Not yet, I've been so busy at work and with preparing for an upcoming festival. I'm playing bass with 3 different acts and possibly a fourth so I've been spending all my time trying to learn 4 different sets. Whew! Anyway, I'll let you know what happens. I'm going to re-string and give it a good once (or twice) over sometime this week.
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If Wednesday is Hump Day, what is Tuesday??
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Tuesday? I think, as John Mellencamp would say, It's Just Another Day...
How about that mando tail piece?
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Hey Ant. Tailpiece? Ant?
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Hey TSSN. Sorry I've been away. Turns out it wasn't the tail piece. There was a screw loose on the pick gaurd, or should I say finger rest! Anyway, I think I fixed it.
I was actually talking to a buddy of mine that has been playing Mandolin for years. He said every now and then he will get a mysterious buzz (happened on more than one of his Mando's) and he said it can be maddening trying to find out where it comes from.
Anyway, have a great day!
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Glad you tracked it down. You can't focus on playing well when stuff like that happens.
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Wow, another update. Thought I fixed the buzz with the pick guard. WRONG! Turns out it was the volume knob. The nut was loose under the knob. I tightened it up and NO MORE BUZZZZZZ!
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It was a hardware issue after all. You didn't actually explain what the instrument was or that it had knobs and some sort of pickup arrangement---I would have gone there first. That stuff gets loose or worse, that's why those rock and roll guys have a "guitar tech" that tours with them. My acoustic stuff gets set up and I can ride it hard and put it away wet and for years and it's always the same when I pick it up,not so with the electric stuff. The instrument needs tweaked or the amp needs tweaked or there's a bad connection somewhere--or something has a buzz. I use Mesa amps because the factory is near here----"It's got a buzz, fix it!"
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I agree with you Ben. When I originally bought my Mandolin, I had no idea what I was doing and I do a lot of home recording. So I thought I needed a pickup. Little did I know. I have since gotten a nice studio condenser Mic and I Mic everything now. I don't even use the pickup anymore. I also have 2 acoustic guitars I use quite a bit. I have an Epiphone with a pickup and EQ which I use when playing with my loud rock n roll band. But when playing with my acoustic/bluegrass guys, I always use my Honer Acoustic. No pickup and it has a nice deep rich tone. That's the one I use in the studio as well. Plus the strings are a bit further apart and it has a wider neck than the Epiphone which makes fanger pickin easier.
Play on...
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Fanger picking? like with your teeth?
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Edited by - Ben Venuti on 06/13/2012 09:08:22
Fanger picking? like with your teeth?
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Yep. Exactly!
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How do you keep that pick between your teeth?
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Howdy Counters and Pickers! Hope your Last day of Spring is going well. Happy Summer (one day early)!
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There's a Milestone...
Good Afternoon!
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Good evening.
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Howdy Counters and Pickers!
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Good Morning Mando Hangout!
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Howdy do, Ant.
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I'm about $1,500 short on cash, and I would get shot for the mere suggestion, but I just can't stop obsessing over this pretty Stelling here. Someone go buy it quick and put me out of my misery.
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Wow! That's nice. I wonder how it sounds? I've been thinking (operative word-thinking) about getting another one. I'm leaning toward a Weber. 
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quote:
Originally posted by Mandolin Ant
I wonder how it sounds?
To me, it sounds amazing. I was in Morgan Music a week ago and had a chance to play that very one. I was quite taken with it.
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If I could only win the lottery...I'd buy every Mandolin I could get my hands on!
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As an Irish-American, I have no problem drinking alone or before noon, but c'mon folks. How about a pickin' story...
quote:
Originally posted by TSSN
As an Irish-American, I have no problem drinking alone or before noon, but c'mon folks. How about a pickin' story...
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