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With the hatchet finished speed neck, removed frets and original brand coverups, IMO, it’s a poor value at the current bid.

Thanks Mark for your appreciation, and thanks for being the head librarian for this project. I get a whole lot of value from the Cafe community. It’s nice that I had the opportunity to express my...

Here’s the current contents of the two samplers:
212920. 212921

If there are picks that you recommend, especially those that are less well-known or more expensive, they would be good to add. ...

Learning the piano keyboard, even just as a music theory learning tool, is very useful. One advantage over the mandolin fingerboard is that each discrete pitch has only a single place to play them....

As a fairly new mandolin player, Aaron's suggested approach using the mandolin keyboard has worked well for me on swing jazz tunes. When I started out I did try a flashcard approach and memorizing a...

I have liked the Collingses and Northfields I've played but I certainly wouldn't buy one blind if I loved my current instrument.

I'd say the time to upgrade is when you:
1. Play an instrument and...

The massive amount of content on Justin's site, how well it's organized & categorized, how logically it's layed out - Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced levels, each level with successive grades, each...

FWIW The Music Emporium currently has a sunburst Eastman 815/v on the wall. I’ve played three Eastman 815/v mandolins. One was awesome, one was just OK, and one was a flat dud. I’m interested is...

I don't, honestly, and I play guitar at least as much as mandolin (neither not enough). And, there are a couple acoustic-guitar focused forums where I can find hundreds of guitars for sale, never...

The mandolin that Cheryl has is one that was made with the oldest wood that I had. It was purchased from Ted Davis’ stash. I now have red spruce that was cut over 100 years ago. It is much older. It...

Busy weekend. I've been taking note of everyone's excellent advice, but haven't had a chance to weigh in.

I'm in a learning environment, so there are mixed abilities among all the instruments,...

Only about half way. :) I've been using Scotchbrite for a long while, mostly because down here on the third coast anything made with iron in it rusts pretty quickly because of the heat and...

Wood will always gets to EMC which depends on RH of air around it. Thermally processed wood has slightly lower EMC and has generally better dimensional stability which was the main argument for doing...

White scotch brite will do the same thing with less mess.

I really don’t get all this “speed neck” thing but a quick rub down with fine wire wool has traditionally been the solution to a snooker cue sticking to your bridge hand.

A mellower sound? Please cite your sources for us. Thanks.

My custom 10 string 26" scale mandocello covers the range of a mandocello and an OM , going from C to E (C-G-D-A-E).

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I also tuned my Eastman MDC805 like an OM once:

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Before you make up your mind about torrified, play a Red Diamond.

I get my aged-tone from being old. I’m not torrified, just naturally old

The tone when you tune your mandolin to A-G-E-D?

I have noticed two things:
#1 - when practising stubbornly on the same faulty phrase, the brain can learn how to do it wrong and stick to it.
#2 - when learning a new tune, the brain overwrites...

Follow up.

So, I've had my Loar LM-310F going on the third day now. I am very satisfied. Of course, I realize that I don't have a point of reference. But I've been playing 2-3 hrs each day, mostly...

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Most of the bluegrass guitarists I know will play out of E forms. However most bluegrass guitarists are flatpickers. Scruggs used fingerpicks when he played guitar. You Are My Flower, which is...

One thing to keep in mind - sometimes the "odd" keys for bluegrass (like F#, Eb, Ab - or even micro-tones) weren't a result of specific tunings - but recording speeds being altered with things like...