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Interesting! I hadn't thought of this. Sounds like it's time for a single subject repeated measures experiment with tuning order as an independent variable...

He may be more in mandola range here but the approach is similar. The mandolin is playing a complementary part to the melody - it's more than strumming or chopping chords, but it's also not the full...

Yes! Backup done tastefully on mandolin sounds wonderful. I just find that as a melody instrument, triplets on mandolin - even when played well, like much better than I can - still don't give me...

I'm an Irish fiddle player exploring the mandolin and considering whether/how to get deeper into it. IMO, I have heard very few mandolin players successfully emulate triplets, rolls, cuts, and other...

Thanks for the replies. The new tuners are to help with the considerable play in the originals. I hadn't thought of a sticking nut slot being able to make a string go sharp but it makes sense I...

I have a vintage A2Z with the original tuners. I notice that when I tune by the time I've gone through all the courses some have gone sharp 2-4 cents. I'm used to things going flat as strings...

The word "professional" can mean a lot of different things. Personally, I would not consider even the highest level Eastman or Kentucky pro-level builds, but rather good quality...

I have a line on a Breedlove AM OF. Does not look like a crossover, but the label does not say Quartz. What exactly am I looking at here? Thanks!

Many thanks for these responses. This is very helpful information.

I'm looking for a flat top oval hole mando in the 1K and under range and wondering if anyone has directly compared these two. I can't find examples of either anywhere near me. I like the idea of an...

Thanks, you answered it. I was wondering if you assembled the set and custom ordered it, or if it is a standard set offered by Newtone.

That's right - it's .074 but it definitely doesn't fit. Are the Newtones a set you put together from single strings?

I recently acquired a vintage K-1 mandocello and found out that the low C strings on a D'addario set at .078 are too thick to fit through the vintage tuner post holes. Anyone determined what gauge...

Thanks so much! Got it in my fingers again and now I can obsess about something else!

That was may vague memory but my searching only brought up the old song.

I used to play it on the fiddle in Gm. Now it’s back in my head and I can’t remember the rest. Similar to Bobby Casey’s but I believe it’s a different tune. I may have learned it from an old LP...

A big thanks to everyone who chimed in on this thread. I've come back to it several times in the past week as I practice. One thing has become clear - the main sticking point is that first upstroke...

This is all very helpful. I appreciate people taking the time to write out their approach. The first thing I have to say is, "wow - Kevin sounds exactly the same playing TTF as he did when I first...

Thanks for the reply. That makes sense to me. On some tunes with a very strong triplet feel for the main phrases (e.g., Maids of Mount Kisco, Toss the Feathers in Em) it feels like each of those...

I played fiddle for many years and have picked up the mandolin here and there. Now I've decided to do the necessary woodshedding to get my right hand up to speed. My question is, when it comes to...

Thanks for the leads!

I just picked up a 1921 A-2 blacktop with all original parts except the pickguard. Sounds amazing but the way I drag the back of my right hand nails across the face when picking is doing some damage...

The tune he's playing in the video -- what is it???

http://themusicemporium.com/mandolins/gibson-f-4-1918-wohsc

I know that tune played as a reel and called "Milloy's Favorite." I picked up from Sligo fiddler Declan Folan.