Thanks for all of the replies, gives me a lot of food for thought. I guess what I've learned from them is that there's no correct answer to the question, which I kinda thought was the case. As I...
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Thanks for all of the replies, gives me a lot of food for thought. I guess what I've learned from them is that there's no correct answer to the question, which I kinda thought was the case. As I...
Thanks for the reply. I guess I knew that the actual angle at which you hold the mandolin wouldn't make you sound like Monroe, I was thinking more along the lines of the angle that you hold the...
I've dabbled with playing the mandolin on and off over the years, never really getting past the beginner phase. I've recently come back to it with a focus on trying to learn Monroe style playing. My...
Well, I picked it up from the shop last night, and it turned out great. Thanks for all of the advice guys.
York is about an hour away according to Google Maps. That's not out of the question, but if I could find someone closer, that would be even better. I thought maybe I would get luck and find someone...
I just heard from the guy. He said that I have a loose fret that he's gong to fix. He also said that there a a couple of other high frets that he's going to address. He said that he will file them...
Hey guys, just hoping to find a mandolin teacher in Harford County, Maryland. I just move up here last year, I'm in Forest Hill. If anyone is giving lessons up this way, or knows of anyone that is,...
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to look into one of those classes. I love the idea of being able to maintain my instrument myself.
Hey Willie - I'm in northern Harford County, probably about an hour from you. Appalachian Bluegrass is the shop I was talking about that's about 40 minutes away. I talked to them first, and they said...
That's a good point rcc56, thanks. I dropped it off at the local guys last night. He said he'll take a look st it and give me and estimate. I'll wait to see what he has to say and go from there
Thanks for the responses guys. I agree with you Sunburst, I just didn't know if there was any mandolin specific things to consider when doing a setup. I would figure that if the frets need to be...
Hi guys. I just got a really good deal on a like new The Loar 520v. The only problem with it is that the G string buzzes on the 5th fret. I tried putting a little relief in the neck, and adjusting...
Whoever mentioned that I was going to get lots of good advice hit the nail on the head. You guys have certainly given me a lot to think about. I do realize that as a beginner, I may be getting ahead...
Jeff - I think improvising would be the correct term. I'll use my dad as an example again. He can put on a blues backing track and just start soloing over it. It no particular song, just jamming to...
I'm hoping that you guys could help me with learning to improvise. I know a few fiddle tunes, and a jig or two, but mainly because that's what I find in all of the instructional books. What I'd...
Mike Compton, Tim O'Brien, Darrell Scott, Norman Blake, Ronnie McCoury
I'll be following this thread closely. I've been looking for the same thing. As much as I love a good mandolin solo, what drew mw to the instrument is the precussive rhythm playing demonstrated in...
Hey guys, I'm pretty much a beginner on mandolin, and have been trying to get into figuring out songs by ear. I was working on Can't Find My Way Home last night, and got most of the rhythm down. I...
I don't play much of anything yet, as I'm just learning, but I'm mainly into the Garcia/Grisman and Tim Obrien type of stuff. I guess that would be old timey/celtic or something like that. I also...
I'm just getting started, but I'm using the Greg Horne book and find it very thorough and easy to follow. I really like how he teaches you the notes on the fretboard by focusing on the open position...
That's what I've been going with too - it's much more comfortable to me
I was just wondering how you guys and gals place your fretting hand fingers on the fretboard. I seem to remember that in Chris Thile's DVD as well as Greg Horne's book, that they both show the...
I'm not the original owner, but it's funny that she didn't even ask, and automatically gave me a price.
Ok, thanks. It sounds like this is going to be something that I'm going to want to have done professionally. I called Martin, and got quoted a price of 240.00, so 100.00 quote from my local shop is...
Is the pickguard curling something that needs to be fixed in order to prevent damaging the mandolin? In other words, if I was to leave it alone for now, would it just keep curling, possibly pulling...