I often think of chord and scale construction by name as I try to fall asleep. I will try adding visual patterns to my routine. R/
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I often think of chord and scale construction by name as I try to fall asleep. I will try adding visual patterns to my routine. R/
Small bites, that's the ticket for me. Thanks again Mr. W. R/
sunburst is correct. Take the strings down to floppy ad put it up. You could put a small bag of dry rice or cat litter in a baggie with some pin holes in it if you are over worried about high...
It's about tone. A models sound slightly different than F models. I am blessed with good varieties of each. MY F's sound "poppier" my A's sound "rounder". If I had a better ear perhaps I could...
No doubt he would laugh at this notion, but I have to write Kenneth "Jethro" Burns. Everybody I know has learned something from him. Don Stiernberg tells a story of having to wait for his lesson to...
Look into a download of Rob Meldrum’s Mandolin Setup Book. It’s here and free on The Mandolin Cafe’.Whether you decide to set it up yourself or not, it is a good mandolin tutorial. R/
Happy Birthday sir, thank you for all the tunes and licks you have yielded to your mandolin compatriots. And how do you engage such a quick and clean tremolo?
Thanks Aaron. You are a good teacher for me. I look forward to the next iteration. R/
No flying fingers, keep them close to the fingerboard, relax your grip, check how you are holding your instrument, Thile has a good video on this, make sure you have a good setup on your mandolin....
I live a couple of hours north of Nashville so I can visit Carter's Vintage a few times a year. Walter will allow visitors to play anything on the wall. So, I was able play some fine instruments. So,...
I enjoyed the class. Thanks Aaron. R/
I have to write, I had an interesting experience with Tiger Balm recently. I had my monthly massage and my masseuse finished off with some of the balm on my shoulders. I then went to take care of my...
I have a Bobelock combo case and it has lasted me decades. I am not a road warrior so it mostly goes to jams, workshops and church. I have looked into the Crossrock double case and it appears to be...
I suspect that this will sound ridiculous…. i wash my dishes by hand before I play. That loosens my stiff joints enough to get them working fairly well. There is no good answer as the meds either are...
MMMM... tasty.
The thing about any purchase is this .... A 500$ mandolin well set up will have 80 or 85% of the tone of a1,000.00&$ mandolin. A 1,000.00 mandolin will have more premium tone 85 to 90% of a 5,000.00$...
Good advice above. I will add one thing, scratchy tone can also be a buildup of rosin on the strings themselves. R/
Best place to find quality mandolins .... Carter's Vintage in Nashville, TN.
Well... I play mandolin, fiddle and guitar in my church band. No one in the congregation has complained about my mandolin renditions of hymns or the grassier tunes that come in for "specials". Maybe...
Hmmm... picks are an entirely personal choice and they run in cost from a few cents to forty or more dollars. You have shape, thickness and materials to contend with in choosing. Tortex picks are...
Calton combo case and single case.
Big D, Well, have you looked into adjusting the truss rod? Are you keeping the instruments hydrated when in their cases? While it is possible that you have some build issues either with the neck or...
Enjoy the process. Your mandolin will continue to open up and your technique will continue to improve. A better instrument will find you when the time comes. Or head over here to a Nashville visit...
While I can't say who's tuners are on an Eastman mandolin. I can tell you that all mandolin tuners are all stiff in comparison to banjos and guitars. Have you loosened the gear screw and 1/8 of a...
Or a 6-2-5-1 change.