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Mike Marshall's course on ArtistWorks is great for this. Mike caught a left-hand position error i was making and quickly corrected it before the bad habit solidified.

Definitely get a strap as...

I have a beautiful, rich, warm, oval-hole Pava. In quiet sessions or intimate jams (3 or 4 others max) this things is simply gorgeous. If I were a recording musician, this would be a perfect studio...

This is a Wonderful resource on RH warmup routines from Mike Giverin. Although it doesn't cover actual technique very much, I found that after about a month my tone significantly improved...

I took a private lesson with Sharon Gilchrist recently (highly recommended, she is a fabulous teacher and listener) to work on tone on my E string. She described right hand motion like this:
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Is it an option for you to get an acoustic and play into a mic? I bought a recommended pickup for my Pava, used it once, and sold it. It took my beautiful rich mandolin and made the tone so metallic...

I’ve wanted an octave mandolin since the first time I heard one. However, a high end octave is probably not the most responsible thing On which for me to spend $4,500 (or much much more) while...

This is by no means a new product, but I just strung up my first Straight Up Strings by Siminoff on my Pava, and i'm absolutely thrilled with the tone right out of the packaging.

I generally...

A few months ago, Mandolin Mondays featured Mike Giverin. Mike does an excellent free monthly lesson to which I've subscribed the past few months. However, he has just released his second technique...