Strings and other musings
Once again I failed to recognize the need to change strings. It seemed like yesterday I changed them, but I waited until the e strings sounded funky up the neck. Didn't I just resolve not to let this happen? Anyway, I bought EXP 75s because it was all I could get so it will be interesting. But I can't go by time passing when I play three hours a day. That is a lot of hours. I think I need to change at least monthly. The EXPs sound pretty much the same as the EJ 75s I've been using. So far anyway.
I got out the Silverangel yesterday. I tidied up the studio and the case got put is some nook and forgotten. That mandolin just does things others don't. X braced with a redwood top, it purrs. There are so many reasons to have multiple mandolins, I can't begin to list them all. The A1 , Silverangel, and Arches kit are all very different. Perhaps I'd think differently if I only played one style, but I'm by nature a generalist. Anyhow, buy more. You'll like them.
I need a mandolin to slot between the SA and the Arches. Something maybe like a Big Mon, or an F9, or a Collings. I also need to buy another hanger so they hang there in arm's reach.
I was prepared for a power outage. Thought I could be happy playing by candelight . Ended up about five miles from affected areas. But I have an open mic tomorrow in a darkened town. But the venue owner has a generator in the new hotel he built next door and connected the restaurant to that power grid. It will be strange.
Silverangel A
Arches F style kit
1913 Gibson A-1
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