I laughed my way through this entire thread! The solution (my opinion) is to start out with the mandolin. After a year or so, pick up a 5 string banjo. The mandolin and the 5 string are two...
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I laughed my way through this entire thread! The solution (my opinion) is to start out with the mandolin. After a year or so, pick up a 5 string banjo. The mandolin and the 5 string are two...
I used to have a Rickenbacker 360/12. The neck was so narrow I finally exchanged it for a Martin D 28. The tone, however, was breath taking. I would think it would be fun to experiment with. ...
Welcome to the party ShannonA. Sounds like you got a great starter mandolin. I am also a guitar player who REALLY enjoys playing mandolin. I hope you find the mandolin as much fun as I do.
Thanks for the response Verne, the instrument is cheap enough but I'm thinking of passing on it after a bit of research. I've read a few comments from earlier posts and internet comments.
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Does anyone have experience or thoughts regarding Dillion Mandolins? Someone is selling one locally.
Here is their website:
http://www.dillionguitars.com/guitar/electric/
Very nice! As mentioned above, the wood choices are unusual but I’ll bet very pleasing. I also live in Minnesota and have a couple instruments made locally. Long live the small builder!
Merry...
I’ve been a guitar player since childhood and bought my first mandolin in my late 60’s. I enjoy the heck out of playing mandolin. It really compliments the other instruments.
Here is a...
Count me in as an Oval fan too! I play mostly Folk/Americana. The mandolin is a long way from being my primary instrument but it seems I gravitate toward the oval more than the F hole. I like to...
I shared the 90% theory with the boys in the Blues Band that I play with, and told them I would watching them to see if it was true. That prompted a lot of smiles and even laughs throughout the...
I've been following the current Forum topic looking for American made mandolins started by JDB Here: https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/165499-USA-made-budget-mandos-who-s-who
I thought I...
Like most of you, I have the good fortune to have a few mandolins and I love rotating through the collection. I almost always have one sitting on the stand in my living room. It provides a great 5...
I started out the morning by pulling out a mando that I have not taken out of the case for a while, a Big Muddy (Wide Neck). What a treat!
I even got applause and comments from my wife when I...
You got it! I think Jimmie would enjoy something like that.
I woke up to the news this morning. That was a BIG surprise! The world needs more of his kind of music with a simple heartfelt message.
I suspect the entire folk instrument group, Dobro, Banjo and mandolins are all destined for extinction.
That is what I found as well. The tone through my Fishman Loudbox sounded natural. The McEntyre pickup however needed a boost. I think I’ll mess around with what I have and consider the Red Eye in...
Thanks to everyone for the help. I appreciate the advice.
Thanks Pops, I appreciate the help although I’ll admit this is all over my head. It sounds like pickups vary and preamps vary. Matching those two things sound like a challenge. The input...
The booster I’m using is an Electro Harmonix LPB-1. The input impedance at the Jack is 43 kohms. That doesn’t sound like what I’m looking for. Maybe I should start saving up for a Red Eye Preamp. I...
I just brought home a new ( to me) Breedlove Quartz KF mandolin with a McEntyre pickup professionally installed by the previous owner.
The pickup requires a preamp, which I don’t have. I do...
YES … that’s the stuff!
I’d just like to say THANK YOU for everyone’s help in getting me started with Blues Mandolin. Just a little guidance was all it took to get me going. I’m definitely a beginner but I can at least...
For myself, I tended to drift from one pick to another but always seem to come home to a 1.5 mm Primetone, or something like it. I have become friends with someone who made his living playing...
I have been playing music with a fellow that made his living playing mandolin. He has a leather boot lace on most of his mandolins.
I went to the fabric store and bought some braided strapping...
Bending notes might be part of it. I think the root of my problem is finding comfortable finger patterns, double stops etc to pull out that blues sound. Thanks to this thread I’ve had a few...