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Yes, right here. Apparently any mando that costs less than a used car or several month's rent is hardly worth bothering with.

As far as times goes, as a familyman I only have so much to spare, but I'm going to determine to use Don's book (when it arrives) to really try to master each step along the way before moving on. I'm...

Every once in a while something just falls into position and,the world opens up again! Just don't get too discouraged! The reboot is a great concept for lots of folks.

Caleb and Franc, thanks for buying Mandolin For Dummies. I hope you find it useful. A second, more advance "Dummies" book is in the works and will be on the shelf sometime late spring or early summer...

I've been learning to play the mandolin for about 4 months now and am loving it 100%! I'm just getting to where I can actually play a few songs now, but was just wondering something. Is it normal to...

Welcome, you are in for a fun, frustrating ride as you learn the mandolin, get sore fingers and get frustrated when not learning fast enough. But....remember, if you stick with it it will come. ...

Welcome Birtie.......:-)

Welcome!

Welcome to the cafe .... lots of wonderful information and people here! :)

You are in good company here on the Cafe and MAS can be an incurable ailment. I bought my Weber "Bighorn" ($2400 at the time) less than 6 months after beginning to learn and don't regret it one bit....

I play the same model so have fun and learn how to play it and welcome to the cafe.
Two mandolins in your first week that has to be a cafe record.

Nice post, Birtie. It's always nice when someone shows such enthusiasm! I love this site and I'm sure you will too. Welcome to the site and to the wonderful world of mandolins.

Well, welcome to the mandolin, man. 2 mandolins and you haven't even started playing. That's a record for sure. It took me several months before I realized a new mandolin could help me alot. Happy...

I figure I can compare it with the mando arriving on Wednesday and return the one I like less (or not! lol)


Crikey! Two mandolins already and you've not started playing yet. Never heard of a...

Welcome to the café and the wonderful journey with the mandolin!
Happy pickin'

Welcome to the Cafe and have fun!

Jamie

Welcome to the next chapter of your life. :) There is indeed something magical about the mandolin. Enjoy being under its spell.

Congratulations on your first mandolin purchase...(rest assured it won't be your last), and welcome to the Cafe.:mandosmiley:

Welcome aboard! Although I don't live there anymore, I will agree that your in a great place to learn mandolin. I caught the mando bug there a few years ago and bought my first mandolin at the Guitar...

Welcome, Have fun with your new Mandolin.

Well you sure have some great music stores near by. Lots of good music there about too no doubt.

Welcome Berite

I’m about 8 weeks in and have been averaging about an hour a day. Here are some things I would like to add or emphasize from other posts for people starting fresh as there is a lot of information...

Taking the lessons from Mike Marshall at Artistworks. It's a really good program, and Mike is great, both in terms of his knowledge and his personal encouragement.

I'll put in a plug for the ArtistWorks Mike Marshall course. I just joined and am 1 month into a 3 month subscription. He's put a lot of great lesson videos together plus the video exchanges between...