Hi.
I nearly bumped a year old thread before posting but, refrained as I know some don't like that way of doing things.
Thread here was interesting https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/t...-playing/page4
Anyway, played guitar a long time, many styles. Maybe, 40 years on and off. Mostly electric until 3 years ago when I challenged myself to learn some bluegrass style flatpicking. Man, what a transition! I can't say I found it easy and it was alien in style.
However, lockdowns etc helped me focus and I have somewhere around 50 ish tunes I play. Or did.
2 months back, i dropped for a mandolin. An A style eastman 505. I had never been exposed to mando before listening to the BG stuff but wow, what a sound.
So, 2 months later, I have around 20 ish tunes under the fingers to varying degrees of excellence, or tolerance depending on who is listening.
Of course, I have spent my time learning the mando maybe 70:30 time wise and initially didn't struggle with the instrument transition. Now I am, big time. To the point that I am playing the mando cleaner than the guitar.
A pain? Yes.
Can I stick it out? Perhaps.
Any tips, support and advice welcome.
I made a choice to use the same strings (d'addario XT) 11-40 mando, 13-56 guitar and learn mostly different tunes across the instruments.
Help....
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