This music takes me back to my youth! Love it!
Type: Posts; User: Bob Buckingham
This music takes me back to my youth! Love it!
If you want to limit your expense on a new instrument, the Recording Dirty 30's mandolin is similar to the Harmony at $199 it is a reasonable replacement although not all solid wood. You can expect a...
I play music with a kid who has two Breedlove A's. They sound great and are quite playable. He always sounds good on them and they cut well thru the band sound with a full tone. What else do you...
Eastman has been building L-00 and J-45 clones lately that are nicer than the Gibsons out there, not mention their mandolin lines. Will feculence hit the fan?
Thomastic used to have a metal tailpiece. It helped some fiddles and hurt others. Not sure that a wood tailpiece is the answer on a mandolin.
Checkout the Breedlove A's. The American made ones have a radiused fingerboard that is a bit wider than many alternatives in that range. I know a guy with two of them and the both sound very good...
I use jargar mediums. Smooth, dark tone with lots of what I need and like in a string. Tried all of the others over the years and came back to them feeling at home with my fiddle sound.
I've played mandolin for many decades as I have other instruments. I found the capo to be a friend on guitar and banjo, but never considered using one on mandolin or fiddle. although Vassar Clements...
I never bought a mandolin from Jon Lundberg but I did buy my first good banjo from him just before I headed home from being in the service. It was an interesting little shop.
I like the feel of the mandolin against my body, I get what you are saying. I have a tone gard that sits on a shelf most of the time. I guess I was playing with obnoxiously loud bluegrass banjos it...
I knew both Jeff and Amy and when they were working together they brought a 1949 Martin 00-18 back to life for me. Either one is good.
Blues permutation is part and parcel of the idiom. It is what you call it and play it as.
I've got a student who got a 305 Eastman for Christmas and it always hits me how good it sounds.
They are what I recommend to parents of young students. Nothing better under $400.
I don't know that I would complain about getting such an upgrade. Is it your fault someone made a mistake? I ordered a part two weeks ago and the delivery company delivered it somewhere else. The...
Playing mandolin helps to understand chords, arpeggios and note locations. But practicing fiddle, especially under the guidance of a good mentor, is the best way to learn fiddle.
That guitar and mandolin sound fine together. The playing is as one would expect, mighty fine.
If you start banning songs because they reflect the sometimes less than pristine history of our country, then you'd better only play new songs and tunes. But eventually someone will even find them...
I have a TKL case that was real tight at first. But the mandolin now is snug as a bug in a rug. I could even put a tonegard on it and close it.
I recently bought a mandolin from a friend who is a maker. He did not make it but one of his apprentices did and the attention to detail is evident. I know it was handmade with someone I've known...
Recording King makes a Dirty 30's A for $199 that is not only cheap but does not sound bad or play badly. I teach kids and that is what I recommend to their parents who usually bring in these...
I never knew of the show but do have some of the recordings they did together and they are quire nice.
One talented kid.
When I started playing all mandolins had flat finger boards. I found one with a flat fingerboard a couple of months ago and love it.