Hi Susan, Thanks for the welcome. I live in northern California, about 200 miles north of San Francisco, about 10 miles from the Pacific Ocean. Nice place to...
Hello all! I recently decided I'd like to learn to play the mandolin. I have NO idea about anything mandolin-related, but I want to buy my first one. Any...
Kirstan, Go to www.musiciansfriend.com and get their mandolin starter kit. It has an inexpensive Rogue mandolin (of surprising quality), gig bag, chord and...
The great news seems to be that new mandolins -- seemingly fine ones -- are available dirt cheap on eBay thanks to the miracle of dirt cheap labor in the the...
Hi Kirstin: I will give you very short advice since I do not have too much time. If you can afford it, I would buy a decent instrument, esp since you are a...
I would agree with Jim on this one. Like a cheap instrument will give you the idea but sometimes because they are cheap they may be quite junkie and turn you...
I must agree, The rogue is an incredible instrument.... I play mine alot.... I carry one with me in my work truck, and it gets more play than my Epiphone...
lol... thats quite the question Well there are several methods. I'll give you three. You will have to decide which method will work for the situation. 1. You...
Hi Kristen, I went to folkmusician.com and got one of thier cheaper f model mandolins - I think it cost about $98.00. And it had a great sound right from the...
LOL--My .02... Bring a small tape recorder to your session. Record the offkey offenders, just maybe they will 'critique' their own voices. Nothing like...
I use a strap, and it's nearly impossible to stand in a group without one. Now, for sitting, it's possible to play without it... but I think most professionals...
Thanks for the replies. I probably won't be doing any head smacking. I really like the recording suggestion. Now, what to do about the one who sings great,...
Hello, This is in response to the question about a First Mandolin. I decided to learn to play the mandolin last winter and am taking lessons. I got a Rogue...
I read today that Sting is coming out with a new CD this month that is lute music written by John Dowland. He was a lute performer and songwriter from the...
These instruments are all related and it appears to me impossible to say which happened where first. Sting and all of them should spend 10 years pretending...
Yeah, the history basically begins with the Arabic instrument Al Oud, which still exists as the Oud today, and the name became corrupted to 'L'oud' and then...
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Hi, I'm Dave. Thanks for letting me join the group. I play a F style mando built by Steve Rossow from St Paul, MN She's a beauty and I will post some photos...
I bought a Kentucky 350S A-model from a mail order vendor. I'm delighted with the sound quality at that price point. It's way better than my old epiphone....
My wife has a Weber Madocello with the following problem; All 3 sets of upper strings can be tuned correctly. The C string can be tuned to C and the "fretted"...
It may be that your neck is out of adjustment You may need to adjust the truss rod a bit. Put a capo on the first fret, and fret the 12th fret, and check to...
Only one caveat to adjusting the truss rod. Turn it in **very small amounts**. I believe that a little goes a long way. Frankly. I would have a luthier look at...
Help!! I play mandolin and congas/bongos in a band and I'm starting to get carpel tunnel syndrom in my left hand. Can anyone advise on how to treat this?...
Joe, I have been there with a worse condition of the wrist/hand called kienbock disease. It is a bone condition not soft tissue as CTS. My issue required...
Sorry, I don't have the expertise in that. I asked my nurse who happens to
be my daughter. She gave the stock answer. She said tell him to see his
doctor....
Yeah i was having pains in my wrists, and they were sore to hold onto the cars teering wheel with and to pick stuff up. so i talked to my doctor and he told me...
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