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  1. Re: What are some of the best Mandolins that you all have played?

    Dave Peters' Nugget A5 Mandolin - which he let me try sometimes during lessons. Hands down the best I have personally heard in person / played. His Gibson F5 was just for media photos.
  2. Re: Saddle string slots are too low - replace saddle or fill in s

    That makes sense - thanks.
  3. Re: Saddle string slots are too low - replace saddle or fill in s

    Update: thanks to all for your comments. I decided to heed the voice of experience from many of the replies, so I avoided a pure superglue approach. Tonight, I inserted ebony slivers with a drop of...
  4. Re: Saddle string slots are too low - replace saddle or fill in s

    Good questions – I have tried and tried to figure out if there’s a specific manufacturer for the bridges that the Gibson and Gibson/flat iron mandolins were using around the year 2000, but I haven’t...
  5. Pearland/Houston (Tex) area bluegrass jam - March 9th - 5-9 pm

    I'm the Rector (= pastor) of St. Thomas of Canterbury Anglican Church, which is located right by the boundary between Houston, TX and Pearland, TX.

    We are hosting a free bluegrass jam...
  6. Saddle string slots are too low - replace saddle or fill in slots

    I have a Gibson-era Flatiron Festival F5 (Feb. 2000) with the original bridge.

    Over time, the A and E strings (particularly the outer E string) have worn the string slots on the bridge saddle down...
  7. Re: Bluegrass Jam in Pearland / Houston, Texas - Oct. 14th

    Bumping so this thread shows up - in case some folks in the greater Houston area are looking for a jam today.
  8. Re: Bluegrass Jam in Pearland / Houston, Texas - Oct. 14th

    Thank you!
  9. Re: Bluegrass Jam in Pearland / Houston, Texas - Oct. 14th

    Thank you - we are going to hold this on the 2d Saturday, each month. I am hoping that we get a good turnout of pickers on Oct. 14th.
  10. Bluegrass Jam in Pearland / Houston, Texas - Oct. 14th

    I am the pastor of a church in the Houston / Pearland, Texas area. I can pick the mandolin a bit and play the fiddle.

    My church is going to start hosting a Bluegrass Jam on the 2d Saturday of...
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    Re: How to make the perfect round-corned pick

    Guilty confession - right now i am using the round corner on a Fender medium (not a heavy) and it is working really well. No need to sand a bevel when it's at that thickness.

    i have wanted to...
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    How to make the perfect round-corned pick

    After many years of trying to find the perfect pick, I did an analysis of the optimal dimensions for a round-cornered pick and came up with a very cheap process for making them. I am sharing my...
  13. Re: Dose anyone know anything about this mandolin or its value

    That is the Funky Chicken model. Big Mon played it everytime they did a Czech or German venue in Texas and he needed to break out with the Funky Chicken at a wedding.

    He put chicken feed inside...
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    Re: I Just Bought A Violin

    Look - you can learn the fiddle even as an adult. But you must be committed to proper technique, as exemplified by Doug Kershaw:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AQvUPN1jAk
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    Re: Where to start with Jazz Mandolin?

    I agree with all the points about listening, etc.

    As far as instructional resources go, my personal (take it FWIW) opinion is that the four best foundational books that will lead you into jazz on...
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    Re: French Folk / Fiddle Tunes

    Merci Beaucoup!
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    Re: French Folk / Fiddle Tunes

    For Cajun French lyrics with a translation, this website is an excellent source:

    https://earlycajunmusic.blogspot.com/

    Try the search bar on the link to pull up individual songs. Lots of...
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    Re: French Folk / Fiddle Tunes

    Here is a link to the complete early recordings of Denus McGee:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_krTgQO35Gqa8yg23REilzg52imZ-6WMMI

    It’s an amazing album - the twin fiddle pieces...
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    Re: French Folk / Fiddle Tunes

    As a North American option, if you search for examples of the older, pre-accordian style of Cajun & Creole musicians in Louisiana, a lot of the songs and fiddle tunes came from France in their origin...
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    Re: Is my new mando trash?

    Make sure your tailpiece isn't touching/pressing down on the top of your mando. When that happens, it mutes the sound. You can loosen the strings and use a shoestring to pull/bend the metal upward...
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    Re: Playing slide mandolin

    I think you are in luck in terms of fretting the mandolin. Possibly some players use the thumb in certain instances to play chords, but as a general rule most players never use the thumb to fret...
  22. Re: Retranscription of Walls of Time - Ricky Skaggs's mandolin ki

    Thanks - it's good to know that it was not inconsistent with the way an accomplished mandolinist like Gilchrist approached this.

    I've been benefitting from the Amazing Slow Downer app - slowing...
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    Re: Why Mandolin?

    Sorry man, chicks dig the banjo. Or at keast, that's what I told my kids when I went through a phase of playing my dad's songs on the banjo (had to be banjo because he wrote them on the banjo). And...
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    Re: And just like that...

    Niles, that all makes sense to me. What gauges would you recommend for strings on a 19-inch scale?
  25. Re: Retranscription of Walls of Time - Ricky Skaggs's mandolin ki

    Here is a pdf with tablature formatting that is easier to follow.
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