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I've been a fan of Kate and Anna since their first album was released in 1976. On that same subject there are a few Stan Rogers songs that come to mind as well.
In case some folks may not have heard yet, Sturgill Simpson released a surprise album late last week consisting of bluegrass recordings of a bunch of his previous songs.
He cut the album with a...
"Interesting that the body is wooden within and metal without."
That design is now called a spunover rim. The style apparently dates from the mid nineteenth century.
To me, that sounds like two electric guitar parts. Not a lot of effects running there really, distortion and/or overdrive, could be a pedal, could be just the amp (probably a tube amp). Perhaps...
One trick that improves playing over all and makes the pinky's job easier, is to think of the pinky as a bond servant of the ring finger. If you want to deploy the pinky over there there, deploy the...
This is a delight! Wish they made more programmes like this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBObgZsxQBE
(bold above added for clarity)
I think the key here is that you said the problem goes away when you "lightly damp all 4 strings at once". To me anyway that points suspicion to something with the...
If you have not tightened your banjo's head in 10 years you might want to check it.
I simple way is to place a straight edge along side of the bridge inside the edges of the tensioning...
I use mine a lot, just about every time I work from method books or written exercises. I keep mine clicked to the music stand.
This video rocked my world and I use the metronome so much more...
How do you all approximate on solo mandolin the boom-chick playing of bluegrass guitar? On an open D chord, for example, playing D (3rd string) on the 1 and A (4th string) on the 3 is obvious, but...
When I glanced at that I first read that it was rednecked at the factory. It was rednecked somewhere but I am not sure it was the factory.:)
NFI, but Jewish Views of the Afterlife is now in its second edition. FWIW, when Jesus was preaching about the heavenly mansion with many rooms, he was referencing common, 1st century, Jewish "Palace...
When running scales and arpeggios, as a break from the metronome, I practice with Youtube isolated drum tracks of rock and soul tunes, to wit:
Rosanna - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qq65EJEfk4...
old credit card plastic works well for a shim. you might first try a capo on the first fret just to make sure it is the nut and not some other issue, like a bridge buzz.
While you are at it, do you want me to get off your lawn too? :(
My personal favourite for the Mandobird (and I`ve tried `em all obviously ;)
https://youtu.be/lgk9j1JPmZI
...Vacancy for a good demonstrator!
I was playing around on my Big Muddy M-3 yesterday and recorded this. Hope it works and you all like it.
Just make sure you are holding your fretting hand in a comfortable curve, not flat in relation to the fingerboard. Even large fingers taper to a rounded end that will fit a mandolin fingerboard.
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Yes, that's my design. The reason I believe it is better than the stock design is that it allows for better intonation and height adjustment than the stock one piece bridge. Also, there is more...
I thought I'd go ahead and make a home for this video here in the forum since I think it may be of help to some players. And I also think it stands alone quite well, even though we produced it to go...
When you want to call your dog.
I use the equivalent of a Woodmiser, but the optimum way to mill hand-split billets into sets is with a good upright bandsaw...
The OP said "I'd wanna sound like an electric guitar."
Then you definitely want a single course 4 or 5 string emando. I started with a Mann SEM-5 which is a very nice emando but ended up selling...
Given that you can get 4 or 8 string electrics on any body style with any combination of pickups, getting a particular sound is relatively easy; after all, an 8 string solid body w/midi out does not...