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Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 7, 2011, 7:48 p.m. EST by Rob (881)
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Nothing for the drummers

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[-] 1 points by Skoalman (56) 13 years ago

I'm a drummer and my GF whom lives in my house makes me drum out in one of the sheds. I get to play acoustic guitar and mandolin in the house, oh, joy.

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[-] 0 points by Rob (881) 13 years ago

Love the mandoline, but my fingers are too big, capo my 12 string to get a similar sound

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[-] 1 points by Skoalman (56) 13 years ago

I've 6'4 with long fingers myself. I actually have a regular mandolin I use for bluegrass, and the nice thing about big hands and long fingers is I can stretch and do chords alot of people can't. Other then that, it's just practice. I started playing one because I love bluegrass, but more importantly it's compact and easy to travel with. I can take it to places I couldn't take one of my guitars.

I also play octave mandolin and bellzouki. Besides bluegrass, I like traditional Irish music.

What I really love is drums, but it's hard to do much with them. While I'm glad I've been in bands playing guitar/mandolin I'm REALLY glad I've never had to pack drums around, lol.

I've got a Gibson F5 I literally had to save up for years to get. I love that thing, most all my stringed instruments are Gibson though, I don't have many and have spent 40 odd years getting what I got.

Anyway, if a regular mandolin is too small for you, look into a octave mandolin or bellzouki. Just keep in mind a bellzouki has the same basic range of an acoustic guitar so if you already have somebody playing guitar you'll step on each others sonic range.

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[-] 0 points by Rob (881) 13 years ago

Tommy Shaw of Styx can play the mandolin as good as anyone. He released a blue grass album this year.

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[-] 1 points by Skoalman (56) 13 years ago

I like Steve Martins newest one with the Steep Canyon Rangers. He's one hell of a banjo picker.

I've had a banjo forever (bottom end Gibson from the 70s I got new) and never did get that good on it. With guitar, mandolin, drums, organ or piano I'm comfortable playing with others or in front of people without worry, banjo I have to think WAY too much about when I play. Anymore I only pick it up every few weeks and play the same stuff I've always played which is mostly some bluegrass standards and old jazz. Never progressed much at all on one.

That's my life in a nutshell, I live up in the mountains and love playing music on anything I can. I got a free pump organ (remember those) and rebuilt the bellows on it, then got a out of tune piano and learned to tune it, but it was free as well. Had it for like 30 years now. Again, I just absolutely love to play anything I can get my hands on.

I can't imagine life without music.

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[-] 0 points by Rob (881) 13 years ago

I have a Gold Tone banjo, it is a beautiful instrument, but like you I cannot play it well. My guitar finger picking style is naturally 3 finger, but I cannot translate it to the banjo.

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[-] 1 points by Skoalman (56) 13 years ago

New Gibson banjos are stupid expensive as well as their mandolins. I'd never buy a new one now. I do banjo rolls are well as flailing. I like flailing better, kinda like Grandpa Jones or Stringbean played, but nowhere near the talent, lol.

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