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Jan-22-2021, 12:37am
Yummy. :-)
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Jan-19-2021, 1:59pm
Maybe it's a worn fret so it's hitting the next fret up, that's my best guess. You can verify it's a geometry issue by temporarily raising the...
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Jan-17-2021, 11:36pm
I'm more of an acoustic player who uses a pickup and some effects to fit into a band better.
EQ + compression is my game. Some low cut to remove...
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Jan-16-2021, 6:08pm
When I was shopping archtop ovals, I tried the new hybrids and the old traditional tubby sounding ones and went with the traditional sound. Tubby is...
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Jan-16-2021, 1:10am
Half is the difference between eighths and sixteenths. I was pretty amazed if you were playing four notes to a beat at 120 one year out of the gate....
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Jan-13-2021, 5:02pm
softnek stick-on neck pad.
https://softnek.com/
The problem can happen because you are gripping a v-neck like a guitar instead of the mando...
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Jan-11-2021, 6:28pm
I have both. And they are very different instruments.
The big one is the Eastwood (Warren Ellis) mandostang is a 4 string. It will sound like a...
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Jan-11-2021, 12:25am
It's something you have to learn to play well at speed, the exceptions come later IMHO.
In BG there aren't that many exceptions anyway, when I...
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Jan-09-2021, 9:56pm
F-hole vs oval hole is the usual sound contrast among archtops. There are variations amongst both, the the party line goes something like this:
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Jan-06-2021, 8:11pm
I second Banjo Ben, tons of bluegrass guitar tabs with video walkthroughs, pretty decent strumming pattern intros too. Not free, but not expensive...
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Jan-06-2021, 1:06am
I don't mind the speed, but I still have trouble keeping up in a jam.
My very first BG jam was kinda funny, I couldn't play 16ths at a sustained...
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Jan-03-2021, 6:17pm
Not a lot of difference from a 1.3 to a 1.5 if all other factors remain the same.
To me the size and shape make more difference, that said, I am a...
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Dec-31-2020, 2:42pm
Pressing too hard will bend sharp, but typically is more pronounced near the nut where the frets are farther apart.
Try fretting just behind the...
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Dec-30-2020, 3:22pm
String spacing at the nut and at the saddle are both important. And they are customizable to a point. Saddle is easier to make your own spacing. ...
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Dec-28-2020, 9:30pm
Report it, simple as that, fedex is not in the business of paying fraudulent drivers, and if you don't complain, they will never know.
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Dec-27-2020, 9:51pm
I got a solid body electric mandolin pretty early on, 8-string. It did nothing for me, as it did not have the range of expression or nuance I could...
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Dec-27-2020, 3:13pm
Anybody have a line on it?
I can find his mandolin method, but not the other works.
thanks.
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Dec-26-2020, 11:48pm
Thanks guys. I am watching tons of fingerpicking videos. I had no idea how much you could do with that kind of playing style. It is gradually...
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Dec-24-2020, 8:09pm
Never learned it before, now that I have a tenor, it seems like a thing to do. I feel like I should have a Martin though. :-)
This latest craze...
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Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design), TC octave mandolin.
Eastman MD-605SB, MD-604SB, MD-305, all with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: QSC-K10, DBR-10, THR-10, Sony XB-20.
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