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Congrats Tim, and welcome back to the club!
I did see your ad and wondered how likely it would be to find someone for such a specific trade, glad it turned out as planned!

How I get around that issue is that I don't actually cut anything, as I could never get all of the extra string with pliers. I wrap the extra string around the tuning peg and tug on it so it bends at...

I have an Intellitouch PT40 rechargeable tuner, I think I bought it 5 or 6 years ago. No issues, plenty bright, and I still have to charge it maybe less than a handful of times during the year. I'd...

Another option you might consider are flat wound strings, I had experience with the Light(Weich) and Medium(Mittel) Thomastik strings, they have significantly less tension than normal round wound...

I can recommend 'Fretboard Learn' and 'Scales Learn', you can select mandolin as your instrument, among others. Although not mandolin-specific, I can also recommend 'Music Theory Helper' and 'Key...

I use the same pick across all instruments, the BC TAD60-1R, and just switch between the rounded and pointier tip if I want smoothness vs volume. I have to spend some time on adjusting when I try the...

I can second the part about playing mandolin making me a better guitar player, the difference was really night and day, even after a few months of playing. I'm guessing it's mostly because of the...

+1 for the Neoclassical here, it can cover anything bar bluegrass. Surprising amount of volume when used with regular 10-34/10-38 strings (wouldn't go heavier than that due to the thin top), but you...

My copy came in yesterday, thanks Rob!

Agree with the OP and the above post, doesn't make any difference to me, at least not on mandolin. On guitar I have an easier time with wider string spacing at the bridge for finger picking, but I...

Congratulation on the doctorate and the mandolin! The black pearls are such a cool detail, I love understated fingerboards, but this is the best of both worlds.