It's got to be irritating for local shops to do service on instruments purchased online. I made that mistake a couple of times. When I made the plunge of my F9, I bought local. Whenever I need...
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It's got to be irritating for local shops to do service on instruments purchased online. I made that mistake a couple of times. When I made the plunge of my F9, I bought local. Whenever I need...
Dawg let me play his Giacomel J5 during the 2007 Symposium. Played like butter, but it was a tad noisy in the room to hear what it sounded like with me playing...
Oh hell yes!
Dang, this topic has triggered a severe relapse into MAS. Now there's Ricky Skaggs DMM in the classfied for 12-5. And the carmel Dave Harvey DMM is still there for 15. Something's gotta give....
There's a Gibson DMM in the classifieds that has me hot under the collar. Signed by David Harvey, reportedly his personal instrument. Humm, my daughter can pay her own tuition...
I bought a box of them a few years ago, and didn't like them. I used them up. It helped me remember to change strings every month!
Now I'm back with D'addarios.
I've tried J74's & 75's, and both sizes in exp. Finally settled on the J74's and change them often. I buy them for under 4 bucks mailorder.
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. He plays alot of Monroe stuff, but recorded on modern recording equipment so you can really hear what's going on. Hearing the bottom end on 40's era songs and...
I can relate to what Dan is saying. By minding my manners and sticking out my hand at the right moment, I've gotten to play a Dude, a couple of Loars, a Rigel G110, a Stanley Miller, and a Giacomel...
I'd never played a stringed instrument, but fancy myself as being a singer. I headed out to the local guitar shop to buy a ukulele, just to mess around a bit. There were the mandolins, hanging on...
Go Doug!!!
I had a singing class with Kathy Kallack and her advice was not to use an accent you didn't come by naturally. Otherwise, you're just hee-haw.
Personally, I speak with a North Carolina drawl, but...
2 weeks ago, I got an LM 500 to use as a backup while my Gibson is in the shop. I was so impressed that I put James tailpiece on it and upgraded the tuners with some Grovers I already had. It...
51, in 2005. First instrument of any kind, except for a recorder-like song flute in elementary school.
David plays it in C. I-IV-V, CF&G with the changes right where you'd think they'd be.
Jacqueline by David Gans
If just one dream could come true I know what that dream would be
Last night I...
I pimped out my F9. I put on some Waverly Tuners, and a James Tailpiece, a Jim Hyatt pickguard, a Doug Edwards armrest, and a Tonegard.
And it still sounds great...
When I have her refretted,...
I had a classical teacher who used a rubber mat in her lap to keep her fancy bowl from sliding away. The kind of mat like you'd use to line shelf.
Very cool post of Caterina. Marshall's got her...
I had a ringing E string, kinda of like a sitar ringing, which my teacher correctly identified as a problem with the slot on the bridge. He said if he was in a remote location he would just widen...
I had a classical teacher who only picked up on 8th notes, and had a hard time believing that bluegrass players usually just alternate down-up.
If you call the rhythm 2/4, then you've got lots of...
Wear gloves when doing physical work. Remember, Bill Monroe did a bit of ranching.
I've used them, but didn't hear much difference in tone. The notes, IMO, did not sustain as long as with the D'addarios. I use EXP 75's these days.
One of my teachers likes to "drag" the ring and pinky fingers across the pick guard/finger rest. Says he learned it from Frank Wakefield. He's got me doing it. I even put a finger rest on my F9 to...
Paddy on the Turnpike
Done Gone
Billy in the Lowground
Monroe's Hornpipe
Kentucky Mandolin
Sounds good. Change freeform to Mike Crater
Seems kinda high. Does it include meals and lodging, and who are the instructors? That could make the difference.