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The Wernick jam camps are for all bluegrass instruments. I’ve attended 3 or 4 of them. They are great for advanced beginner to low intermediate level players who want to learn how to play with...

Gilbert used to live near us and we went to a jam at his home with a neighbor that was in a jam group of his some years ago. Honestly I think there might be be better uses of your time. I was not...

Both of these folks live locally, so we work on it as needed. I try to make time for students, but there is no way I can give up ten days. Folks from out of town usually accomplish the top plate...

JT's Pix has presence on both Facebook and Instagram - but the most recent posts there date back to early 2021, so might be no longer active.

The guy that made them was a member of the Cafe back in 2015 when I bought my sample packs. The website he had listed then no longer works. I'm assuming it's the same guy making them. You could try...

Banjo Ben's store seems to have them in different shapes & materials.

Thanks to all for the patience I forced upon you, but at least the interminable wait is over! Both pick samplers have been checked and are ready to ship out. I've seen a dozen attempts by various...

ASD does open and play the sound from mp4s. ASD also has the ability to set loops at one speed and then increase speed by a percent after one more more loops. I started using it to work on playing up...

Mine is basal joint arthritis. It's the most common arthritis in the hand. Nothing much can be done. I wear a brace, which helps a little, and ice often after playing.

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Many of us here might have got started on a Yamaha guitar, I should think.

It was great value back then, and I think probably still is today. Good choice.

Yamaha is a great choice. Enjoy it!

I would play around with strings. Without having the instrument in hand it’s hard to make recommendations. From my experience instruments are overdriven more often than underdriven when someone’s...

First thing I would do is to check the fit of the bridge to the top. It must be as close to perfect as you can get it. If that does not change any thing you can make changes to the treble by using...

I don’t know of any OM series, but David Surette and Robin Bullock are great players who often teach at festivals. So, they might also give Skype lessons. Surette’s website is pretty sparse, but it...

This has minimal mandolin content, but I have noticed that there seem to be a fair number of people here who share their homes with cats (ie. pages and pages of cats sitting in cases :)), cats in...

No, they do not. You would have to buy a custom set, emando.com has a set that is nice. A great alternative is to buy d'addario flatwound chrome steel single guitar strings in the gauges you need. ...

Thomastik mittels:
.010 015 .021 .033 (guage)

17.4 15.4 15.4 15.4 (pounds)

I believe the TI "Stark" (Hard) strings at .011 - .034 gauge are considered more or less equivalent to D'Addario or GHS medium strings which run .011 - .040 gauge.

I ran TI flatwound Starks on my...

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I hate you already:)) i’m sure it will be a blast ! Can’t wait to see your evaluation when you’ve had a chance to stop playing it long enough to write one.

Garry

I looked at Trinity College for an octave mandolin back in the early 2000’s, but ended up going with the Johnson MA 515 which ended up being more like a good looking block of wood with strings. So,...

Peter's right. However, two things:
- you can never apply too many coats of tru-oil
- people in general seem to put up with much worse dye jobs than what is "good practice"

So maybe put some...

Mmm, probably a bit late to think about that now. Would be quite difficult to get an even colour now with dye without starting over. However, very likely to will darken with age and exposure to...

Hi, everybody. I started a blog when I was preparing for some flatpick and mandolin contests years ago, to share the tools I was using to practice. I recorded a lot of backing tracks to practice...

Thanks for listening and yes, that is basically my conclusion.....and yes, in person the difference is drastic but on the recorded sound it's not as apparent. But again, I'm using very good mic's,...