Re: Easy string changing
Thanks for that, Paul. I had put off replacing a broken string for a few days (I have more than one mandolin), and remembered this thread. I used your video, and found it helpful, and, yes, easier. I didn't shed any blood, though a neighbouring E-string nipped me. Now, I'll just have to see how it holds. The funny thing is that it's the same thing I've been doing with my fiddle for ages until I learned a "better" method for the mandolin.
Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
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