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    Re: A quick mandolin strap

    I like it! Very nice... I should do the same and make my own mandolin strap. :cool:
  2. Curiosity --- anyone ever try using a Dunlop Jazz III pick?

    I'm a guitar player, mandolin, keyboards, ...multi-instrumentalist...

    I still have my 1977 "lawsuit era" Ibanez A-body mandolin that I still love to play. I was messing around in my pick box, and...
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    Brighter Days (sound cloud sample)

    This is a work in progress, with me playing all the instruments, and roughing everything out on a Tascam multitrack recorder (8 track DP-03SD). I have tried using DAW's and get confused with the...
  4. Mandolin intro and then piano, guitar, percussion...

    Here's an idea I am working on. I called the tune "Brighter Days" and it's in the key of D.

    I came up with a simple Mandolin alternate picking arpeggio for an intro, and then trying to figure out...
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    Re: Trying to understand rounded picks

    Same here... I have dozens and dozens of picks for various string instruments. My 12 string acoustic has a certain pick. My rockin' Fender Stratocaster has a certain pick, etc...

    For my old...
  6. Thread: RIP Lemmy.

    by ButchA
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    Re: RIP Lemmy.

    I heard about this on another forum. Sad to hear... Lemmy Kilmister was a monster of a heavy metal bass player. He just recently celebrated his 70th birthday too! :(
  7. Re: Have a Good Christmas everyone.. all the best in 2016 as well

    Merry Christmas everyone! :)

    Like T.D. Nydin said in post #11, that's what I heard from my relatives back home in upstate NY. In fact northern NY (Adirondack Mts) have been so warm, the lakes...
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    Re: To read or not to read...

    Playing by ear more or less kind of hindered my ability to read a difficult piece of sheet music at first. It takes me a few minutes to get the right feel for the piece as I sight read it for the...
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    Re: To read or not to read...

    I guess you could label me one of those nutty multi-instrumentalist guys who can read, write, and improvise on the fly if needed.

    As seen in my collection of instruments below, all the "school...
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    Re: Ibanez mandolin questions

    Wow... Thank you again! That '76 Ibanez from the catalog is EXACTLY like mine that I posted the picture of!
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    Re: Ibanez mandolin questions

    Really? I always assumed it was from the early or mid 80's. Thanks! :)
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    Re: Ibanez mandolin questions

    Speaking of Ibanez mandolins,

    I own an early 80's Ibanez 511 mandolin (one the older original ones with the "Gibson Les Paul style lawsuit headstock"). If I remember right, I paid $100 bucks for...
  13. Sample of me strumming my mandolin to a shuffle beat in G.

    Hopefully this comes through okay and you can play it.

    https://soundcloud.com/butch-ammon/mandolinshuffle

    Maybe you could use it for something or maybe find a mandolin lick that would go with...
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    Re: Mandolin and guitar at the same time?

    I'm a guitar player and have been playing for close to 40 years. I took lessons with my older sister back in the day, and then I wanted to rock. So, rock I did... I soon got an electric and...
  15. Thread: New to Mandolin

    by ButchA
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    Re: New to Mandolin

    I recently tried out a Kentucky KM-250 at Guitar Center and really liked it. It had a beautiful tone and was setup with nice action too. What's amazing is that they also had a "The Loar" F5...
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    Re: Playing Two Strings with One Finger

    I play an Em with one finger on two courses of strings (D & A strings, 2nd fret). Sometimes it sounds okay, other times, I just fudge it. ;)

    <off topic>
    Scootergirl62... I ride a Honda Shadow...
  17. Thread: My Loar

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    Re: My Loar

    Beautiful! That's what I want to get one of these days. I want to pick up a nice F body mandolin and maybe trade in my old Ibanez A body mandolin (if it's worth anything...)
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    Re: What is your 'warming up' tune?

    Strumming chords to warm up = Tequila Sunrise by the Eagles.
    Picking to warm up = The solo section of Saint Anne's Reel.
    Picking to warm up (faster) = Irish Washerwoman.
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    Here's my 80's Ibanez A body mandolin...

    I bought this used from a music store sometime in the late 90's. It ain't the greatest out there, but it works well.
    99051
    I have always admired the F body mandolins and one day, I hope to get one.
  20. Re: Making the jump from bluegrass mandolin to bluegrass fiddle.

    Boy, if that isn't the truth!

    Here is a photo of my late grandmother's (which became my heirloom) antique violin, made in the 1890's.
    Virtuoso violin
    A reproduction of the "Earl of Wilton",...
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    Re: New guy on board!

    Thanks, guys... :)

    Jim, besides the paper of mandolin chords, there's a bunch of tab printouts underneath it in the case. If I had to pick one mandolin tune that I always play (i.e. strum the...
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    New guy on board!

    Greetings... I have visited Mandolin Cafe before (looking at sheet music and tabs) and decided to log on to the forum.

    I am by no means a pro mandolin player, but truly enjoy playing my used mid...
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