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    Re: Trouble with Chords

    A Chord I have trouble with is the Em, it's a little too wide for one finger, but a little tight for two fingers side by side, I need the middle two string sets, but I either hit the G or E.....
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    Re: Ovation - Korean vs US

    Hold the phone....

    You have a mandolin with a glue on bridge? Didn't know such a thing existed, mandolins normally come with a floating bridge, and the strings fit into a tailpiece. Glue on...
  3. Poll: Re: Just starting out -- Should I really learn to "read music"?

    The ideal is to be able to play by ear, to be able to read tab, and to be able to read standard notation. There is a wealth of information in that notation, which is why the same notation can be...
  4. Re: Gibson is preparing to sell NFTs of its most famous models

    It seems to me kinda silly, you can't post a picture of a Gibson Mandolin without giving Gibson all of your money. That is what some people call, shooting yourself in the foot, by aiming at your...
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    Re: Why play Mandolin?

    Why the mandolin? Because nobody around here likes, when I play the violin:crying:
  6. Re: Do you take your best or most valuable mandolin to gigs?

    My game plan is to eventually do a lot of playing for worship, if it isn't safe in church,it likely isn't going to be safe anywhere:mandosmiley:
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    Re: Where are all the (new) mandolins?

    I would not be surprised that some of the market isn't people who played 30 years ago, and because they are now stuck at home, getting depressed because the COVID numbers are setting new records,...
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    Re: Where are all the (new) mandolins?

    JIT for those that depend on it, needs a well oiled and functioning global supply chain. It was working quite well, until COVID-19 hit and all went to crap....

    Let's say you have a small...
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    Re: Where are all the (new) mandolins?

    I split this in half, because I wanted to keep the reply from getting too long....

    One of the problems in smaller shops, is that many operate as if it's still 1725, they use the same woods and the...
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    Re: Where are all the (new) mandolins?

    We are seeing what happens when you depend on a single manufacturing point, for a global market. Your manufacturing in the far East, then shipping half way across the planet, you have multiple ...
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    Re: Where are all the (new) mandolins?

    I think a lot of it has to do with the modern concept of Just In Time Delivery, where you hold very little inventory, and expect regular deliveries of stock, the more expensive an item, the fewer you...
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