Pittsburgh Bill -- My surgery sounds quite different from finger joint replacement. A bone is removed and eliminates the pain from the arthritis. I looked up finger joint replacement and it looks...
Pittsburgh Bill -- My surgery sounds quite different from finger joint replacement. A bone is removed and eliminates the pain from the arthritis. I looked up finger joint replacement and it looks...
The little silicone pads are called Monster Grips, and they are great. I have them on most of my picks, including Wegens (the holes just don't give me the grip I want). Been using them for years.
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I bought a Walton's bodhran about a year ago, but have just started learning to play it. It came with a DVD with some minimal instruction to get me started, but I've just started using a YouTube...
Here's an update on the situation as it is now. I had a second consult with the surgeon yesterday over Zoom. I had three pages of questions I had written down and he answered all of them. In my first...
Thanks, David. That is very helpful, and hopeful. I'm almost to the point where I'm pretty sure I will have the surgery - it's LRTI, not exactly the same as the Mini Tightrope technique, but pretty...
rickbella, I have a 1920's (not sure of the exact year) L&H A model, with the assymetrical points, and I have the same problem. I have seen a tuner with a clip mount for violins that is curved to fit...
Oh god no! I wouldn't think of it. I can tie the other end to the headstock, it's the bottom end I'm having trouble with.
I very much enjoyed the class last night, and although I've been playing the OM for about 3+ years or so (self-taught) I learned quite a lot from the lesson. I play mandolin, and much of what I play...
Darwin, Strings by Mail has octave strings on their website. That's where I get mine from. Go to the Common Strings menu and click Mandolin, and D'addario. You'll find them there. Other brands may...
Kerr's Negro Jig played by the Carolina Chocolate Drops is fairly dark (partly because it's played on a low pitched instrument), but also very beautiful. Here's a link:
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I've been taking Glucosamine and Turmeric capsules for several years now, and I have no pain anymore from the arthritis in my right wrist and index knuckle. These areas used to bother me quite a bit,...
Hi Zack,
There are good options out there for you. The first mandolin I bought, about 11 years ago, was a Kentucky KM 150S, which I bought from a friend for $85. New, now, they're a maybe $300...
One of my favorite Irish airs is "My Lagan Love." I love the melody (played in C) and when I play it I play it straight the first time through with no tremolo. On the second time I tremolo the long...
I like to use Monster Grips, small circles of textured soft plastic that have a sticky back. I like them on the thumb side. Been using them for several years and they work great.
Jack
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An octave mandolin would be tuned G,D,A,E. Seems like big leap to tune a mandocello.
Jack
I believe I did it last April while climbing around on a rain-wet roof trying to nail a board (as a temporary fix) over a place where I believed water was coming into the upstairs bedroom. I thought...
A lot of great advice there, Brian, thank you. I've already thought about how I would know if I'd done something that might "undo" the surgeon's work. It's something I want to mention at my follow-up...
I got a lot of great thoughts from many of you about having surgery to fix my torn right rotator cuff, so I thought I'd update you all. The surgery took place this past Monday morning (19th) and went...
scifi, I love these tunes (and Breton music in general). The first one is Saint Patrick's An Dro, but what is the name of the second one?
Also, I looked at your Short-tailed Snails website, and...
I believe it's "Kilamanjaro rises like OLYMPUS above the Serengeti." Based on a Google search for the lyrics. "Leopress" just doesn't make any sense - why, or how, would a leopress rise above the...
Yes, turmeric is used in many world foods, including curry. I can't imagine mixing it in water and drinking it - that does not sound very appetizing to me! I like turmeric in foods, but taking it...
I like a number of the designs, but I do believe that some metal part will invariably do something on the instrument in the case. The straps look like they're adustable in length, which is good, and...
For a number of years now I've been using DownloadHelper, a plugin for Firefox, to download videos from Youtube. It's cross-platform, but it may only work on Firefox, I'm not sure. But, in the last...
Andy Statman's "Flatbush Waltz" is a beautiful tune for mandolin.
Jack
Sweet!
Jack