Mandolins are tuned in fifths, so going across the strings, your octave is always at the 5th fret of the next string. Your major 3rd note is always down 1 string and down 2 frets. It's all repeating patterns.

The other important thing is to remember to use 1 finger per 2 frets in first position ...

Canada - 1
Ireland - 1 (mando)
China - 1 9( mando)

If you're getting into bluegrass music, you're going to be wanting F holes on your instrument to get the projection and punch for bluegrass music.

£200 is a really, really low buget for a decent mandolin.

In that price range, look for a used Kentucky KM-150, or KM-162. Don't bother with paying ...

Open C7th or B7th is awesome for hank williams honky tonk style lapsteel

serfx wrote:

endsjustifymeans wrote:Where are the pickups?

agreed.
every acoustic needs a pickup.

What's the secret for acoustic pickups that don't sound shit?

that's beautiful

When I play guitar it has to be a dread though.

Yeah man, they are both wonderful.

The bullet is my first full-scale so I decided to go all out and put 11's on it, as I am used to 9's on a shortscale (yes roll your eyes I like slinky-ness).
The bridge pick-up is a little week, I am thinking of cramming my Duncan lil'59 single coil in, thought ...

James wrote:

would rock this.

upright is the only way to go as concerns acoustic bass

fran's right

i want to play carter family tunes on it.

beautiful guitar man. Nice score.

I would love to pick on that. beautiful, nice score.

LPs are the only solidbody electrics that I get.

I wish I still had one for occasional moments of riffery.

excellent reply.

for 30 bucks you can't go too far wrong. I love mandos, absolutely the insturment for me. I hope you take to it well.





Loar F-700

5 string right?

he can lick me bollix for 250

do it. No contest.

Then keep the gretsch.

Nah I love them, favourite type for sure. was just making fun of folk players who laugh off non f-5 players.

the design is perfect, aesthetics, function, the f5 is as good as a strat in design terms

Loar 700 mandolin, vintage sunburst, spruce top, flammed mapple back and sides and all kinds of loveliness. Neat binding and carving on the scroll. Much louder than my old mandolin, responds with way more volume than my old one, the whoe thing feels more responsive.

Nut was high from the factory ...