New to the forum, though I have peeked in throughout the years, and just wanted to give a thanks to Rob Meldrum for his free set-up guide. I just got an Eastman MD305 and it is set up pretty well, but it's nice to have a guide on hand. I have tried to start playing in the past, but the cheap mandolins were always nearly unplayable, even after they were supposedly "professionally set up." This one is working out, and I'm learning some fiddle tunes.
I have been a guitar player for roughly 30 years, most of it dabbling in jazz with varying success. I fell in love with the sound of the mandolin when I listened to the first David Grisman Quintet record while driving through the mountains about 20 years ago. He bridged the gap between jazz and bluegrass/acoustic string music in a way that really appealed to me, then and now. I'm planning on learning a bunch of old time tunes, Dawg stuff, as well as some choro. We'll see how it goes. It's pretty fun for now, and a nice break from guitar.
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