's exactly why I ask people to give critique where they feel it's needed!
I am aware of my hand position, I've been playing the Irish tenor banjo from before I started playing the mandolin,...

Thank you very much!
Well, we both recorded our parts seperately, and then I threw them together in a program called "Adobe Premiere Elements".
The little Link is done with a .gif file.

Thank you guys very much.
I havent had the chance yet to test out the pickup, so if it turns out it doesn't make full contact, I think I'll put one plastic strip back, as I haven't had much...

Okay, here comes the worrying I might have done something wrong. Those plastic strips arent supposed to be there, are they?

Hey everyone, here's a little update.
I brought my mandolin to the local repair shop, and they told me the following: "We do not know where it originates, thus we cannot fix it". I was once again...

Sorry for the double post, but I have an update.
I am stupid, that is! :p
I read that I'm supposed to plug it into the line in port, and that works way better now.

Do you still think I should...