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Not a bad list. I’m just wondering where the Shmergel Devastator is?

After some tuning and noodling, I like to play President Garfields and President Grant’s hornpipes to warm up with. Both tunes are in Bb and if I play them in 1st position, my left hand gets a good...

Lynn Dudenbostel is in Maryville. It’s on the other side of the state but he’s a go to guy as you say.

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Painted on a wall in Florence

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This was outside a restaurant in Sorrento, Italy

How about Road Trip by John Reischman and John Miller
https://youtu.be/9kgBms3CaAM

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I’ve played this piece many times and even performed it with Caterina Lichtenberg at a music camp. All the notation I’ve seen for this has it in 3/4 time with mostly eighth notes. The bars you’re...

Sorry forgot to quote you :)

Though it’s just a memory, some memories last forever.

I’ve been deep in the rabbit hole for a couple of years now. These are the tunes I would recommend for anyone new to Choro.

Benzinho
Nao me Toques
Recieta de Samba
Santa Morena
Doce de Coco

I’m into the Choro thing as well. I love the sound that my Northfield F5S makes, but like you I wanted something that sounds more like the recordings I’m listening to. After searching the web and...

I have one on all my mandolins. I don’t even notice it’s there. I also like that it serves as a counterbalance to the headstock. Try one and if you don’t care for it, it could be easily sold here in...

Looks nice, I'll have to check into it. Thanks for the input. How does it differ from the F5S[/QUOTE]

It is very different. Best I can describe is the Beavertail sound kind of blooms out and rings...

The OP sounds like me a few months ago. I too own a Northfield F5S and was looking to diversify my sonic palette. I play a bit of classical and am really into choro at the moment and wanted something...

Hey. I recently acquired a Sawchyn Beavertail. I have light strings (.38-.10) on now with pretty low action. I would like to move up to a medium set (.40-.11). Any thoughts about that?

I’m really digging Road Trip. By John Reischman and John Miller right now. Lots of tasty mandolin playing on that album.

In addition to the benefits already stated above, I find that an armrest helps offset the weight of the headstock. Especially on an F5 shape with a tonegard on.

I just got a Sachwyn Beaver Tail flat top. Great little mando.

I bought 3 of the X-stiff rounded ones. Love the tone, the colors, and the name.

Welcome to the club! I purchased my F5S 5 years ago. It sounded great on day one and just kept getting better each day thereafter. Enjoy.

Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.

D’Addario nickel bronze 11.5-40. Love the tone of the unwound strings on my Northfield.

I’m a subscriber as well. I’m pretty sure it is one of the only online course for classical mandolin out there. As Kurth stated, you should be able to read standard notation and have more than an...

I was playing my octave on stage and a fellow came up and said “what is that an oud?” Seemed odd that he knew of an oud but not a big mandolin. Another time I was in the park playing some of the...