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Apr-07-2021,
10:07pm
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Intermediate Mando - Good Mando to Step up to?
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I agree completely --- except for the RAG commentary, only because I've never played one. There is a symbiosis between player and instrument, so you...
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Apr-01-2021,
10:20pm
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Tim O'Brien did an entire album, Red on Blonde of Bob Dylan's songs. Sam Bush often plays "Girl from the North Country" either solo or with...
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Apr-01-2021,
10:05pm
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Octave Mandolin Course
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I agree completely!!! Interesting timing! I wonder if the PN folks saw Matt's course offering and decided to get in on the action. Joe is...
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Apr-01-2021,
9:57pm
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Learning octave mandolin before regular mandolin
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I agree, although I'd call them "overlapping" applications. You can play bluegrass on an OM, but it's easier on a mandolin. You can play power...
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Mar-31-2021,
12:33pm
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Artistworks question
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I did, too --- at first. I would go to the tunes that I was interested in learning, but then I came across these intentional landmines where Mike...
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Mar-28-2021,
9:59pm
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Collings, Northfield, Girouard
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I've never played a Northfield A5. I've also never played a Girouard A5 Concert, but I have played their Ensembles. I think that the Concert is the...
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Mar-17-2021,
10:11pm
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Any lazy way to off a bunch of instruments?
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I'd call Gryphon first and see if they'd be interested in handling any or all of those before driving up there. As a heads-up, they have raised...
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Mar-17-2021,
10:03pm
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What mandocello music to you listen to?
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Thanks, Jim, but I never got fluent reading treble clef, so I got pretty frustrated when I tried working with bass clef years ago. On mandocello, I...
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Mar-17-2021,
10:00pm
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Gborm? Gbrom?
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I played a GBROM once. The tone was a bit mushy when I played chords, but it got really intense on melody lines. As you'd expect, it had a really...
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Mar-14-2021,
10:25pm
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What mandocello music to you listen to?
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Yeah, Mike is probably Top 1 with me. "Gator Strut" is probably still the mandocello anthem, but he has taken the instrument way beyond that this...
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Mar-14-2021,
10:13pm
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Unfortunately, you may have a tough time finding a mandocello for sale within a few hours of Omaha, which means that you're going to be taking on a...
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Mar-14-2021,
9:40pm
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My wife is thrilled, because she knows I love playing music and that as far as mid-life crises go, she's getting off easy. We both feel we got...
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Mar-12-2021,
7:37pm
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In that case, I don't think you need to make the pilgrimage to Nashville. I'd imagine that Eastman and/or Kentucky have dealers closer to you than...
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Mar-12-2021,
7:28pm
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My New Baby
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Looks like you got your 'dola's Mini-Me! Since they're from the same year, how close are their serial numbers?
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Mar-11-2021,
11:12pm
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Thinking of getting a Northfield Big Mon and I have questions....
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From what I've gathered, Sitka is better if you want more attack in your tone, and Adi is better if you want more resonance. I'm not sure where...
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The journey: viola to guitar to dulcimer to mandolin, with detours into piano and harmonica
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