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May-12-2022, 8:14pm

James Vwaal replied to a thread What are your roles? in General Mandolin Discussions

I started off in a duo whereby the musical partner let me pick the tunes, and play the solos, and then start singing tunes with lyrics (i.e.,...

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May-09-2022, 12:23pm

James Vwaal commented on blog entry Mandolin Mondays #331 w/ Special Guest Tom Wright in dbmandolin

Very nice, Tom! My only question: Is it a 10-string mandolin, or a 10-string mandola? :mandosmiley:

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May-05-2022, 10:17am

James Vwaal replied to a thread First Mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I second this solution. Here is a photo showing the leather loop to which you can attach your leather strap. I checked out a photo of the Eastman...

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May-05-2022, 10:13am

James Vwaal replied to a thread First Mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Double post

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Apr-28-2022, 5:58am

James Vwaal replied to a thread Music Therapy - Sharing Music In An Assisted Living Facility in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

One of the first times that my trio played in an assisted living facility, about halfway through a lady in a wheel chair yelled loudly "I'm ready to...

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Apr-25-2022, 7:41pm

James Vwaal replied to a thread Personal Mandolin Monitor in Equipment

This is what I use....

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Apr-20-2022, 1:04pm

James Vwaal replied to a thread tuning machine ratios in Equipment

Yeah, mine are probably 24:1. I did measure them once, but my memory is fuzzy in the 22-26 range. :))

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Apr-19-2022, 7:10pm

James Vwaal replied to a thread tuning machine ratios in Equipment

They are Grover tuners. A couple of years ago, one of the tuning screws went bad on me. I searched around for something equivalent, and not too...

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Apr-19-2022, 12:37pm

James Vwaal replied to a thread tuning machine ratios in Equipment

I have a couple of mandolins. The 1979 Givens has 26:1 ratio which allows me to fine tune the pitch of each string. The 2015 Black has 16:1 tuners,...

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Apr-19-2022, 12:33pm

James Vwaal replied to a thread What Pickup/Pre-amp pedal are you currently using? in Equipment

Schertler DYN-M P48 into an XVive P1 48V phantom power box (small) zip-tied to my mic stand and then XLR cable into Roland Cube Street EX amp. I also...

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