Re: New to mando...coming from guitar...where would you start?
I came from guitar to mandolin.
My advice is to forget about relating your guitar to mandolin.
Just take it as a totally different instrument.
Learn the mandolin chords, and mandolin scales/arpeggios.
Then get some tablature or notation of fiddle tunes to get some tunes under your belt.
I have also found success at just learning mandolin tunes by ear while watching videos.
I found that playing mandolin actually made my guitar playing better.
For one thing, now that I am at home within the tiny fret spacings, I can zoom around on the guitar above the 12th fret with ease.
I also started using the mandolin picks on the guitar which is an interesting experiment.
I switch back and forth between mandolin picks and guitar picks.
I do use the same 1.4-1.5mm thickness on all picks, regardless of mandolin or guitar pick shapes.
It is an interesting journey.
Make sure you spend time on both instruments.
You will find that they compliment each other, and give you a new world of acoustic voices to use in your music.
Mandolins: Northfield 5-Bar Artist Model "Old Dog", J Bovier F5 Special, Gibson A-00 (1940)
Fiddles: 1920s Strad copy, 1930s Strad copy, Liu Xi T20, Liu Xi T19+ Dark.
Guitars: Taylor 514c (1995), Gibson Southern Jumbo (1940s), Gibson L-48 (1940s), Les Paul Custom (1978), Fender Strat (Black/RWFB) (1984), Fender Strat (Candy Apple Red/MFB) (1985).
Sitars: Hiren Roy KP (1980s), Naskar (1970s), Naskar (1960s).
Misc: 8 Course Lute (L.K.Brown)
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