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I'm in need of the same help. Feels like staying is first position is getting stale.

Good stuff here, folks! Thanks for all the tips!

In the process of hand-writing out the tab and learning 'Woodland Star' off Andrew Marlin's latest album.

It's been a great exercise in patience, and thank gawd for the Amazing Slow Downer. ...

I had to watch this three times to get past the phenomenal fiddle playing before I was able to focus on Joe's incredible right hand.

Good stuff, there...

Worth a listen, if only to learn the nicknames Andrew has for his mandolins...

I'm another for whom Andrew's playing lit the fire in me to take up the mandolin. Nobody better, IMO.

And the new albums are fantastic...

Gonna take a while to fully absorb all these...in a good, savoring way...

You have chosen wisely, on all fronts....

https://www.amazon.com/Mandolin-Exercises-Dummies-Don-Julin/dp/1118769538

The internet is your friend

'Mandolin For Dummies' and especially the accompanying 'Mandolin Exercises For Dummies' by Don Julin

MandoLessons.com for staple fiddle tunes

I got mine used, and it had a few dings in the top; I have added a couple through various mishaps, but that's not really too much of a concern with me. I also recall watching the YT vid that Aaron...

Congrats!

In the spring of 2019, I was in Austin and spent an afternoon at Fiddlers playing everything they had on their wall. The instrument I kept coming back to was the Northfield F5S, and...

Prices on new mandolins don't vary much, with the exception that you may find some deals on lower-tier instruments at GC, but they likely won't be set up well, and setup is uber-crucial to the...

Heh. "Tubby"... I like that descriptor...

A little tubby-ness is ok. Lends some color to the woody-ness. But for me, that one (and oval's, in general) is too tubby. I like the more focused...

Thanks, Evan - hadn't heard this one.

I can always count on Andrew to expand my library of songs. 'Have a feast here tonight' and 'Love letters tied in blue' will be added to the list.

I do so...

Fiddlers Green (Lockhart) is probably the closest store to Dallas with a sizeable inventory

The standard Eastman gig bag fits perfectly and doesn't cost much. Depending on where you are getting your instrument from, a new one should include the gig bag. If not, TMS has them:
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Couple years ago, my wife and I went into a shop so I could check out a Givens that they had there. I had been listening to a lot of YT clips and was really liking the Givens sound and had prepared...

Head over to MandoLessons.com for great help with that.

I actually only have two mandolins, a Northfield F5S and a Kimble A (see avatar). I wanted a good one in both body styles. In between...

Heh.

Maybe.

But I only have one Telecaster...

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I'm one of the guys on the Telecaster forum (TDPRI) that sent Ash over here.

It is amazing to me how quickly these little instruments can wiggle their way into our brains/hearts.

Congrats - great choice on the 305!

When I started on mandolin, also coming from many years of guitar and bass, I was really surprised how big of a difference the selection of pick could make. I...

MandoLessons.com

A full complement of technique lessons, plus huge collection of OT and BG fiddle tune lessons. Free (donations encouraged).

Lots of us started there.

Good choice for a...

Get the one that is going to make you want to pick it up and play.

If it sticks, you'll likely be getting more soon enough, and any of those three are great starters.

Huzzah!!

Can't wait!

I noticed that peculiarity when I started on the mandolin, too. My guitars and mandolins sit right next to each other, and when I tune them, it's always bringing the guitars up to pitch, and the the...