Re: How often do you tune your Mandolin?
Originally Posted by
Murphy Slaw
... and they tuned for EVERY SONG.
10-12 years ago, I got to see Paul Kantner (ex-Jafferson Airplane) play in one of the assorted versions of Jefferson Starship. (Aside: A great show, covering many of the Airplane / Starship hits while exhibiting TOTAL respect to the original performing individuals, most of whom were not there. Just that aspect impressed the heck out of me!)
Anyway, Mr. Kantner used, I think exclusively, Rickenbacker 12-string guitars, which can be fun to keep in tune. He solved that issue by having a rotating group of four, each a different color, that a roadie switched in / out after, yep, EVERY SONG.
Hey, maybe we mandolinists need to hire roadies?
- Ed
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