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I don't expect a fancy mandolin to sound good but the looks normally follow the quality. Builders of good sounding(expensive) instruments, also tend to make them look good.

I do want an expensive...

Maybe it's there for a pedagogical reason, to teach players not to dip the pick to deep. :grin: :mandosmiley:

You should see the back ;-) ...

Hehe, I thought of that but it is difficult to make it look nice, you have to move the binding as well, maybe scalloping could be done.

The extension doesn't even have any frets, so I wonder why it is there.

It's a bit annoying, as I can feel that the pick sometimes touches it


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On a guitar exhibition a guy sold rock picks !

No matter how you attach to the scroll, it will not change the headdrop tendency, as that is a matter of physics.

If you suspend something behind it's point of equilibrium the head will drop.
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email addresses should never be published openly. he will have a lot of spam. Robots scan the internet round the clock for mail addresses.

.73 to 1.0 for single string picking and .50 for tremolo playing

That's exactly what I found out, when trying it out, so I went backt to strapping around the head,

But I hate the bootlace up there, so I've made some 1 mm Dyneema string loops, with a button on...

I just received my Hora II. It's quite impressive on it's own and then the price/performance factor is good as well. It does need new strings. The two deep pairs don't sound as they should

Try a mandola

I've done some sanding but I'll try: changing technique, a high armrest or a rest just behind the bridge

Yes I did but I had a lot of problems.
When I first glued it, some wood was missing at the end of the break. I filled it with some filler but after tensioning the string, a thin crack developed. I...

Some people here have been in confinement for too long. Take a walk or kick the dog :))

Mandolin??

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I was hoping to find an older, cheaper full solid mandolin, that would be as good as a newer, more expensive full solid but I failed.
So I have sold off 4 old mandolins and bought a Kentucky KM-805,...

yes I see the idea and have tried it but just now the 4-3-2-1 on E and 5-3 on A seems easier to me.

Yes that's it. I have decided for the 4321 fingers on E and started practice. Funny that I've never used finger 4 on a mandolin but then I've not practiced any chord playing.

Sorry I don't have the sheet music.

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You throw in a whole new combination and refer to a book I don't have :)):grin:

Would you like to elaborate? Please!

You are in the start or verse. I'm describing an interlude towards the end.

It's the Tarantella starting from the 3. fret going up to 7,5,3,1,0 next 5,3 on A