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I agree about the Straight Up strings. Good tone and seems to stay in tune longer than EXT’s,

Stand in a doorway and pin your right arm between your body and the door opening. Now move your hand up and down at the wrist to get the feel of how it should move.

As long as we grow artichokes in this country I know there will not be a food shortage.

Mike Compton uses a lot of tremolo in his playing. He refers to it as "rubbing" the strings. He's able to maintain plenty of volume with a loose wrist, loose grip, and a light touch,

Thanks, Doug. He’s a man with many talents.

I've been out of the loop for awhile. But recently I was looking for info on BRW mandolins.
The BRW website doesn't show any activity for a couple years. Did a search on BRW and nothing shows up in...

Delightful, Inspiring!

I'm drooling all over my keyboard!

I bought a new Givens A3 in 1990. When I took it in for a little work recently I was told that Bob Givens wanted to keep the neck slim so he didn’t install a truss rod. However there were stories...

Ivan, I have always enjoyed thoughtful and incisive posts, and I can't help thinking think you would be giving the same advice you've gotten here. Hang in there. Stay strong. Don't give up hope....

That's an A, but not an oval hole. Check it out on the full screen. Great sounding mando though made by Stan Miller.

It might be hard for me to technically define bluegrass but I know it when I hear it. I would say I've heard all of the nominees play some bluegrass at one time or another.

You can work in slides and pull offs and even some blues notes as you progress. It's not as limiting as you might think at first.

You can play just the notes in the G pentatonic scale through the whole song. You may not match the melody of the tune note for note but you won't hit any notes that will sound "wrong". In essence,...

Can't think of a better place to pick and sip.

Gunstock oil works well. That's what I have on mine. Not sticky. No shine.

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Maybe try this with just the width of two fingers on the right hand at first. This should allow the stretching to occur below the knuckles of the left hand.

Let me see if I can describe a little exercise I learned from a professional mandolinist to stretch the span of your left hand:

Hold up your left hand with the palm facing you. Now spread the...

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We are blessed here on the Left Coast that one man, Paul Knight, has literally changed the whole way sound is done, and how it sounds on stage and in the audience. He often...

It seems to me that creativity is limited by the ability to express it.

I agree 100%. Went once several years ago. The best of the best musicians, but the crowd had no qualms about standing in front of your view and talking loudly to each other.
I complained to...

Also experiment with the location of your picking area between the bridge and the last fret on the fretboard where you get the most volume. You could be picking back too close to the bridge to get...

I struggle with tunes when I can hear my own instrument in a group dominated by fiddles and banjos. I learn tunes mostly by ear but I have to hear myself above others or I'm lost.

This is a great learning tool. Anything like this for Old Time and or bluegrass?