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Good morning, cafe. I was wondering what experiences folks have had installing Tapastring's Vintage Jack for mandolin. I purchased one from Keith and set out to do the installation with a K&K Twin...

Just thought I'd share something I noticed during Thile's "American Acoustic" series of concerts at the Kennedy Center in DC. Here's a video of a workshop called "Playing With Others" from this past...

I definitely like the thought of an Engelmann-top varnish A. Wonder if they'll be available in other colors and what price point they're going to be around.

I'll be the first to admit that I'm a total Punch Brothers fan boy, but that was a little far in the pop direction for me. Not a bad song by any stretch, but far from what I expected from them. Maybe...

Here's hoping! Liked the few models I tried a while back, interested in trying some different ones.

Thanks Scott and Vinni, I've been enjoying the Storyteller & Gladiator I purchased recently!

A cello-playing good friend of mine & I recorded this while trying out some new recording equipment the college I teach for bought. I'm using a JBovier F5 on this. Let me know what you think!
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I'm not familiar with the Lauten, but I actually just made a recording last weekend with a cello player friend of mine and used two of the Telefunken M260's on the mandolin. I loved their tone; very...

Very excited to see Richard King with the engineering credit on this one too! No doubt this will be a benchmark mandolin recording.

I agree with Steve and Tim, a pickup will never have natural a tone as a microphone would. However, one pedal that might help a little is a reverb pedal. I've found adding a touch of reverb can...

Hi everyone,
I'm looking to replace the bridge on my instrument to the "Original" style Brekke bridge, and was wondering anyone knew where to buy one of these. I spoke to the sales department at Two...

I found this video helpful for right hand stuff, specifically at 3:48: Chris gives a pretty thorough explanation of right hand and pick posture, which is something a lot of people don't really...

The Bach D minor Chaconne has a couple really cool arpeggiated sections to it.

http://erato.uvt.nl/files/imglnks/usimg/d/dc/IMSLP01307-BWV1004.pdf

Page 8 of that PDF has the section in D minor,...

There are some videos out there of him playing the Presto from the G Minor sonata, but that's about the only other movement besides the two you mentioned I've seen.

This reminds me, he did mention...

+1 for this comment. That about sums it up: good tone, feels pretty good to play, but not particularly loud in an ensemble setting.

I own the F5 Studio which is the cheaper version of the F5T (bought mine for $650). All in all I've been very impressed considering the price. A lot of people I play with at jams play Eastman 815s...

I'm pretty heavily involved in my church's contemporary music ministry, and we recently did our first "newgrass week" where I arranged some popular Christian tunes to fit the bluegrass instruments. ...

Sounds good, Don! How's it been as far as reliability goes? Any dropouts or glitches or anything? I guess the real test will be when you do your 12-track show... I'll be looking forward to hearing...

That's a good point, I've experienced this too. I think that's why a lot of teachers will say it's good practice to work something up to a couple clicks faster than you actually need to get it to. ...

Ted expalins on JazzMando (thought I can't remember where exactly) a method that I think is just about the best way to practice: Set a metronome for a speed you are totally 100% comfortable with. ...

Another brand you might consider is JBovier. I've had my JBovier F5 Studio for about a year now and have really liked it a lot. Got it from Kyle Dunn at the Mando Shop (www.themandoshop.com) for...

I've definitely been experiencing this. I also recently had a K&K installed in my mandolin, and now all of a sudden I hear every bit of grit and scratchiness that was previously inaudible. I've...

Good to hear from someone actually using this! My laptop I use for remote recording gigs just kicked the bucket, and I've been considering replacing it with an iPad, just for portability's sake. ...

I've never gotten my hands on one of these in person, but I was lucky enough to chat with Gabe Witcher once about his and the rest of Punch Brothers live set up. He said they tried the DPA, but...

Hey everyone,
Just stumbled across this thread. A while back I transcribed the melody to the bridge section of Attaboy (G major, reel sounding section). Sorry, no tab, but here's the printed music...