Good idea! I think I'll grow a couple more. Thanks for the tip!
How would you interpret tabs?
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
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McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
The older I get, the less tolerant I am of political correctness, incompetence and stupidity.
You could ask Hound Dog Taylor -- though his extra pinky just extended past his fifth-finger and its slide.
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David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
The older I get, the less tolerant I am of political correctness, incompetence and stupidity.
Ask these folks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNkdF5A5Feg
Then again, Django did pretty with less than a full compliment of digits.
Living’ in the Mitten
Django proved that "less is more" and that "necessity is the mother of invention"- he created a whole new style of playing.
So did Jerry Garcia and Tommy Iommi.
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I got to meet banjo player Barry Abernathey one time. He bowhunts with a friend of mine. Here he is with Mountain Heart. He is about as digitally challenged as it is possible to get on the left hand. He holds his end up just fine.
He is amazing!!
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
The older I get, the less tolerant I am of political correctness, incompetence and stupidity.
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