I agree that the best answer is to listen and use whatever tools you can to get the most out of any tune or piece of music you are attempting to learn. The worst is when all you can find is TAB for...
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I agree that the best answer is to listen and use whatever tools you can to get the most out of any tune or piece of music you are attempting to learn. The worst is when all you can find is TAB for...
I love and have loved various F-5 models and an old Gibson F2, but when I experienced accelerating MAS, I decided that I could get much more bang for the buck with nn A model. Love my current A5...
Sometimes when I get together to play tune with friends, we may a lot of clam chowder. And it can turn into a tasty mix.
Ooo-La-La! Gorgeous! Now the wait during shipping!
Over the years, several Loar-signed F5's, including the Griffith's F5 (subjected to random hippie sanding & refinished in the '70s, and in sore need of new frets) all sounded slightly different &...
What a great way to wake up yesterday! Thanks for posting the interview!
My #1 is a Nugget A-5, which is all I should ever need. However, because of mandolin polyamory, I have a great Ellis twin point, a '23 Snakehead A, and a 1917 Lyon & Healy A. All have different...
I think Sam played Fiddle and Mike Marshall played mandolin on Old Gray Coat.
Tom:
There have been quite a few posts, and I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned getting a good set up. Often factory-built instruments have issues with high nut slots, the intonation can be...
Sounds Great, Don!
Jim:
I look forward to new licks in '24! Appreciate this series.
I got drafted to play electric mandolin in a pretty traditional C&W sometimes Western swing band and only had a MandoStrat and guitar amps. The band features a hot lead/rhythm tele player, a steel...
I'm lucky enough to be the temporary (during my lifetime) custodian of a mid-90's Nugget A5 - It is my holy grail ff-hole and a '23 snakehead plain-jade A that serves as the oval-hole equivalent.
An invaluable review for folks who don't have double-stops under their fingers yet! Thanks on their behalf, Jake.
That is very similar to the way I play tis tun, but the way I play it, measures 18 and 24 end on an A rather than Emin: 6-2-0-x. Great tune that Surette played so well!
I have two wonderful ff-hole carved top mandolins - one with drier and one more modern tone but missed the Gibson oval hole sound. I prefer the slightly tighter sound from a snakehead vs teen's...
Spectacular! Can't wait for the full release.
I don't know for sure what guitar Tommy is playing in the video, but he is a big fan of Mason guitars, made in Australia. He has collaborated with Jerry Douglas, and was all over MerleFest last...
Not quite Bluegrass, but always fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WotNXYSKDA
Good to see you back at it, Jim! Sometimes Life is what happens in between the plans. Hope all is well.
I have tried the line: "I just bought an expensive case, but look at the wonderful mandolin that I got for free!" And I do have an empty case...
I've learned a variety of ways: Violin with a classical violin teacher; I think my parents paid her to supervise my practice once a week at times. Jamming a finger playing JV football was the...
Thanks for posting this, Scott. Boy, if you miss a couple of days on Mandolin Cafe you never know what you're going to miss!
I have played the "catch and release" with a few higher end mandolins and the most frequent cause for release has been the neck - too skinny, too wide, too deep, not deep enough, too V'd, not V'd...
A couple of times when I knew there was a full flight and couldn't get early boarding, I've approached the gate agent before boarding, mentioned my concern about having to gate check my mandolin and...