Sleeping with your mando...

[darthstar]

Okay, sort of off topic in an equipment forum, but what the hell, you seem like a good group of people and I haven't had much to say lately anyway...

I was practicing my mando the other night after my lady friend went home (she does put a dent in my mando practice time, but oh what a lovely dent it is...). Anyway, after practicing a while (I was sitting at the foot of my bed), I laid back, still fingering Red Haired Boy (the song, the song...sheesh) and thinking on the lovely evening I had had, and the next thing I knew, it was four hours later, my mando still balanced on my chest...

So, a) should I worry? and b) should I tell my lady friend that I slept with an equally sweet sounding chunk of wood?

Thanks in advance for any comments, words of wisdom, insults, or telephone numbers for psychiatrists specializing in post-mando-partum depression...

[El Rey del Mando]

Darth,There was a thread on this subject not too long ago,only it was not X rated, er is that X braced.
John

[SternART]

I almost took a Monteleone to bed the first day I got it....just couldn't put it down.

[onlyagibsonisgoodenuff]

I don't know . . . with all the points and sharp string ends; it would be, like, dangerous.

[levin4now]

I don't see anything disturbing about it, but you are liable to roll over and break the neck on that mandolin.

[rattler]

The only problem I've see is that my Flatiron gets terribly jealous of my F2.

[mandroid]

Its not backyard hammock season yet.
I wouldn't want to roll over onto any of mine.
You dont casually roll over in a hammock.

[wah]

My girlfriend has several pictures of me sleeping on the couch with my mandolin. You will not find any of them posted on this website (or any other for that matter).

Wayne

I can almost fall asleep on the couch when i pick and have it laying on top of me. I get comfortable and i just pick away.

[darthstar]

Thanks everyone...then I'm not alone in this madness...speaking of which, I go to work early these days for a reason...I like picking as I watch the sun set.

Take care all.

[fatt-dad]

You know darthstar, I'm really glad you like that mandolin!

fatt-dad

[darthstar]

You know darthstar, I'm really glad you like that mandolin!

fatt-dad

Like it? I #######' love it! Learned 'Wildwood Flower' the other night...sure, I'm still on the novice songs...but damn that thing has a beautiful sound. What really gets me is that it has more sustain than my guitar...

I walked into a music store the other day and picked up an F-style (Johnson mando)...plucked her a few times, and thought, This doesn't sound nearly as sweet as my Kentucky.

Thanks again.

[futrconslr]

Jimi Hendrix is reported to have slept with his guitar.

[mandomick]

My Bluett has 3 dings/scars that are all due to my falling asleep while playing. Once, I woke up when I heard the peghead hit my tuner that was beside me on the bed; that one put a pin head size dent in the top back edge. I can't account for the other 2 but they're on the front and it sucks that I don't know how they got there.

Take it from somebody who learned the hard way,if you play in bed put a strap on your mando and put it around your neck. It'll stop your mandolin from sliding off of you and into the corner of a nightstand. How about that, sounds like a PSA for mando pickers!