When I first became interested in playing the mandolin, I did hours of research on the internet looking for information; as a result, I found there is plenty out there. This guide covers the basic information...
I have been a bluegrass fan all my life. I always dreamed of learning to be a bluegrass picker and learning and instrument. Recently my father bought a Dean banjo and started taking lessons. This lit a fire...
I bought a rogue mandolin for $30.00 , my first mandolin on e bay from musicians friend- that was less than a year ago- I'm far from an expert , but learned to pick out just about any song that I can think of-...
The absolute easiest way to tune a Mandolin is with an inexpensive electronic fully chromatic tuner (chromatic means the tuner works on all 12 notes of the scale not just the six notes of a guitar tuner)....
I will start out by saying that a Gibson Loar F5 will play sound great. However, for those of us in the real world my suggestion is to go with a solid top insturment. My first mandolin was a Washburn A style...
Mandolin String Winders Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke BSEd, MA 'songthief Letters...I get letters! Well, actually I don't get "letters" I get emails.Well, actually again, those emails contain words which are...
There has been a rash of fake Gibson A4 mandolins on eBay in the past few weeks. They are easy to spot because of the label saying A4 and listing the site of the factory as Bozeman, Montana. The A4, which was...
After about three months learning to play the mandolin, I saw a guy in a lesson video whose mandolin sounded so much nicer than mine and it is the same model mandolin. Both instruments are Kentucky KM 150S A...
This guide will give some tidbits of advice for you first-time mandolin buyers. The main thing to remember is choosing an instrument that sounds good to you. Knowing the sound you want is paramount to this...
There is nothing more frustrating to someone who is trying to learn an instrument than an instrument that has issues. The action is too high, the damn thing won't stay in tune,the intonation is incorrect. Bad...