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  1. Re: How to approach practicing and improvement?

    Update for those who might be interested: I had my first lesson with a proper mandolin teacher, and it was an actual revelation, I'm so disappointed I didn't do it earlier.

    He gave me a few tips...
  2. Re: How to approach practicing and improvement?

    Wow, there are some awesome tips here! Thanks so much all for your advice, I think I'm gonna get off my ass and check that teacher's availability, and start figuring out some more concrete goals,...
  3. How to approach practicing and improvement?

    I want to improve as a player, but I'm not 100% sure how I should be tackling this. As a bit of reference, I've been a guitar player (mainly metal/hard rock) for about 20 years or so, and I've been...
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    Re: Because of course she is....

    Congratulations on the baby, Drew!

    I was very much the same with the swing towards bluegrass & such. I grew up listening to metal and my genres breakdown was, well...181697
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    Because of course she is....

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    Those of us who use Spotify, who's your artist of the decade?
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    Re: Pain in Fretting Hand?

    I think I'm pushing the thumb against the neck like a guitarist, been a guitarist for many years before picking up the mandolin so that makes a whole lot of sense. I wish I could find a good teacher...
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    Re: Pain in Fretting Hand?

    I hadn't thought about doing this, the scale exercises I got from jazzmando.com all start pretty low down the neck, but I figure that's because they're 'finger busters'. I'll give this a try in my...
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    Re: Pain in Fretting Hand?

    Oh, I've got that DVD, but I've not really been using it much. I'm a guitarist of many years and I learned by tabs for the most part, never had any instructional DVDs. Any chapters in the Thile DVD...
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    Pain in Fretting Hand?

    Hi all,

    So I'm finally trying to lock down a proper practice routine to improve, as opposed to just jamming the songs I know. I'm developing a routine to spend at least 10 mins every morning...
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    Re: K&K Pickup Question

    179338 That's the one there.
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    Re: K&K Pickup Question

    Well, I'll confess I originally thought the K&K was a transducer, but that being said, it's got to have a better sound quality than the stock bridge piezo. I mean, if a piezo is a piezo is a piezo,...
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    Re: K&K Pickup Question

    If I was gonna do it, I'd take it to a luthier and get them to do the work, I wouldn't trust myself with that sort of thing!

    What kind of preamp were you using with it? The project I'm playing in...
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    K&K Pickup Question

    Hi all!

    I've got a slightly strange question for you, I know a lot of you use the K&K Internal Twin and rave about it! I've got a Fender Robert Schmidt mandolin which I really like, and I'm...
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    Re: Machine Head Upgrade Question

    I measured it and centre to centre was 30/32nds of an inch, which is .937. Does that sound right?
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    Re: Machine Head Upgrade Question

    Cool, I'll measure that tonight and get back to you. Thanks!
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    Machine Head Upgrade Question

    Hey all,

    I hope this is the right place for this question. I've got a Fender Robert Schmidt mandolin which I really love, but I feel like the machine heads could do with upgrading as they're a bit...
  17. Re: Recommended Resources for Learning to Read Music?

    Thanks for these ideas everyone, gonna give them a shot!
  18. Recommended Resources for Learning to Read Music?

    Hi all,

    So I'm trying to learn to read music, and I'm struggling with it a fair bit. As some background, I've played hard rock and metal guitar for about 20 years, and I picked up the mandolin...
  19. Shipping Mandolin (& other instruments) via Cargo Ship

    Hi all,

    So in a couple of weeks, I'm moving from the UK to Australia. I'm shipping my mandolin and other instruments (guitars both electric & acoustic, tenor banjo) via cargo container, and I was...
  20. Re: Anyone in London keen to get together and jam?

    Thanks a lot! Hopefully, I can make it down! :)
  21. Anyone in London keen to get together and jam?

    Greetings everyone!

    So I'm a relative newcomer to mandolin, been playing a couple of years, and I'm wanting to know more about my instrument. I've been getting a few lessons, and I'm playing in an...
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    Re: Want to get a mandolin

    Yeah let us know whereabouts in the UK you are. I'm based in London and always trying to find new shops. I bought my mando from Wunjo's in Denmark St, and there's a pretty good selection in Hobgoblin...
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    Mandolin shopping in New York?

    Hey everyone!

    So to celebrate turning the big 3-0 this year my girlfriend and I are going to take a trip to New York in July time. Just wondering if any of you can recommend any good stores to...
  24. Re: Sierra Hull Secrets Songs & Tunes lessons DVD

    I'm the other way round. Reasonably large hands but stubby little digits. I've managed to improve a bit by altering my approach, but what I wouldn't give to have longer, more slender fingers!
  25. Re: Sierra Hull Secrets Songs & Tunes lessons DVD

    I'd love to see them do one for Daybreak! I really want to learn a few of those tunes but my ear is absolutely awful at picking things up, even when I use software to slow the tracks down!
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