Has COVID affected your MAS?

[Sue Rieter]

Mm-hmm ... though the wingsuit looks like a big thrill, it also looks really scary.

OFF TOPIC ALERT: NMC

One time many years ago I was at the ocean with a bunch of friends. The daredevil of the group proposed we all go jump off the seawall on one side of the harbor entrance, which was a loooong drop into deep water. I was the first one to say, yeah lets do it. When we got to the top, and I looked over, I froze. Everybody else proceeded to jump off, so then I had to as well or else look like a sissy. Well, so I did. It was extremely scary and not fun at all.

I can only imagine how it would feel standing on that precipice with the wingsuit on, looking over the edge.
The flying looks like great fun, the jumping off, not so much

We now return to your regularly scheduled discussion of MAS.

[DaveGinNJ]

OFF TOPIC ALERT: NMC

One time many years ago I was at the ocean with a bunch of friends. The daredevil of the group proposed we all go jump off the seawall on one side of the harbor entrance, which was a loooong drop into deep water. I was the first one to say, yeah lets do it. When we got to the top, and I looked over, I froze. Everybody else proceeded to jump off, so then I had to as well or else look like a sissy. Well, so I did. It was extremely scary and not fun at all.

I can only imagine how it would feel standing on that precipice with the wingsuit on, looking over the edge.
The flying looks like great fun, the jumping off, not so much

We now return to your regularly scheduled discussion of MAS.

Sue,
I would be afraid too but you have to assume anyone with 11 banjos is essentially fearless

[mandroid]

No, I have essentially 2 new mandolins by having them re-fretted, 1 needed fingerboard leveling in the process .
the playability after that made a real felt improvement.

[Dan in NH]

Haven't read the thread yet, but yes, because of the covid lockdown I bought my first mandolin.

[DaveGinNJ]

Haven't read the thread yet, but yes, because of the covid lockdown I bought my first mandolin.

Good for you. Welcome. I see you bought a Kentucky KM-250. That was my first decent mando, bought here from the classifieds

[LadysSolo]

I will confess to having thought about buying a resonator banjo on more than one occasion, but have resisted the urge so far. Has anyone studied whether owning a mandolin predisposes one to buying a banjo? It's starting to look like it may be a factor...

[OldSausage]

I will confess to having thought about buying a resonator banjo on more than one occasion, but have resisted the urge so far. Has anyone studied whether owning a mandolin predisposes one to buying a banjo? It's starting to look like it may be a factor...

The mandolin can be considered a "gateway instrument" which can easily lead the unwary to purchase many other types of instrument.

[journeybear]

Maybe consider a resonator mandolin first?

[Richard500]

Like Daryl, I shifted to caregiver, for my SO, a bit over a year ago and haven’t been home more than a few days since. So pandemic issues, magnified by an immuno-compromised person, and no access to my (excessive numbers) of hobbies, home maintenance or even work. Led to buying cheap mandolins from SGW and Ebay and restoring them as that’s minimally tool-intensive and restful. So there’s more than a dozen, so far all operational, and still looking for more. Plus a baglama and a moon guitar and an electric, restrung for fifths. And a French horn, which is demonstrably much more frustrating and annoying than even a banjo. It’s exiled. Also the situation enabled daily playing for an hour or more, for which I never made the time before.

Of course, if covid stabilizes- it isn’t ever going away - among the other sea changes is probably having to cope with the millions of pandemic pets that are going to be pitched out like discarded teddy bears and some of us may have to start DAS or CAS….

[DaveGinNJ]

The mandolin can be considered a "gateway instrument" which can easily lead the unwary to purchase many other types of instrument.

100% agree. I believe that there should be a warning sticker on all mandolins stating such. I also believe in a 7 day waiting period for all banjo purchases

[darylcrisp]

100% agree. I believe that there should be a warning sticker on all mandolins stating such. I also believe in a 7 day waiting period for all banjo purchases

this one, ah.............had to meet in the wee hours of morn on a rainy night, behind an old contractor metal building. stories have surfaced that it was possibly carried along on elite military missions for stress release and/or door ram.

6.8 lbs, radius fretboard, evo frets, tunnel 5th string with roller, mac ebony fretboard and headstock veneer, mahogany neck ,pop on/off mahogany burl resonator back (which can store 4 days rations). timber-tronic tone ring. has a special made archtop tone ring that can be changed out in 3 min-if you need to peel paint or chase dogs/people away quickly in an ethical manner.

[LadysSolo]

Of course, if covid stabilizes- it isn’t ever going away - among the other sea changes is probably having to cope with the millions of pandemic pets that are going to be pitched out like discarded teddy bears and some of us may have to start DAS or CAS….

CAS is already a factor here, I Live on a farm and we have had multiple cats dumped/find their way here. The barn is large, and there is food out all day long, and at last count there were 11 barn cats (none of which did we try to acquire,) which have decided to make their home with us (as in here 90% of the time.) I have no idea how many just come and go, the 11 are pretty much permanent residents.

[urobouros]

100% agree. I believe that there should be a warning sticker on all mandolins stating such. I also believe in a 7 day waiting period for all banjo purchases

I started out collecting banjos & them moved to guitars & then to mandolins Actually, violin preceded all of them so I s'pose tuning in 5ths was my gateway