I'm a long time Guitar player. I've also played Bass and Tenor Uke for a while. Then a few years ago, I thought I'd branch out and bought a Mandola and loved it! So then I bought a Tenor Banjo (tuned...
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I'm a long time Guitar player. I've also played Bass and Tenor Uke for a while. Then a few years ago, I thought I'd branch out and bought a Mandola and loved it! So then I bought a Tenor Banjo (tuned...
If you just want to 'get your feet wet' inexpensively:
Behringer ADI21 V-Tone Acoustic Amp Modeler/Direct Recording Preamp/DI Box...
After posting the above list just the other day, I realized that I've never been completely happy with my last choice: Kentucky KM-270 Mandolin / Gravity Sunrise Big Mini 1.5. So, I dug out my very...
Yes, the MDO-305's scale length is 21".
FWIW, after a fair amount of experimentation, I've settled on EJ-72's for both my Eastman MDA-315 Mandola and my Eastman MDO-305 Octave Mandolin.
Instrument / Pick (always subject to change):
Eastman AR403ce Archtop Electric Guitar / Blue Chip Jazz 60
Godin Montreal Premiere Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar / Blue Chip Jazz 50
C. F. Martin...
I accompanied a singer in a live performance recently, mostly on guitar, but I played OM on one song. Later, I heard someone in the audience refer to the OM as, "...that Banjo thingy!";)
This graphic (from the Weber website) may help:
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Well I have a mandolin, a mandola, an octave mandolin, and I want a mandocello.
But, yes, I guess if I could only keep one it would be the mandola.
Luckily, I don't have to make that choice!
You may be familiar with this Stewart MacDonald graphic:
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I prefer #5:
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No, but I've thought about it. The OM and the Dola have the same not-very-good-but-they-work tuners, but the ones on the OM are fairly smooth and the same ones on the Mandola are pretty stiff. The...
I have the same two Eastman instruments, even including the K&K, and now they're both jealous - those pickguards look great!
I did have a strap button installed on the treble side of the heel of the...
Thanks again everyone. I got a copy of Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method Book 1, and it looks like it will be suitable for beginners of all ages. Students could be fairly young kids and also may be...
Glad you enjoyed my quest! I guess all my Mandolin family instruments are now strung with 'mediums'.
- I'm staying with the D'Addario EJ-72's on my MDO305 OM (21" scale).
- But after a pro setup...
Before:
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After:
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Well, I recently traded 2 banjos I didn't want for a resonator guitar I didn't need!:redface:
Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions!
Thanks, Steve! How about Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method Books 1 & 2 - anybody?
I'm going to be teaching beginner mandolin lessons in addition to guitar and ukulele starting in the fall. I've used the Hal Leonard method books for guitar and uke with good results. So I ordered...
I took it to the best luthier I know, Glenn Nelson at Mockingbird Music in Berlin, MA. He's going to take material off the bottom of the bridge base since it's quite beefy (see picture in OP) as well...
Thanks Keith. I agree, but the instrument is otherwise excellent and the relief is near flat (no, I don't have any gauges), so I'm going to have my luthier fix (or even replace) the bridge. He can...
I, too, feel that it should not have been sold with this problem, and I did have the option to return it as defective, but the instrument is otherwise very good for its modest price and you've shown...
Wow, you guys are great - thanks so much! So it looks like I'm not up the proverbial creek with this.
Taking material off the top off the base - the base seems to be overly massive - seems like...
The 'Saga' continues: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/164996-Archtop-mando-bridge-is-as-low-as-it-can-go-options
Refer to this thread for the back story:
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/164900-Eastman-MD404-or-Kentucky-KM-272.
I have a new Kentucky KM-270 Mandolin with which I'm very pleased. But...