The only "gotcha" might be if you have only played carved top mandolins before, and have carved top bluegrassy expectations. Flat tops are wonderful...
Ralph if only you had read the OP and the thread with a little interest, you’d find that the context has been given by way of a YouTube video in OP,...
You might consider going to this jam, if it's not too far. You may not be ready to join in yet, but you can listen, watch, and learn, and surely meet...
Wow. In my school one had to be self deprecating about musical instruments, or accept the social consequences. "Yea I play bassoon in the orchestra....
Two items. One is I am not sure that the back of a bowl participates in the sound generation in the same way as a carved back. So my thinking is that...
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