Now that is a statement which could be totally subject to misinterpretation. At least I hope so. :disbelief:
Now that is a statement which could be totally subject to misinterpretation. At least I hope so. :disbelief:
For sure. So come on Greg, write a song about wastin' away in Minnesnowda, searching for your lost tater tot casserole recipe, or something like that. :))
In analyzing my own MAS I have come up with a "tractor-beam" theory of incremental helplessness. This all began in the 80's when the late great Gordon Stone let me try his Stelling Bellflower: "oh,...
Bought my first Stelling banjo last year, a rare Longhorn from the 1990's with the "Pete Seeger" extended neck. Wanted it enough to trade in my seldom-used Gibson '50's F-5 for it.
Gig a couple...
Well, I know that whenever I succeed in kicking one out, it leaves a vacuum. A powerful vacuum. But as we all know, nature abhors a vacuum, and my cave is a perfect laboratory in which to observe...
The analogy doesn't work for me. If Mr. Bolt is racing against a bunch of elementary kids, then yes, him racing would be rather boring. And not much fun for the kids who were wanting to race each...
So it's Pete Seeger this time. Well, I trust my own memory, having read Alan Lomax's article in Esquire magazine, and, yes, here it is:...
If you're into folk tunes you can go to Nigel gatherer's wonderful collections and choose the standard notation option.
http://www.nigelgatherer.com/tunes/tow.html He really has put an absolute...
Yes. I have three:
1) play what you have until you can afford something better, not something different. A lot of us spun our wheels buying a number of equivalent mandolins, perhaps losing...
If an old friend speaks to me, it is generally because they have forgotten our last encounter.
I got a mandolin from TMS and for 8-9 months was too terrified to make any adjustments to it. After all, they were known for doing quality setups and, at that time, I knew even less about mandolins...
I got myself #29 (built in 2017) for a Christmas present last January. It is a Carpathian & maple french polished F. I went to his shop, got the tour and played the 8-10 he had there. Nice guy &...
I'm always trying to figure out how to get the cases off the floor. I hadn't considered mounting them to the ceiling.
Col. Mustard with the candle stick, in the music room.
Another anniversary for this celebrated day in my 'hood. Plans for a beer on the porch tonight and a few late night trashy mandolin tunes steps away from Mandolin Cafe headquarters. I love history.
Of course. Why would you ask that here?
I am convinced that these builders put those holes on instruments as a sort of luthier joke.
"Ehi, Luigi. Mettiamo questi buchi nella parte superiore e infiliamo questi occhielli in essi. Un...
Your question answered.
Over and over and over... If you'd like we can add about 50 more threads to that list.
The problem I have practicing with a metronome is it slows down on the easy part and speeds up on the hard parts.
I bar a lot, so four-string chords usually take three fingers.
Keep in mind, though, that I really don't know what I'm doing.
Here is how I break it down: Say you buy a $2000 mandolin. Now lets say you are so stoked you play it for two hours a day, for 300 days of the year. That is 600 hours. Comes to $3.33 per hour. Now...
So...anyone sit in with you to jam?:grin:
Would be interesting to take a chord in standard notation, and show all humanly possible ways of playing it on a mandolin. I would be surprised if there were any chords with more than 3 chord shapes....
I am the one who grabbed the above 2017 Collings that is now listed as "pending". Mint for $800 less than street price! I am excited. Set to arrive Wednesday. Thanks Avenue Guitars for your great...
So, mgap, are confirming the old saw
“That which is old, is new again?”
And I agree, there will be the nay sayers no matter what and there will be flag wavers.
I’m not going to go out and snap...