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Thanks Eugene for your answer.
Btw. Dave Apollon recorded a Paganini Stomp on his Travelling Mandolins record (I think that was from 1965) comprised of part of the 24 th caprice and part of the...

I was bemused about the description of Paganini's mandolin works as naive. His father taught him how to play the mandolin when he was five years old, at seven he switched to the violin (maybe he...

I own a Gibson mandobass and I do love playing it. I have Thomastiks flat wounds on it and it is very nicely playable and has a great sound. You can push the sound with a pick if you want but for the...

one player who has been forgotten here so far is andy statman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL8nTIhhOIc

I love everything about the Gibson Mandobass - looks, playability and sound. I've always dreamed about one of them since my wife and I saw one of them in a Church Street pawnshop in Toronto in the...

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I use Thomastiks double bass strings on my Gibson Mandobass. they feel great and there is no more squeak when shifting. love the sound. they are expensive but how often do you change them...

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I can tab out a few for you if you send me the pdf, let me know which one you want first
stefan
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I use the Thomastik alto mandola strings on my Gibson H1 and would totally recommend them. They play easy, no squeak and the sound is great to my ear. They are a nice overall sound.

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I have a version with piano and/or guitar by Siegfried Behrend I can make you a copy. Email me smildenberger@gmail.com

Stefan

I have been studying with Mike Marshall at AW for the last 8 years and with Catarina Lichtenberg for 3 years. I have not taken lessons on other sites and have no plans. My experience has been nothing...

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Check with the Dawg
He did an interview with Hugo for Mandolin World News with a great picture of Mr D’Alton
He might be able to help
Stefan

Didario Helicore are a decent range of strings at not too outrageous a price. I have them on my upright bass.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the suggestion
I looked at the D'Addario website for the...

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You are right, the scale length for the Gibson Mandobass is about 42,5 inches long. I think that double bass strings will be the way to go. Do you know whether there are differences between...

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Does anyone have experience with flatwound strings for a Gibson mandobass. I have a set of D'Addario's which are okay, but get a lot of squeak from the left hand.
not sure where to start looking...

hi ondrej
Sounds great - all those instruments, especially the ukecello
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stefan

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I have a 1916 K2, has quite a bow in the neck which I have never fixed because I love the sound and don't want to mess with it. I changed from the D'Addario set to Thomastik (they are a bit...

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I bought the same model in 1977directly from the factory in Bubenreuth, Germany. At the time the price was 150 DeutschMark which would have been around 75 Us Dollars. They had 3 models, the one...

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you are doing well and your shifting looks good

I have been working on this and many other cello suite pieces for many years. This one is actually quite challenging once you know the notes...

I would play it the way it sounds the best to you.

by the way the orchestra part of Paganini's famous violin concerto in D (that was after he gave up the mandolin for the violin - mandolin was too...

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I have been reading this thread with a mixture of sadness and annoyance. Why is it no longer okay for someone to grow old. I have never heard Jesse McReynolds live but have listened to many of...

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I am playing a lot of the Cello suites on the Mandocello and it is not always easy to transfer the cello fingerings to the mandocello, especially when it comes to the tricky parts (mind you the...

thanks for the promo - I always like free stuff

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what are people's experiences with the different TAB programs out there
want to get one and not sure which one

as I play a lot of classical music I like to be able to display both regular...

Dear Data Nick

I started to play the mandolin in 1978 in Germany and there was little if no instruction for Bluegrass Mandolin available. I crossed the country in search of opportunities end for...

different solutions for chords
play chords in positions : less stretches
three string chords : no need for barred chords
invert chords: there is always a way to play it somewhere without too big...