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Maybe it's a worn fret so it's hitting the next fret up, that's my best guess. You can verify it's a geometry issue by temporarily raising the bridge height on the E side (if you have an adjustable...

I'm more of an acoustic player who uses a pickup and some effects to fit into a band better.

EQ + compression is my game. Some low cut to remove thumps, add some sparkle to the high end if...

When I was shopping archtop ovals, I tried the new hybrids and the old traditional tubby sounding ones and went with the traditional sound. Tubby is the common phrase, but I would also use the terms...

Half is the difference between eighths and sixteenths. I was pretty amazed if you were playing four notes to a beat at 120 one year out of the gate.

I can't do that and I've been doing it for 5+...

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The problem can happen because you are gripping a v-neck like a guitar instead of the mando neck-pinch.

I personally prefer the guitar grip...

I have both. And they are very different instruments.

The big one is the Eastwood (Warren Ellis) mandostang is a 4 string. It will sound like a high-pitched electric guitar, and you can do...

It's something you have to learn to play well at speed, the exceptions come later IMHO.

In BG there aren't that many exceptions anyway, when I started dabbling in classical there were more. :-)
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F-hole vs oval hole is the usual sound contrast among archtops. There are variations amongst both, the the party line goes something like this:
- f holes have more bark, meaning more aggressive...

I second Banjo Ben, tons of bluegrass guitar tabs with video walkthroughs, pretty decent strumming pattern intros too. Not free, but not expensive either.

I don't mind the speed, but I still have trouble keeping up in a jam.

My very first BG jam was kinda funny, I couldn't play 16ths at a sustained 90bpm back then, which was the defacto tempo at...

Not a lot of difference from a 1.3 to a 1.5 if all other factors remain the same.

To me the size and shape make more difference, that said, I am a fan of primetones. I think I mostly own the...

Pressing too hard will bend sharp, but typically is more pronounced near the nut where the frets are farther apart.

Try fretting just behind the fret and see if that helps, heavier strings and...

String spacing at the nut and at the saddle are both important. And they are customizable to a point. Saddle is easier to make your own spacing. Nut width is constrained by the neck.

I find I...

Report it, simple as that, fedex is not in the business of paying fraudulent drivers, and if you don't complain, they will never know.

I got a solid body electric mandolin pretty early on, 8-string. It did nothing for me, as it did not have the range of expression or nuance I could get out of an acoustic. I was hoping it would...

Anybody have a line on it?

I can find his mandolin method, but not the other works.

thanks.

Thanks guys. I am watching tons of fingerpicking videos. I had no idea how much you could do with that kind of playing style. It is gradually sinking in that I just discovered a whole new world of...

Never learned it before, now that I have a tenor, it seems like a thing to do. I feel like I should have a Martin though. :-)

This latest craze is inspired by my niece singing along to "Dust in...

They will most likely carry them with them, unless everything they take out is heat-sterilized, which is one typical way to deal with bedbugs. Might want to warn them about that.

There are...

I'm so sorry, I've dealt with bedbugs too, in retrospect, I would have preferred the tent method too and would pay for it myself.
All other methods kinda-sorta work, and you can struggle with those...

I prefer wrist-rest (on strings behind the bridge) to pinky-plant on mandolin. On guitars pinky-plant is my only option, so pick-guard pretty much required. My wrist comes up and down as needed,...

I ordered one of those inkbirds, I like the idea, my place drops below 40% RH in the winter, if it can keep it somewhere near 48-50 that would be great.

Sorry, more followup here.

There are some tradeoffs to be aware of IMHO.

- lower string heights can slightly reduce volume. You don't hear about this much in the mandolin world, but in the...

Why did I change string spacing?

Eastman nuts are narrow, and the wide OEM courses made it hard to not mute adjacent strings when playing.

I play a lot of music where multiple courses ring, and...

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