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The Octave mandolin player is Eva Holbrook from SHEL. If you go to YouTube you'll see that she just got the Octave earlier that day and decided to transcribe the Bach cello Prelude to "to help get...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YU0isvRgkc

Gorgeous interpretation of the D minor gigue by Alison Stephens. May she rest in peace.

Phil

There's some nice video of Tim May planting and picking away in the "Tim May and his Vintage Gibson Collection" link from the front page. Doesn't seem to impair his playing.....

Once again Brent, you have managed to capture the essence of the issue in just a few words.

Oh, and my apologies for calling you Bret earlier.

Phil

[QUOTE=Brent Hutto;965250]Well I don't know thousands of players but I've seen plenty of both guitar and mandolin beginners brace a finger or two so hard against the soundboard that they couldn't...

I think Bobby Burns' post is spot on about planting versus brushing and JeffD also makes some good points about the effect of planting on tone.

This whole "free floating hand as the holy grail of...

I couldn't agree more. Saw Bryan with Tim at Wintergrass 2010 - doesn't get any better.

Phil

Well said Bernie - I agree completely.

Phil

I actually prefer the tone of the Red Bear Tuff-Tone picks to Wegen, BC, real tortoise and to the regular Red Bear picks - for me, they have a much fuller, richer tone with good volume. They are...

At the risk of irritating a bunch of people, I'd like to vent a little too....

MadMarine is a friend of mine and I can confirm that he has made great progress since adjusting his style away from...

Tbone,
You should definitely try a left-handed bevel. It took me a while to figure out the right-handed bevel didn't work for my style. When I went to the left-handed bevel, my tone went from thin...

Apparently I wasn't the only metalhead...

Yes, Accept was one of the obscure German bands, but there were others (Kreator, Destruction, etc.) that were less well known than Rammstein. My tastes...

I was a major metalhead in high school (Iron Maiden, Anthrax and a bunch of obscure German bands) and picked up electric guitar at the age of 16. By the time I was in college, some weekends would...

My guess is that the non-beveled pick will sound less bright/thin than the beveled pick. I have tried Bluechip (TP-1R) and Red Bear (TII) picks that have both beveled edges and a single rounded,...

Here are a couple of clips of Chad Fadely from Greg Boyd's House of Fine instruments playing a couple of mandolins with TIs:

http://gregboyd.com/instrument_detail.html?instrument_key=644
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Pickloser,
I can't thank you enough for your guide to double-stops - they were a revelation. I, too, think in shapes and patterns. The way you presented everything along with names for the various...

David - thanks for the link to the fascinating article (and introduction to SEED Magazine). And thanks to Miss Lonelyhearts for the link to the TED talk (gotta love TED; but beware, once you start...

NoNickel,

While we're on the topic of mandolins with three letter names.....

What is Ben making for you now?

Phil

Richard,
Have you used other flatwounds and, if so, how do these compare? I get the impression that they lack some of the warmth of the TIs and Labellas.

Phil

Is that the one for sale in the classifieds?

I concur. Thank you, Dr. Cohen.

Well put - that is exactly my experience!

Phil

Where's Dave Cohen when you need him....

It does take a while to get them directly from Red Bear, but I think they're worth it. To me, both their standard "mock" tortoise and their Tuff-Tone line have a richer, more complex sound than Blue...

Mike,
Thanks for the link - it's basic, but very useful.

Phil