Measurements might be helpful here especially scale lengths. Brescian mandolini are tuned the same as standard neapolitan mandolins GDAE but usually...
Some more info might help any of us to give you advice. First, what are you playing right now and what don’t you like about it? Second, what is your...
I also found some iron on hardwood veneer that works very nicely to raise the action of a bridge and allows it to follow the slight curved contour of...
Hi, Wendy, and welcome to the cafe! I think it's great that you have your granddad's mandolin, and are thinking of learning to play it. (Speaking as...
That Gibson is an A model Century mandolin which along with the L-Century guitars were built in the 1930s to commemorate the 1933 Chicago Century of...
Retired pro musician and music teacher. Played guitar and mandolin on symphony orchestra concerts, operas, Broadway shows, solo and chamber music concerts, and in jazz, choro, bluegrass, and Ukrainian situations.