I love the idea of setting an audience in your mind, especially an imaginary audience, before composing your music. I can't hear in my head what music Goblins would prefer, but that's OK, they seem...
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I love the idea of setting an audience in your mind, especially an imaginary audience, before composing your music. I can't hear in my head what music Goblins would prefer, but that's OK, they seem...
The Traveling Pick Sampler #1 is leaving southern Arizona, off to Denis Kearns.
A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the collection or the management of this grass roots program!...
The #1 pick sampler arrived in southern Arizona today in good order. Thank you, mandognome! Wow, it looks like it should be renamed the "Traveling Pick Cornucopia!" I'll put them to use soon and let...
It’s lots of fun! The combination of drive, humor, and experimentation reminds me a bit of Andy Statman, but it is definitely its own thing.
The bridge, very simple, seems to be sitting in puddle of putty or mastic. What an odd combination of primitivism and sophistication!
Any study of acoustic string instruments producers needs to consider how durable they are (when properly treated) and conservative the users are (in love with the old stuff). Passionately create...
I am a fan of solid body four-string electrics as well, and I find I practice more when traveling with my Eastwood "Mandostang" more than I would with my Collings. I play with a headphone amp, but I...
Perhaps ChatGPT learned about mandolins from this forum: after all, just about every opinion known to humankind about mandolins has been expressed here over the years, not always with optimal...
I’ve had a lot of fun with my four string over the last couple of years, it feels like a bonus to get such different sounds out of the same fretboard. Sort of like moving from piano to organ. OTOH,...
I don't know Ibanez mandos, but I am interested that you like your current one. Laminate-topped mandos don't get much love around here. I suppose I'm part of that: I gave my weirdly-branded Asian...
That asymmetrical sound hole is fascinating--reflects the body and head shape--I don't think I've seen that before!
I thought the traditional friction-fit endpin/strap pin was added to the mandolin as an Analog Humidity Alarm: when the pin falls out, you know you're mistreating your instrument with low humidity!...
I use an inexpensive headphone amp, the Sonicake US classic. You’ll find it on Amazon. The built-in batteries are long lasting, and it does have an input for a phone or other device to play backing...
Thank you for passing these along. Since I already have the Eastwood electric, instead of a new instrument, they have me hankering for an octave pedal!!
Tristan's creative playing and skills...
Plenty of people with a lot more experience with 4-string solids than I have around here, but I've enjoyed my "Warren Ellis Mandostang" from Eastwood Guitars. They are $450 shipped, although they...
For my birthday yesterday, my son invited me to fly to NYC to go to this concert with him! I’ve got a flight and I am beyond excited! :)
I've gotten over loathing string changes, but I still don't like it. I'm changing them today. I change when the annoyance of hard-to-tune and bad intonation exceeds the annoyance of a string change....
I successfully shortened two of the screws on my Eastwood Mandostang (4-string) a few weeks ago—I was also concerned about ruining it and making the instrument unplayable, but it proved easy. I held...
After years of thinking about it, I bought an inexpensive Emando: the Eastwood Mandostang. I have no previous electric instrument experience. The idea is to pack it on my "snowbird" trip south as my...
I'd like to be added to the list--either sample would be fine. It's a new decade, and it's time to consider other choices besides my reliable D'Andrea 1.5mm plec! Thank you.
I had a chance to tour the Collings factory in Austin a few weeks ago. . . and there sure were a lot of A style in production compared with F style! Still, string players are a conservative lot, F...
Not waiting until my dad's passing and acquiring his instrument to recognize that his choice of mandolin was wiser than my choice of five-string banjo.
At least post-string change, I'd love to have a higher ratio for my A & E strings than the standard--I don't think they'd necessarily have be proportional across the fretboard. I do use light strings...
I did get a tear too. . . . and a chance to bond over music with my wife. Somehow things like the Punch Brothers new music video just don't have the same effect with her. Loads of fun, a tidal wave...
Thanks for all the responses! When I posted, I think that I was hoping for a consensus that modern instruments have better builds/technology, therefore likely better long-term outcomes, much as Mike...