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    Re: Convince me of the value of strict DUDU picking?

    Yea, I don't know. Usually this is an excellent mindset. But to be honest with myself, I learn the picking when I learn the tune. So yea I play mostly DUDU, but that is because it is what the...
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    Re: Anyone enjoy playing fingerstyle? Downsides?

    I know what you mean. At times I have had gone through similar periods. I used to look at each hour and say to myself "why am I not practicing now" and I had to have a good reason (power out and...
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    Re: Tone Dexter w/ Godin A8 anyone?

    Zakly!
  4. Thread: Love for Ovals

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    Re: Love for Ovals

    I have played a Collings MTO, trying it out. At Pickers Supply in Fredericksburg VA, if I remember right. I fell in love with it immediately. But alas I had a bit too much impulse control concurrent...
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    Re: Anyone enjoy playing fingerstyle? Downsides?

    I give you the benefit of the doubt absolutely. I am just exposing my knee jerk prejudices. :)
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    Re: Anyone enjoy playing fingerstyle? Downsides?

    No intention to insult. The context is someone learning mandolin whose previous experience is fingerstyle guitar. You are right, learning any technique is hard.
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    Re: Pick selection time: And the survey says……

    Or, to achieve similar tonal improvements through expensive luthier modifications.
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    Re: Tone Dexter w/ Godin A8 anyone?

    So would it be possible for me to borrow, say a 1923 signed Gibson F5, play it into the TD, and then use that sound in future playing, - making the amplified mandolin sound so much better than my...
  9. Thread: Custom Gig Bags

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    Re: Custom Gig Bags

    Yes these are great bags. Are they still available? I recall that the larger ukulele bag was a perfect fit.
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    Re: Custom Gig Bags

    duplicate post
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    Re: What kind of hat do I need?

    Absolutely correct, sadly. :crying: Because I find it much easier to to get a good hat than to get good at the mandolin.
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    Re: musical notation question

    My goodness, isn't this the way its supposed to be? The break is supposed to be an improvisation in response to the energy in the room and the inspiration of the moment, not a collection of memorized...
  13. Thread: Arpeggios

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    Re: Arpeggios

    That is a very powerful technique, and a ton of fun. I learned arpeggio shapes "keyed" to one finger. Put that finger on a note, and one can play the major and minor arpeggio for that note. I use my...
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    Re: Anyone enjoy playing fingerstyle? Downsides?

    and also, if one puts in the necessary work and attention, fingerstyle mandolin could sound good.
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    Re: What's your new fiddle tune?

    I like this guide.
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    Re: Mandocello Specific Techniques

    I would assume, give the larger distance between frets, that one must adopt a chromatic 'one finger one fret' approach. That would drive me batty.
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    Re: What kind of hat do I need?

    Yes. He always wears the coolest hat in the room.
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    Re: Anyone enjoy playing fingerstyle? Downsides?

    I have the same suspicion/prejudice, which is what gets me angry and negative as I described. Is the technique a new or unfamiliar way of doing things, or a way of avoiding doing the hard things? I...
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    Re: What kind of hat do I need?

    Let us not forget Carlo Aonzo.
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    Re: Anyone enjoy playing fingerstyle? Downsides?

    My favorite Kenny Hall:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=DTU4_Apvplw

    Anyone who thinks that is not mandolinning will have to deal with me first. :grin:
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    Re: Anyone enjoy playing fingerstyle? Downsides?

    Some negativity is inevitable in these kinds of discussions. I know I have to overcome an initial pang or two. I know, in my case, it is a twinge of anger.

    For all of us, our mandolin skills are...
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    Re: A Style “Holy Grail?

    No it doesn't. But really many of us are no longer trying to get closer and closer to the holy grail with each mandolin purchase. It is more that as we play more and more and get involved in all...
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    Re: Transitioning to a Bowlback

    There are straps for bowlbacks? Oh, ... never mind. :)
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    Re: Transitioning to a Bowlback

    Yes we have all heard our heroes, Chris Thile, Jacob Reuven, Avi Avital, etc., but lets not forget to include one of my all time favorites Carlo Aonzo. And if he doesn't inspire one to play a bowl,...
  25. Thread: NPD New Pick Day

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    Re: NPD New Pick Day

    That is the one thing that is impossible to test. Longevity.

    They asked Dracula, are vampires immortal? He reportedly replied "well that is the theory, but it takes so long to verify."
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