Welp, I did something very irresponsible.......

Michael Garnett · Post by **Michael Garnett** » 13 Sep 2003 1:11 am

I dropped a couple three hundred bucks on a mandolin the other day. MAN these little things are fun! (and light to carry around, even with the case)

I found that my music theory background with steel and piano has really made it easy for me to pick this instrument up and really get something out of it.

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Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 13 Sep 2003 3:40 am

Time to add another forum to your readin list.
http://www.mandolincafe.net/

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 13 Sep 2003 10:56 am

Michael,....Well ...what did you get?Gibson?
Weber?..Kentucky?..ect..."A" or "F" style
Been playing one for 30 years and they are a lot of fun!(though not as much as pedal steel
of course)

....ditto on that Mandolin Cafe site.Allyou need to know you can probubly find there!Good luck!but dont neglect your steel playing!

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Michael Garnett · Post by **Michael Garnett** » 13 Sep 2003 11:35 am

Joey -

I already found it by mistake, and yes, from what I saw, you're right, there's a lot of info on there. My registered name is "PedalSteeler"

Larry -

I changed my signature, but after my first post. It's a "cheapie", an Alvarez A-100. I'm guessing that means it's an "A" style. What's the difference between Weber and Kentucky? I really don't know anything about them, except it's pretty easy for me to figure out so far. I think it's tuned just the same as a fiddle. I already have the good music theory and can play scales to music already, it's a lot of fun. (even two note "harmony" scales, like on steel and dobro.)

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Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 13 Sep 2003 2:25 pm

You can see my mandos at http://www.joeyace.com/inst.htm

I find it funny when the Mandolin Cafe guys start complaining about how difficult tuning is. If they only knew...

Jay Jessup · Post by **Jay Jessup** » 15 Sep 2003 5:54 am

I find it funny when us pedal steelers complain how expensive they are. Sure you can get a cheapie mando for a few hundred but it takes about 2500 to get to the next step up and they just go outa site from there plus the top builders aren't even taking people for their waiting lists anymore. It makes the steel builders look pretty good.

Charles French · Post by **Charles French** » 15 Sep 2003 11:21 am

I'm certainly no authority on mandolins. A buddy of mine bought a Kentucky A style for his wife to learn to play. So he brought it over for me to tune. I thought the neck would break off before I got it in tune and I really needed a pair of vise-grips to turn the tuning pegs and also to make chords.I don't think she will ever play this thing. I have a friend that has a Gibson F and that things plays like butter. Sweet Butter (lightly salted)

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 15 Sep 2003 11:24 am

With all the talk about "taking the steel in a new direction", maybe you guys should try playing the steel with a mandolin? Now that would really be something...

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 15 Sep 2003 11:49 am

The most irresponsible thing was posting this in the wrong section of the Forum.

Seriously, I'm moving this to the 'Music' section, where discussions about mandolins and other instruments (even b@n!%$) are encouraged.