<t>Mandolin is one of those instruments where you can't really buy cheap and hope to be enamored. In my experience, forget about anything under $500. I was going to ay forget about anything under $1000, but today I played a Michael Kelly Legacy that was very nice indeed in the warmth department and ...

<t>Before Doc, acoustic guitar was strummed with an occasional run ala Lester Flatt. Tony Rice says, "One day there was nothing like Doc Watson, and suddenly there was." Clarence White was developing his flatpicking style at the same time. These two guys changed everything on the acoustic, and Clare...

<r><B><s>[b]</s>figwold wrote:<e>[/b]</e></B> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Neil is quite insistent that the pick needs to be held between index and thumb, rather than with<B><s>[b]</s> three fingers like the last quarter at the casino<e>[/b]</e></B> (which is how I hold it). <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> You and ...

<t>Everything in the guitar chain makes a difference in your sound and playing style. Something as simple as the way you hold a pick or the pick material can change how you sound and your technique. It all matters.<br/> <br/> I use a Bluechip pick 50. Why? It's like it disappears in the extraneous s...

My playing took a jump for the better when I started hitting the strings with the rounded shoulder of the pick, as opposed to the point. Mandolin trick.

<t>And some more info since it was late when I posted and I was doing it one handed. =)<br/> <br/> The last few years I've been on a bluegrass kick, digging deep into Tony Rice and Clarence White. Somehow it led me to the mandolin and I've been working on that. I've been lucky enough to take some le...

Is out there anyone who can tell me some explaination about it?

Thanks
Sergio

<t>Hello again.<br/> <br/> My intent wasn't to promote anything since I have nothing to really promote =P Like I said I just found this site since someone linked from it to me. No harm no foul. It's nice to see things being played correctly though. Youtube is definitely home to the unwashed masses!<...

<t>I'm a high school teacher in Missouri. I like to play guitar in my free time. My wife is a first sergeant in the army and we have 2 kids. Found this site because somebody had linked to my youtube page from here. Looks real professional. Anyway, here's a vid of what I did during yesterday's "snow ...