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The pre-amp is a must have. The radius sounds ok without one when I'm playing alone but throw in another guitar and a bass player plus vocals and it gets lost in the mix. I use the Fishman...

I recently acquired this pickup for my mandolin and took it out on a gig Friday night. I am impressed by the sound quality and volume it produces. Granted, it will never sound like a good...

I teach public school band and I have learned to play 10+ wind and string instruments at a pretty respectable level. My best advice to you is to try not to think in terms of how difficult the...

Glad to hear you are enjoying the mandolin. My suggestion to you is to let tone, volume, and comfort guide your technique. I tend to not think about the mechanics of my hands, instead focus on slow...

Thank you all for listening and for your kind compliments!

I'll second this suggestion, what you trade in looks you get back tenfold in tone when you buy an A style from a good builder. A/B similarly priced A style and F style mandolins with your eyes...

I used my MT for these tracks-great little mandolin especially for the price, ~$2000 new. There are two other versions of Watson's Blues that are also really good: one is on Doc & Dawg and the other...

Definitely try catch Michael Daves if you can. He gigs all the time in NYC and Brooklyn and he hosts a great bluegrass jam at the Parkside Lounge on certain Mondays. Great player and singer

Thanks for the compliments! Yes the mandolin is my MT, it has a very bright sound like the bandolim. Maybe someday I'll get a bandolim if my wife lets me :)

I bought two books from...

We recorded these tracks earlier this week. The first two are Choros followed by a Dawg tune and a Bill Monroe number. I would love some feedback, tips, comments, etc
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I uploaded the tracks to archive.org. Here is the link:

http://www.archive.org/details/WorkingmansStringBandDemo

Enjoy

I screwed up the file upload so these won't play, my bad
I'll try to fix it

Here are some tracks that my newly formed trio recorded. We call ourselves The Workingman's String Band. We hope you enjoy them!

Mike Costello, Mandolin
JP Storrier, Guitar
Sean Gallagher,...

The Garcia/Grisman collaborations. I got into these because I love Jerry and the Dead but I wound up becoming fascinated by the sound of the mandolin. About three years ago I was getting ready to...

If you're just beginning to learn classical mandolin why not use what you've got? Mike Marshall uses his Gibson for everything from 'grass to choro to classical and everything in between. In fact...

Public School Band Teacher; when I'm not doing that, I'm usually playing guitar or mandolin.

I'm pretty much making music during all my waking hours, unless I'm eating

I bought an MT for my first nice mandolin and I haven't had any scroll envy. Tone is #1, the mandolin could be square shaped for all if care if it sounds great

I did the exact same thing except I kept my Washburn M1S, it's was good little mandolin to learn on and I still like it for places I would never take out the MT.

Around the neck, I'm a recovering electric guitarist. One day at a time man...

Find some recordings of mandolin solos that you like and try to pick out some of the licks and lines by ear. By doing this you will be able to figure out why a particular lick sounds good to you...

I always understood sus chords as a chord in which the third has been swapped for another note. In the case of the sus4, the fourth note of the scale is used. In a sus2 the second note is used.
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Put a small dab of clear nail polish on one side where it will touch the body. It will hold the pin in place but it removes easily if needed.

MT's rule! Who's with me?

I think you are trying too hard. Find some cool friends to jam with. Learn to play by just sitting down and playing by ear with others; the rest will come along by itself. Mandolin should be fun,...

I would love to catch one of their shows. Maybe next time they are in the Northeast.

Railroad Earth is a smokin' Band