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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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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Yes. I started on violin when I was 10, classically trained, and played in orchestra all through the end of high school.
I started learning bluegrass and fiddle tunes when I was 13, based on the...
I did my first speed neck the same way. The clear finish was flaking off the neck on my Morris hybrid F4. I used a pick to scrape the rest off, then used some 400 grit sandpaper to smooth it all...
Where are the mandolincafe folks? I'm usually roving the halls or hanging out in the WAMA suite.
AFAIK Eastman uses Pingwell (aka "Ping") tuning machines on all their instruments. I've changed out tuning machines on a number of guitars and mandolins. In most cases the replacements don't just...
Allen makes cast 10 string tailpieces. I have one on my 10 string mandola and 10 string mandocello.
Don't know if it will fit your bandolim.
I've installed K&K and JJB piezoelectric soundboard transducers in quite a few instruments, including violins, violas and f-hole mandolins.
There are some differences between installations in a...
I disagree with this. My opinion and experience is if you are playing for paying audiences then you have to be on time, be personable and play as well as you can. I play my best when I enjoy what...
I'm in the "happy to never play/hear Wagon Wheel again" camp. I think it's the Darius Rucker (ha spell check changed that to Radius - now that's funny stuff) effect. I'm also not playing along on...
The Tapastring Vintage jack is a 3.5 mm TRS. Some people call them 1/8", but then again we still describe gravitational acceleration in slugs here in the US....
Easy to buy or make a 3.5 mm TRS...
On the mandola I used a .018 for the higher octave G (plain). On the OM and mandocello I use a wound .023 or .024 for the high G.
A super simple way to do it is buy 2 sets of regular unison...
My OM, mandola and mandocello are all built by Tom Jessen. One of the many benefits of his instruments is the use of a zero fret, so the nut is just to guide the strings to the tuning machines.
I'll see you there Matt! I'll have the Kay bass, and either my Morris F4 hybrid or Cricket Fiddle F5 mandolin (going to the John Reischman intensive on Thursday).
Nut width is something the guys over at AGF obsess over. There are guitar players who say they can only play 1-3/4" nuts, others swear it's gotta be 1-11/16" while others swear anything less than...
I disagree about the necessity of a truss rod. I have a custom built 10 string mandocello built by Tom TJ Lessen of Cricket Fiddle back in 2014. During the build we discussed a truss rod. His...
I live in the PNW. We have more festivals than I have time to attend. Wintergrass in Bellevue WA is probably my favorite. Eclectic mix of artists from legends like the wonderful David Grisman, Del...
I encourage you to start attending the jam now. Don't wait or put it off. Sometimes if a person waits until they think they're "good enough" to play with others they end up never going to a jam.
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I usually only wear a hat when playing bass. Otherwise it complicates switching from mandolin or guitar because of the strap.
Except for the Mandolincafe hat I'm wearing in my avatar. That...
I really like Allen cast tailpieces. I have them on 4 instruments. Probably not a direct replacement where all the holes will line up though.
INCORRECT. On a tenor guitar tuned G-D-A-E the G is tuned an octave LOWER than the open G string on a standard tuned 6 string guitar (i.e., equivalent to the 3rd fret on the 6 string's low E).
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Ever listen to Gypsy Jazz? Now that's fast.
Just one more Curt Mangan fan. I use their monel strings on my hybrid F4, my archtop guitar and my Martin 000-15SM. I put a set on my HD-28 recently when I was out of phosphor bronze.
I use the...
I'm just lucky. I have a mostly bluegrass jam every Monday night. Been playing together now for over 15 years. I have another wider-genre acoustic jam every Wednesday night. Every Friday we have...
Sonny also builds fine F style mandolins. He lives about an hour from me and I've been able to try many of his builds over the years. They are consistently very good. No fancy inlay or binding -...
I think the big ONE is the mandolin itself; build quality, builder's knowledge and skill. The best sounding mandolins to me are those with deep woody tone on the G strings. That's something I...