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Oh shiiiit, I never thought to check for a Musician's Lounge thread when I picked up the mandolin over a year ago - Coohoolin, you are my fuckin' muse, man. I've been shying slightly away from bluegrass and into the traditional Celtic tunes, and your fantastic posts are exactly what I dreamed to find. You are also very good and make me feel...less good, ha. I actually had two mandolin questions that I wanted to bounce off y'all - I'm a cursed lefty, and it is shockingly hard to find left-handed mandolins worth their salt. I've been playing on a Morgan Monroe "Rocky Top" f-body (MMS-8WC), and I'm starting to wonder what else there is out there and since I am so into Irish etc., I was looking at A-styles with oval holes and wondering...could I have a luthier flip the nut and bridge and call it a day? They seem very symmetrical, so I'm hoping that's not just on the surface. In the short term, I'm wondering if I can take my current one in to a luthier and just have them kinda...I dunno, adjust it? This is actually my first stringed instrument, so I'm not really aware if it could use any adjustment to make it a bit easier to play. I guess it's silly to ask here and not actually take it somewhere, but...I guess I'm wondering what to expect out of a tune-up. The one thing I DO notice is that when the open strings are tuned correctly, notes down the fretboard are slightly out of pitch. G strings are a solid G, but the B is sharp. What do you think? Edit: I should say, I'm in the Front Range of Colorado, so I should definitely be able to find a good luthier. Squiggle fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Nov 15, 2017 |
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Great! I'm encouraged to keep looking for A-bodies, then. And they are - sort of, Glenwood is a 3 hour drive, but it'd be worth it for the quality. That is...an excellent idea. Hmmm.... ed: Oh my. ed 2: I want to kiss it on the mouth Squiggle fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Nov 15, 2017 |
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Where in the front range are you? Louisville/Boulder, specifically
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