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    Re: Stereo. Oh dear...

    Audience perception of the stereo effect will be minimal to none unless you play a large venue with a wide stage.
  2. Re: Holding on to your personal Holy Grail mandolin

    29 years since I bought my '93 Flatiron Performer F, and the only mandolin I have MAS for is one of the Apitius J models. The Flatiron isn't the loudest instrument, probably due to the neck support...
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    Re: How Much Difference Do Speakers Make?

    Find some recorded music you like and listen to the same recording on you r PC speakers, in your car , and then find someone who is audiophile with expensive speakers or just another musician who's...
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    Re: My mandolin got eaten by a Stratocaster.

    At the beginning of the pandemic I bought a cheap HH Squire ($160), figuring I might have a little fun. I have since repalced everything but the neck, and a new one is on order. Now all the big...
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    Re: Do you name your instruments?

    No, with one exception. My '71 Precision bass was named Humphrey when I was still in college (45 years ago), and old friends still ask after it by name. It was my first quality instrument. As I...
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    Re: Dr. Arm for Mandolin

    Not and add-on musician in general, but I did add an arm rest to my Flatiron a few years ago when the finish started showing wear. Banjos need armrests, all that metal really digs into the arm...
  7. Poll: Re: Vintage Flatiron Performer A (1993, Bozeman) vs Eastman MD305

    Buying my '93 Performer F was a huge upgrade for me. I still get the itch for another mandolin from time to time, but I haven't succumb, yet. I've had it refretted and replaced the bride and the...
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    Re: Cases and covers

    So, Jack would have lived if he had a mandolin on the Titanic?
  9. Re: Thomastik starks on an arch top for classical

    Actually, Tim, I thought this one was better for demonstration of tone:
    https://www.facebook.com/steve.lavelle.90/videos/10215311062681086/?t=0
  10. Re: Thomastik starks on an arch top for classical

    I've been using the Stark TI on my Flatiron F for the last 10 years. When I was playing gigs regularly, I would get compliments on the amplified tone regularly, which was probably a combination of...
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    Steve Goodman's "Between the Lines"

    https://www.facebook.com/steve.lavelle.90/videos/10215375095001854/?t=183
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    And here's another recent FB post from my quarantine video series. BR-549's "Chains of This Town". I love the double stop lead!:
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    Put this up in the "Live from Home" thread yesterday for Richard Thompson's 71st Birthday, but this thread is more mandolin centered, so:
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    Re: Live From Home

    What I posted (One Door Opens) to celebrate Richard THompson's birthday:

    https://www.facebook.com/steve.lavelle.90/videos/10215446678551398/?t=0
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    Re: Conference Call Jam Session !!

    I've been working on fiber optic data transmission for over 30 years. When I started the transmission rate was 1.544 Mb/s, our current product does 800Gb/s per wavelength. the speed of light is the...
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    A somewhat sloppy, short, solo EMD:

    https://www.facebook.com/steve.lavelle.90/videos/10215346319402482/?t=79
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    Re: post a video of yourself

    Since it's his birthday ("Dawg's Groove" written by his wife, Tracy):


    https://www.facebook.com/steve.lavelle.90/videos/10215311062681086/?t=0
  18. Re: My new electric mando - Alden Mandocaster

    Eastwood sells hard shell cases for $189, it was $99 when I bought my Mandocaster soon after they came out.. They provide gig bags with the Mandocaster, but I didn't see that item separately on...
  19. Re: My new electric mando - Alden Mandocaster

    I have the Eastwood version. Replaced the bridge with one that adjustable saddles for each string to improve intonation because I went with a custom string gauge setup., Replaced the neck pup with a...
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    Re: Please allow me to introduce myself...

    Welcome to the cafe, Norm. Just to be clear guitar tuning is wacky, mandolin tuning is logical.
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    Re: "Perpetual Dawg" . . . a birthday gift

    Started working on this and was relieved to find this video online:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-mpP76q0bs
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    Cirotti Trio

    I'm back in my home state of NJ for a visit and I hooked up with on old band mate to play a few at the open mic at The Dublin Pub in Morristown. He told me to make sure I got there early so we could...
  23. Re: Newbie question: Mandolin for other instrumentals

    Guidance on the correct musical teminology:
    Transposing is not the correct term for what you want to do. To transpose is "write or play (music) in a different key from the original".
    What you want...
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    Re: PreSonus Air10

    Br1ck-
    It was totally on me that it fell, and I wasn't expecting it to be a warranty issue, but they made that call, in writing, twice. The point of my post was that it got sent back to me twice...
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    Re: My Video Christmas Card

    Trying again
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS4kK48RAmk&feature=youtu.be
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