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Hi Annette,

This is very kind of you.

To honor your art, and help support your offer to others, I've just bought the book from Apple Books to read to my new grandson.

Thanks,
Pete

I'll add Gary Lewandowski (Cedar Mountain Mandolins ). He just made this one for me.

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Another word for this idea of swing is "Lift". You might have better luck finding some info using this as a search term instead of swing.

Basically Irish music is dance music. Lift is the pulse...

Woot!!

Ensure that you have you have the Impact "Fingerings" checkbox selected. This is in the Score->Instument dialog box under the Tuning tab. This is how you change the tab and not the notes.

Also,...

Yeah, I own that F as well. I bought that from Gary a few years back.

Gary Lewandowski of Cedar Mountain Mandolin has sent me a few shots of a new GBOM he's making for me.

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It's gonna be the big sister to this mandolin.

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My guess (and only a guess) is that the nut string slot is a little tight. I has one mandolin that produced a tinny (on the A string no less) sound for this reason.

Pete

Use a set of D’Addario Octave Mandolin strings. That’s what I use on my Mandola.

They're not dead yet.

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Sarah might like different gauges than those found in standard sets. That is probably why she she is using guitar strings (most likely bought individually). I have a zouk and and an octave. I like...

I’m sure that this has been asked before, but, is there any chance of getting monel guitar strings from D’Addario? I’ve got an old jazz box that is crying out for them.

I know that Martin makes...

And, one post by Marty shows how much I don’t know about any of this.

I know what those words mean individually but not when they are put together in that order. :^ p

For the trussed, look inside the sound hole. It should be just under the soundboard. It's really hard to get a good look at, so you your fingers to find it.

It's cast and solid.

I would save your cash unless you want to use ball end strings (or if you just don't like it).

Pete

It could be lots of things: type of pickups, impedance (how “hot”) of pickups, types of pots, capacitors, wiring, etc.

To solve it, I would put a boost pedal as the first pedal for the Mando.

East Tennessee State University has a Bluegrass, Old-time, and Country Music Studies Major. They also have a Jazz major program.
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Expensive and "great sounding" are subjective. Beautiful is also subjective.

I said that I would never spend over $1000 for a guitar or $1500 for a mandolin. That resolution was broken several...

Looks like the compensation is way off. Those are all wound strings. The bridge should step up from the C (farthest towards the neck) to the A (closest to the neck) instead of the up-up-down-up...

Check if your bridge saddle is turned around.

Since the issue gets worse the more you move towards the bridge I would guess that's where your issue is.

I would tell her to listen to a couple of sets before joining in. Get a feel for how the Trad people are playing, listen to how and where they emphasize notes, and then join in.

Pete

I don't think that you're going to find anyone to build you a bouzouki for less than $1k.

I think that the best deal in bouzoukis is Phil Crump (http://www.pwcrumpco.com/index.html). His zouks...

When in doubt, play more downstrokes.

Wow! Thanks for posting these.

You always found those good notes, Donnie. When are you coming West again?

Pete