Search:

I had just bought a Santa Cruz 000-12 fret guitar (many years ago) and laid it on my kitchen counter (for some reason). The back kitchen door was open, a breeze blowing into the kitchen. I was in the...

I use Elliott capos on guitar and they are expensive, but the best, IMO. You have to exactly or at least very closely match the radius of your fretboard for an efficient fit. If you measure the depth...

In the English language, all nouns are referred to as the feminine gender, i.e. "There is a ship, and she sails the sea." All French nouns (and this is also true for some other languages) are either...

An ivory mandolin in an ivory case. Now THAT'S cool!

OK, that scroll... :disbelief: I kind of like the creative use of the door plate... kind of.

No, don't modify that old mandolin! Pickups will never get you the recorded sound you will get with a pro mic.

If you prefer guitar for your hands, an octave mandolin might suit you well and then...

One factor is how long you will be visiting. If your visit is short, you probably will not even have the time to play your mandolin. I made a four day trip to Maine last year and would have never had...

I own a Calton and two Hoffees and they are fabulous, extremely high quality cases. They are different enough to be under the same company and I also like the idea of the merger including Hiscox...

I teach mandolin and I will tell you (the short version) of what I do with my students and what I figured out to do when I was a beginner bridging into intermediate level.

You have not been...

These would probably be a good choice between a very inexpensive case and a Calton. The description of the product website does not name it as a flight case. However, the information on the page does...

Resist the temptation to flex (except maybe at the gym).

I've had Red Bears go through the wash and be fine (but don't do that).

What a wonderful (but sad) story.

Oh, a rare one right here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UztSCpYaTsY

And it is in the classifieds.

Flatiron A-style with a LOT of play time and sounds loud and woody with great...

Well, if Collings believes in using torrefied tops, then I have to believe that there is something to it. I have heard from a reliable, knowledgeable guitar player who has played hundreds of guitars...

I've played a nice Loar F5 at IBMA, and I have played Mike Compton's current Gilchrist Model 5 a few times (which is dry with great depth and loud as all get out), but my favorite EVER was a Carl...

Exactly. Choose similar tunes that are easier (even much easier) is the way to go along with short, specific picking exercises to get your pickstrokes correct and fluid at a slow tempo, staying...

I have said, more than once, to one of my younger students, "I like more modern music, like the 90s and early 2000s", and they give me the strangest look. :confused:

Thanks Scott.

Thanks NDO, I was thinking that a space blanket might save a bit of the warmth already harbored in the mandolin and case, but obviously, not. I know that, for example, wrapping a room temperature...

I wonder if it would work to wrap it tightly in one or two space blankets? Has anyone used those?

Very cool! I do wonder, however, why the word "FOREVER" is crossed out (?)

I have several students with arthritis and their best results has come from receiving very excellent professional physical therapy. Buying a hand exerciser has a very repetitive motion and that might...

Sounds like they don't want a mandolin player in the band and/or they are a "clique", money may be involved, or as someone already stated, they lack imagination and are stereotyping mandolin. I have...

I have 12 year old mandolin that I really like a lot, but the E course needed a bit more volume and cut. I had tried many different strings and medium gauge DR rare phosphor bronze seemed to work...

I've been in quite a few bands and it never has worked out with anyone drinking on stage. I guess it depends on how intoxicated one gets and how it effects an individual's personality and quality of...