Musician's Friend had these as a "Stupid Deal of the Day" a while back for $139.99. Target has them for that price now. For the money, you really can't beat one of these for a beater, travel, leave...
Musician's Friend had these as a "Stupid Deal of the Day" a while back for $139.99. Target has them for that price now. For the money, you really can't beat one of these for a beater, travel, leave...
I have an old Harmony with the bakelite rim, but I loaned it out and the neck was cracked. Haven't gotten around to fixing it proper yet. They are a good sounding banjo, especially for what they are....
I play clawhammer banjo, and if I need a "leave behind" banjo this would probably be fine. I have always wanted one of the old Silvertone banjos with the bakelite rim. This looks pretty close. ...
Old French
http://www.johnreischman.com/up-in-the-woods John Reischman transcription book
That really is insanity! :disbelief:
"Remember, the bigger the pick, the bigger the tone." :))
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He says it's 11.85mm thick; the website that has changed, and it's now...
You got it! And, I mean, what fun would it be if we didn't all have differing preferences, and if those preferences didn't change? What the heck would we have to talk about? lol
I have playing for...
Need to try one. The end of my right forefinger is gone and I use the round butt of a teardrop now. Might would help me grip it better.
Not for me!
A side that isn't playable?? Just wait. Eventually someone will find that picking with that side is where they find their best tone
Hmm, that tail is..interesting... Seems a wee bit of a waste of real estate though to have a side that isn't playable. Something like the Wegen Dipper gives you more pick to hang onto and the three...
I made one with a tail once but quickly realized I was better served learning to manipulate and hold the pick rather than try to find a cure to me being too lazy to learn proper pick technique.
Not a new idea looks like a Japanese shamisen pick or https://www.pykmax.com/
Wonder if it was designed for folks with grip issues? Although most of the folks I know that have that use a modified thumb pick.
It's . . . odd. I guess I can see how the "tail" might help stability, but the whole thing seems kind of large and possibly unwieldy.
Thanks Luk....I wonder if he was on drugs.
I am, yes and agree and also taking Matt Flinner's Octave course. Something is bound to stick, I figure.
"Sam Brown Hill" is addictive too - also from Joe's course. Finally have that down. And, you did a great job on Inverness - very smooth. Something for me to aspire to (next).
My favourite capo is a very cheap guitar capo that I cut to the width of the 8th fret of my octave, then removed the spring and cut that to 2/3 before replacing it again. Then I cut down the two...
D'Addario Planet Waves Tri-Action capo:
https://www.daddario.com/products/accessories/capos/tri-action/tri-action-capo/
Here is a 'great find' from youtube. Mike Marshall's arrangement, with Dave Eggar on cello & Peter Sachon on mandocello.
The performance makes good background music for reading as (I assume)...
That's a nice use of sustain and partial chords on that OM. That's what they're made for when playing melody, in my opinion. The slower tunes where you can really work the sustain of the longer scale...
That sounds great! Nice tune, I've never heard it before, I'll have to give it a try myself.
@Russ Donahue, I've heard so many people say they like the mandola strings on the MDO-305, but I...
I use a D'Addario Planet Waves NS (I think they call it the "Pro Capo" now?) on my octave. I also use it on my acoustic guitars, so there is a little overhang on the OM's narrower neck but it doesn't...
I picked up a Shub capo from Northfield for use on my flat top octave. I never capo on mandolin but for the octave I do think it makes sense depending on the song and what you're going for....