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Hi Brucifer,

Can't figure out how to personal mail you, so I'll tack onto this thread for now.
My 3-piece (No Banjos) will be at the SeaDog in So Portland (formerly Eggspectations)
this Sat...

Many may consider it not true bluegrass, but anyone
interested in the mando-family should own a copy of Norman & Nancy Blake's
"Natasha's Waltz" - just a superb CD featuring mandos, mandolas,...

PS - regarding your other difficulty - getting strings over the bridge:
IMHO needle nose pliers are essential tools for musicians.
One does need to be careful, but they get the job done,
plus if...

Regarding stringing difficulty on mandolins, I had the same issue for a while.

The best answer I found was a capo - even a guitar capo.
The one-hand spring-loaded ones are probably easiest, but...

Mister Zoot Horn Rollo - hit that long lunar note...and let it float...........

I was extremely fortunate regarding touring acts in the 70's - the bands who
seemed to come around twice a year...

Hi Tavy/John,

Thanks for the reply, particularly this:
>* A standard mandolin saddle won't intonate correctly if the A string is wound, since as you say, it's designed for two wound and two plain...

Hi All,

I'd be the first to acknowledge that I'm no mando expert, and certainly not one on saddles, compensated or otherwise. However, I recently bought a new OM and am having difficulty with the...

Ignore - had time to correct original post.....

Sorry - that Csus9 should be 5253, not 5233.


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The trick to this song on guitar is that you dedicate your ring/pinky to holding down D/G on the 3rd fret of the first and second strings and never change it thru the entire song. Those two notes...

Hi Taterbugman,

I'm the current owner of Lee's former TC-OM and I have to say I like it a lot, too.

I have made some changes to it, with mostly good success, so let me elaborate in case
you...

Hi Brucifer,

The outline Jim gave above is an excellent approximation of the main riff-age,
but there is a subtle difference in the first bar of the riff. Note that the riffs occur
4 times...

To the OP:

If you need a 2-finger Amaj up there with a C#, try 9-11-0-0 instead of 9-7-0-0.
I just found this one while working on a friend's song - nice chord.

Alan

To Jim - thanks for the info.

To the OP - sorry if I hijacked your thread, but Jim's clarifications cleared up something I apparently have had wrong for many years.
I always thought that a...

Hey Jim,

Mea culpa - the original is in A. We generally learn from a paper source first (and we all know how accurate they are <g>), then compare to a YouTube rendition. We knew we were 2...

If the following three statements apply, I've found tuning by harmonics works really well.

1) - You trust your ear
2) - You're comfortable at both generating and hearing harmonics
3) - You don't...

I swear I had all those chords aligned above the right words, but posting messed with that....A

Another vote here for Am7.

'Course then you got some choices of how to render it on gtr - can't speak to banjo.
002010 - if it's a transition chord into/out-of C, a good choice
002213 - if you...

Hi Teri/Amandalyn,

I don't have a videocam, so it may be a while unfortunately.
My 3-piece is gearing up for public performance, so sometime soon
we'll probably do some recording, but we're not...

"You were only waiting for this moment to arrive"
0-5-5-3 (G)
2-2-4-3 (A7)
0-2-3-3 (C)
0-0-2-3 (G)
Turnaround:
5-5-7-3 (C)
0-5-5-3 (G)
2-2-4-3 (A7)
0-2-3-3 (C)

Eric upstream asked for "Blackbird" tabs. Here's what I play on my octave mando, which is actually being worked on right now, so I'll do my best to hack this out on a regular mando. No tabs or dots,...

Poor man's key-change software:

I did this when I was young and couldn't play too many chords, but had
fascinating sheet music from rock/pop bands that I wanted to play.

All you need is a...

I admit it lacks the D#, but I've always liked
using GDAE/4402 for B7.

Try it after the initial D/2002 on "Maxwell's Silver Hammer".

YMMV............A

Question for those running .16 - .56 gauge strings.
Did you change the tailpiece to a cast one, as well?

I'd like to get a less floppy sound, but I'm skeptical of
the stamped tailpiece.
...

Meant to put this in prior post:

My cheap Dean mandolin as recorded on my friend Doug's CD.

If the link doesn't work search for Doug Kolmar, then "Sailor Song".

I have minor technical issues...

At the risk of getting blasted by the mando-purists<g>,
I bought a Dean Playmate acou/elec-mando for ~$175 4-5 years ago.
Last time I checked they were selling them off for even less ($159?-ish).
...