This rings true to me.
If I ever was truly flush with cash I would buy a mandolin from a maker whose instruments regularly resell in the $4500-5500 range. If that day never comes I know that there...
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This rings true to me.
If I ever was truly flush with cash I would buy a mandolin from a maker whose instruments regularly resell in the $4500-5500 range. If that day never comes I know that there...
Agreed! An 8-hour drive for some mando-tasting sounds much more within the realms of reason than a 30-hour drive :grin:
Though I do regret that I'm unlikely to receive any more packages from...
A suggestion from slightly-outside-the-box:
Picking up the mandolin forced me to come to terms with how weak my hands were. I work in information technology and the majority of my time is spent...
Unfortunately for us there isn't a well regulated list of terms for describing instruments. Most manufacturers use the phrase 'solid spruce' to differentiate from laminate tops rather than to...
Some rare mandolin content from one of my favorite Youtube music channels, Josh Turner Guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLLoqOzoUpY&t=0s
I was actually unfamiliar with this version, but am happy to learn of it! The version I was referencing was recorded by Garcia and Grisman as Arkansas Traveler on 'Not For Kids Only' and paraphrases...
"Uhh... hello, stranger"
"Hello there, stranger"
"Does this road go all the way to Little Rock?"
"I been standing here all day and it hasn't gone nowhere yet!"
I have an MD305 and, like Doug, also felt that moving up to a heavier gauge of string for the A and E pairs was beneficial for tone. In the beginning I was buying a pack of EJ74s and a pack of EJ75s...
I experienced this very phenomenon last summer. A friend of mine who has seen the band live several times invited me over to watch an SCI/Keller Williams livestream and it took a couple minutes'...
Can't wait to get home tonight and try this out. Thanks for sharing!
Love his work - especially when Carson does vocals. The video of Little Wing that David shared had quite a lot to do with my decision to purchase an Eastman as my first mandolin.
It's funny that you compare metal and bluegrass, Andrew Marlin did the same thing when MO was recording at Audiotree. Turns out he was a metal guitarist in high school.
Ah, my apologies! I hadn't realized and retract my previous offer.
If you still haven't received a reply I would be happy to forward you a copy of my copy of Rob's handy ebook. Feel free to reach me by PM as I usually check in here at the Cafe at least once a day.
For some reason when I read Nick's post my mind immediately substituted 'Lou' for 'Jerry' and I experienced something like the audio equivalent of vertigo when the music started.
In most cases the only thing an F-style will do for you that an A-style won't is give you somewhere handy to attach a strap.
That said, if you think you're only going to buy one mandolin it might...
"If you lay the Barbie Edwards therapy harp on a certain area of the body where you have pain, many healers have reported that the pain quickly diminishes."
Boy, must be some powerful mojo in that...
In addition to Simon's recommendation for Jazzmando.com I must say that I've been thoroughly enjoying the book 'Getting Into Jazz Mandolin' by Ted Eschliman (who runs jazzmando.com). The Four Finger...
Since commenting in that other thread I've actually had to raise my bridge a second time. The first adjustment bought me several weeks during the summer/fall transition but after snow started to fall...
I wonder as well. My guess is that it doesn't sound as good as it must have looked on the TV, though lol
I think that I just went through something like this on my mando, so I'll take a stab at it.
About a week ago I noticed that notes played on the E course were a little muted, a little shrill, and...
I got a mandolin from TMS and for 8-9 months was too terrified to make any adjustments to it. After all, they were known for doing quality setups and, at that time, I knew even less about mandolins...
Dang. And here I had always thought that musicians would be the last group of people to pick on someone for having fun with music.
12", non-compound
I got curious and ran that ticket price through two different inflation calculators. $22.50 spent in 1975 (just to pick a year) is equal in value to $108-110 US dollars today :crying: