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.73 to 1.0 for single string picking and .50 for tremolo playing

That's exactly what I found out, when trying it out, so I went backt to strapping around the head,

But I hate the bootlace up there, so I've made some 1 mm Dyneema string loops, with a button on...

I just received my Hora II. It's quite impressive on it's own and then the price/performance factor is good as well. It does need new strings. The two deep pairs don't sound as they should

Try a mandola

I've done some sanding but I'll try: changing technique, a high armrest or a rest just behind the bridge

Yes I did but I had a lot of problems.
When I first glued it, some wood was missing at the end of the break. I filled it with some filler but after tensioning the string, a thin crack developed. I...

Some people here have been in confinement for too long. Take a walk or kick the dog :))

Mandolin??

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I was hoping to find an older, cheaper full solid mandolin, that would be as good as a newer, more expensive full solid but I failed.
So I have sold off 4 old mandolins and bought a Kentucky KM-805,...

yes I see the idea and have tried it but just now the 4-3-2-1 on E and 5-3 on A seems easier to me.

Yes that's it. I have decided for the 4321 fingers on E and started practice. Funny that I've never used finger 4 on a mandolin but then I've not practiced any chord playing.

Sorry I don't have the sheet music.

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You throw in a whole new combination and refer to a book I don't have :)):grin:

Would you like to elaborate? Please!

You are in the start or verse. I'm describing an interlude towards the end.

It's the Tarantella starting from the 3. fret going up to 7,5,3,1,0 next 5,3 on A

If playing fret 7,5,3,1,0 on the high E string, would you fret them finger 4,3,2,1 or 3,2,1,1 ?

I use 3,2,1,1 today but have trouble moving finger 1 from 3 to 1 fast enough.

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It's farther to New York, than by train ;-)

I did try 5-6 mandolins, in a store, and they all sounded better than the old ones so MY conclusion is still the same ;-) ;-)

So I'll be selling all my old ones and buy a Hora II for my car...

A while ago I asked if older mandolins, being all in solid wood, weren't as good or better as newer ones..
I have since had older 4-5 noname German and Italian mandolins and a Swedish Levin(owned by...

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The 2 halves idea can work. You don't have the broken button? I had a bone button shatter but I succeeded in gluing them all back together, with superglue, and it's almost invisible.

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The ring looks like soft aluminium. If you clear all the rust below it and find a tube with the right diameter, you might hammer it down. But it's only for looks, you should retain it. If you...