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    Re: Octave mando 4 or 5 courses?

    Sounds very nice.

    Does anyone know anyone who makes these acoustic, or acoustic electric, with 10 strings? That tuning would get me to stop waffling on mandola v octave. Very leaning toward...
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    Re: Saving for an octave

    Thanks - lots of good ideas here.

    And Marcus... "Sarah Jarosz was playing... run way more than any other instrument" It's celebrity haircut syndrome like crazy - I'm in heaven listening to her...
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    Re: Saving for an octave

    A follow up question is this... I have never played an electric instrument but I like the sound of electric 8-string hollow body octave mandolins (and to a lesser extent mandolas).

    Right in line...
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    Re: Saving for an octave

    I have a similar scale, intro-quality, tenor guitar that I enjoy.
    When I look for bargains I find things like this - and to be honest - I don't even know if this is wrong - but I was a physics...
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    Saving for an octave

    I went back to community college for music. I am part time because I have a full time unrelated career, and multiple kids in multiple life stages. So I'm YEARS from graduating.

    I started...
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    custom case quest

    I don't think this exists - and if it does, I probably couldn't justify the cost. And 3rd strike, I probably asked this before. But every couple of years I get the idea in my head and ask around...
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    Sarah Jarosz/Punch Brothers Lincoln Center

    I'm so excited - I wanted to see her last fall out here and for some reason was too shy to go to a show alone.

    Over the summer, upon hearing it was Taj Mahal's 80th birthday, I thought "I better...
  8. Thread: Orchestra

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    Re: Orchestra

    So the mandola comment stirred my curiousity and I went on Reverb and was able to resist - but... what kind of listing is this? This is the only picture and it's clearly 3 different instruments - it...
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    Re: Orchestra

    ^while I don't object, I am currently unable to obtain a mandola.

    I did recently pick up a smallish tenor guitar and I see they have at least one member holding a tenor in their group pic. I'm...
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    Re: Orchestra

    Thanks everyone! That was a good idea - the point of contact sent me a couple pdfs of things they'll play in their coming concert. Two I could sight read and the 3rd is totally doable with a moderate...
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    Orchestra

    Anyone play in a Mandolin and/or Guitar Orchestra?

    I asked a question about one and was encouraged to give them a try. I'm a little unsure I can keep up but the point of contact was very...
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    Re: Happy Birthday to me - 6 days early

    I'm addicted to it and played it until my fingers turned black. :)
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    Re: Happy Birthday to me - 6 days early

    It came with a nice little set of instructions regarding the adjustable truss rod.

    196114

    By the way - I'm 4th author in a 25 year old paper in the Astrophysical Journal. The truss rod...
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    Re: Happy Birthday to me - 6 days early

    Thank you :)

    Idk why my husband and I feel compelled to feel guilty when we buy things. We're comfortable and we don't buy nonsense just stuff we genuinely love and neither of us is cheap. In...
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    Happy Birthday to me - 6 days early

    It's the busiest week of my year and the surge protector decided *not* to protect my laptop. After I recovered professionally - I needed to recover psychologically, so I ordered a basic low end...
  16. Thread: Sarah Jarosz

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    Re: Sarah Jarosz

    I've only ever gone to be entertained by myself once, but it was great. I went to see Il Postino by myself and it was the best because no one talked or ate my popcorn. So you've talked me into it -...
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    Sarah Jarosz

    I have not had to hide any boxes from Amazon, Reverb etc., since the ukulele incident 2 full months ago. Therefore when my birthday comes next month, my husband should take me all the way out to the...
  18. Thread: ukulele fever

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    Re: ukulele fever

    I asked to sort of go through the motions of research so that I could tell myself I didn't do it impulsively - but then the price dropped *slightly* and... well some of you have been in the dog house...
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    Re: ukulele fever

    I became infatuated with a couple of banjo players on YouTube and one day I woke up with a banjo. The thing is I'm classically trained and have a lot of "I need the dots" baggage, and it's not tuned...
  20. Re: which is better mass produced mando...Loar or Eastman

    I can't answer the question because I have no experience with a Loar and have only ever had 2 mandolins, but I love my Eastman. I got a good deal from a classified here from the Mandolin Store.
  21. Re: Should I put a Mandolin Cafe Sticker on my Vintage Lifton Cas

    I'm in camp "it's yours - do what you want".

    That said, as a kid tried expressing myself via my case and regretted it. There was a flimsy leather-ish skin on the whole thing that had started to...
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    Stupid string question

    I know new strings stretch and sometimes it takes a day or two to stay in tune, but is it common for strings to... idk how to say it but like stretch into their tone?

    I put these new strings on...
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    Re: String comparison forthcoming...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Hk34p2OBA

    Definitely one at a time. I also love this video - I watch to warm up every time I start a string change. Another thing I do, that a lot of people...
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    Re: String comparison forthcoming...

    The set I tried is much better the second day. I'm not in love with them, they're too heavy (it's hard to tune them - very tight), but last night I hated them so much I was going to change them...
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    Re: String comparison forthcoming...

    I wasn't being cryptic on purpose, I just have imposter syndrome and try not to overshare. It is indeed a 404.

    I tried heavy strings because there's an intermittent buzz on the G and read that...
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