Very interesting thread. I too play mandolin on a church worship band, but also tenor guitar. The band is definitely organized as a rock ensemble, both by choice of the church leadership and the...
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Very interesting thread. I too play mandolin on a church worship band, but also tenor guitar. The band is definitely organized as a rock ensemble, both by choice of the church leadership and the...
There's the Blue River Waltz by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNZqPiVOxM8
I believe Cartwright's is closed, or at least its Google Maps listing says it's closed . . . Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, this is something I'd love to be wrong about!
26 Songs in 30 Days by Greg Vandy and Daniel Person is a good read, and chronicles Guthrie's stint of songwriting for the Bonneville Power Administration.
I've enjoyed your posts on your development of these instruments. Great to finally get to hear them!
Very generous of you to share. Thanks!
My perspective is:
First, one can adapt to a variety of string spacings and details of setup, within reason. Also, I like having the wider string spacing on a tenor guitar as it helps facilitate...
Thanks for sharing!
I have both a guitar-bodied octave mandolin and a tenor guitar in the house. I have passed along the octave mandolin to my oldest daughter and she now insists that I have to call it a "tenor...
DGBE is a very reasonable tuning for a tenor, but before you give up on 5ths tuning, have you tried adjusting your left-hand approach? You could try:
index finger for frets 1 and 2
middle finger...
Is that a black cherry center stripe in the neck and heel? Or something else?
I lived in North Carolina for several years. I found the diversity of tree species in the Southern Appalachians to...
Am I correct to think I am seeing a carved back and some sort of internal secondary soundboard?
Thanks for sharing this instrument. It would be fun to see the video, if possible.
I would try both tunings over time and see which makes the instrument "sing" best. By which I mean, does the G course sound nice with GDAE tuning, or does it come across as weak and dull? Does the...
I've wondered before, is there a point at which the available glue surface of a fixed bridge just gets to be too small? A mandolin has more string tension than a 6-string guitar, and a mandolin...
I just read the brochure available at the link allenhopkins shared above. Who needs modesty when you can make the Super Mandolin?
Some distinctive and innovative ideas are in play in these...
Year of Grace by Robin Mark has a mellow, nice-sounding mandolin intro.
I'm a fan of Graham McDonald's The Mandolin Project. He presents a whole spectrum of construction techniques via four example mandolins of different styles. One of these is an A-style with an oval...
That's consistent with a statement in the US Department of Agriculture Sylvics Manual entry on eastern hemlock (Tsuga candadensis), "Older trees are susceptible to radial stress cracks and ring...
Thanks, MB-Octo, I think you may be right.
Yes, that's the one.
Hmm, thanks for the photo. With a closer look, now I am wondering if it actually does have a bend in the top, or whether I was fooled by light flashing off of an oversized...
My wife and I watched Kate Rusby's Christmas special a couple days ago. No mandolin content, strictly speaking, but Damien O'Kane played some tenor guitar and tenor banjo, while Aaron Jones mainly...
I did the very same adjustment for two bent-top mandolins I built recently. No problems encountered.
I love the unique woods!
I'm curious, is the asymmetry of the neck attachment intended to let the bridge stay in a perceived "sweet spot" on the banjo head?