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Good question. So I'll attempt to add my own twist to it...

Is the stock Eastwood pickup deficient in some way (noisy, weak, thin sounding), or do you just want something different like a...

For me, the two most important things to take away from Crazyquilt's excellent post are, "There's no simple answer other than, "I turn knobs until I'm happy..." and "Everything ultimately depends...

How much time do you have? :D

My main amp at the moment is an Ampeg Jet II that I bought new at some point between 2004 and 2008. I recently had it cleaned up, and it sounds great, though I...

What does Fripp call his tuning? Is it "New Standard"?
Basically its 5ths like a mandolin. So a LOT of King Crimson will slide right up an octave to mandolin easily enough. It's fun to think...

Surfy! I have a friend in California who is in a surf band. I always thought I should ask to join. But then I lef tthe country. ;)
Daniel

I'm really digging this! :)
Daniel

I didn't even mention the MO-2 and the flanger! ;)

AH-how how how how...
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I have been home all weekend on the holiday weekend here in France recovering from Bronchitis. Wife and kids have been visting family and going on outings. Yesterday, to stave off the boredom of...

[MUDulation! Ha! inadvertant pun there. :) ]
Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

Do you go for chorus, flange, phase, tremolo, or something more complicated/exotic?

I’m currently using a 3...

I like the idea of amp sims for gigging when someone else is running the house sound. :)

I use an old Line6 POD 2.0. The cool thing about pedal amps, if they're digital like the POD 2.0, is that...

UPDATE:

Did a bit of a light service on the JBovier EMC-5 today. Unstrung it, cleaned the fretboard, dusted all surfaces, ran some WD40 through the pots (MUCH better!), changed the strings, and...

Like other folks here who play mandola as well, I've experimented more with tunings on that than on the mandolin. For a while I did the Yank Rachel thing and tuned my Weber (17" scale length) to E B...

Inconceivable!

That's great. Thanks Bill.
I'm going to give 11-16-24 (which I already use -I was wrong above) 38-50 a try.
The hammer-ons and pull-offs are on the G string frets 1, 3, and 4.

Very kind!
Daniel

I'm in Aisne, probably 7 or 8 hours by car. Well, at least we're in the same timezone. ;)

Thanks Brad.

Daniel

Anyone know whereabouts in France Paul lives?

(Suddenly wondering about the feasibility of actual mandolin jazz lessons!)

Daniel in Laon.

I'm asking because after trying Kenny Burrell's "Midnight Blue" on both my 5 string emandos, I am reg=considering the massive gauges I have been using.

They are strung with 13 - 53 electric guitar...

Another vote for the Orchid Elelctroncs preamp. I love mine. I run a Paul Hathway octave mandolin through it.

No eq or tuner, but it's a tank, it's utterly silent, and it does the job...

Hello John,

I have a bunch of little amps. But my current favourite is my Ampeg Jet II (1x12) reissue that's pushing 20 years old now.
It has both reverb and tremolo, which can get dangerous if...

I'm with you on the scale length. My Arrow G5 has a 15" scale length and my JBovier a standard 14". I much prefer the extra inch. It makes a big difference to the feel and reach.

I'm (probably...

I have sat down with the chart several times, and listened to Henderson's version of the tune dozens of times, but I am finding it difficult to keep the tune in mind when reading the staff.

I...

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Wonderful! Keep it coming!

I have class Monday evenings at 7pm here in France (1pm EST/10amPST) if you have any last minute thoughts. ;)

Daniel

Sounds great Tom! Love the tune and the way you execute it.

But I'm not giving up my 5 string emandos. ;)

Daniel

Thanks Everyone!

I'll refuse to re-invent the wheel by staying in the first position.

My class has been working on improvizational theory, so I have been working gently on the scales Bruce...