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I play bluegrass primarily and play a "bluegrass" f-style mandolin but I also enjoy playing swing,ragtime,jazz and celtic music and never limit myself by staying within one genre. Where I live in...

Cumberland Acoustics bridge. Hands down the best, most notable upgrade sound-wise that I made to my Eastman 615.

I've heard of Gillette microphones but had never seen one before. This is a nice find. I agree with them that it looks like a ribbon to me.

As a professional studio engineer and A/V specialist AS WELL as acoustic musician and my own bands sound guy, I can attest to the fact that it works both ways. That being said I will say that a lot...

Steve, your bridges are the best ! I put one on my Eastman 615 about 6 months ago and it's made the difference in a mandolin that sounds its price and a mandolin that easily competes with those 2 or...

I had the same issue/concern with my Eastman 615 and did several things to remedy the problem. I'll first say that I had just purchased it used on eBay for 600$ so buying a different mandolin was not...

I want to know which string makers shrink-wrap their strings so as to avoid this problem in the future. D'Addario (at least the J74s) does not; they come in the paper sleeves/envelopes. I no longer...

Like Tobin said, the fiddle is a mighty jealous mistress and she's high-maintenance as well. I was drawn to the fiddle after picking up the mandolin in my late teens and it was all down hill from...

When I actually get around to replacing the strings will fit it to the top better. But even so, am amazed at the improvement in volume and maybe tone. No, it won't be mistaken for a LaPlante. ...

Anything put in between the signal chain from the phantom-power source such as a DI or preamp(especially a 48v powered one) will protect the pickup from the 48v. I have a Shertler on my 615 and I...

This is the problem. It's a matter of impedance matching. Its also the nature of these surface-mount pickups like the K and K and the Shertler (which my 615 has) that they are going to pick up a lot...

Also one thing I forgot to mention but I do the same thing as far as using the mandolin to learn a new tune and then transfer over to the fiddle- you don't know how many times I've been playing...

You guys are saying exactly what I was getting at with the mandolin helping me with the fingering on the fiddle. When I began concentrating on fiddle as my main instrument I would only play the...

I'm sure this has been discussed before but to those pickers out there who also bow a fiddle, you'll know what I'm talking about when I say that techniques and patterns I have learned on mandolin are...

Ive had it on my back for long periods and its quite comfortable as well. I use public transit in my city to get to gigs and jams and the backpack straps have come in handy leaving my hands free for...

Yeah I love mine and the tight gasket around the edges has saved my mandolin from more than one deluge.
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HA ! I do the exact same thing with my TD-55 and I thought I was the only one ! I found that to be my go to check for action and it works every time.

I noticed something the other day when i saw a performance by a mandolin-player friend of mine-he, like myself and many other mandolin players wipe off their fretting hand just before beginning to...

One thing I just recently noticed after playing my mando with the tone-gard off is that my instrument was suffering some loss of sustain from the dampening effect the arms of the Tonegard had on the...

Good Job Elijah !

Nice job

Glad to hear you've gotten your Michael Kelly up to par I am a firm believer after taking a 600$ ebay mandolin and having a CA bridge installed, new jumbo frets and new nut done a pro luthier, my...

That's beautiful Nick, I especially love the second one. I'm going to have something similar done by David Houchens when he finishes mine in a few months.

Hah, no that's the old ebony chinrest that was original to my fiddle. My buddy Ray who is a luthier with Damman guitars carved it down for me. Id like to eventually replace it with a McClung from Doug

Eastman mandolins really start to sound good after they've been played for a few years, my 615 is from 2012 and has had many upgrades such as a CA brigde, EVO frets and pickguard attached. I had a...