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MWoody
Posted 2005-09-18 10:05 AM (#136824)
Subject: OT: New Mando Owner



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I only meant to take my Wife out to dinner after a day of slaving for the backyard and garden. Turns out that they were celebrating Oktoberfest in Silverdale, WA. This meant that a special brew and Brat were featured on the menu as well as tents full of "Oompa" bands and oddly dressed Tuetonic wannabe's.

Then we take a walk across the parking lot where we find Freddy Pink and band with "Operation Southern Comfort" to get funds for the American Red Cross, specifically New Orleans area. There is a silent auction. On the table is a mandolin with HSC. My Wife says "You should get that". Well I'm not the sharpest hoe in the shed but I can smell permission when I find it!!!

I now have a Mid-Missouri Mandolin M3 with HSC. I just perused the search here and found a couple of Mando sites and will venture into the land of tiny fretboards! :D
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Englishplayer
Posted 2005-09-18 10:13 AM (#136825 - in reply to #136824)
Subject: Re: OT: New Mando Owner


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Mwoody, I just bought my first mando as well. I liked the mid-mos very much. Ended up buying a Breedlove OF. I'm enjoying it so far.
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stephent28
Posted 2005-09-18 11:05 AM (#136826 - in reply to #136824)
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But the damn fingerboards are so small!
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Jeff W.
Posted 2005-09-18 11:20 AM (#136827 - in reply to #136824)
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Congratulations Woody. File your calouses to a point.
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cliff
Posted 2005-09-18 11:40 AM (#136828 - in reply to #136824)
Subject: Re: OT: New Mando Owner


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An electric pencil sharpener (rewired to 220) works.
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Englishplayer
Posted 2005-09-18 11:55 AM (#136829 - in reply to #136824)
Subject: Re: OT: New Mando Owner


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Originally posted by stephent28:
But the damn fingerboards are so small!
This is why I bought the breedlove, the board felt a little wider, although I'm not 100% sure if it is.
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stephent28
Posted 2005-09-18 12:12 PM (#136830 - in reply to #136824)
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Maybe the same illusion that the '05 appears to have.

All I know is I have large hands and prefer the wide necks. Playing a mando is taking a lot of effort on my part to even get my fingers into the correct frets!
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MWoody
Posted 2005-09-18 5:41 PM (#136831 - in reply to #136824)
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Thanks for the encouragement guys. I know four chords now and connect three of them with other notes.

What songs go with Eb, C#and F#9?
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Jeff W.
Posted 2005-09-18 6:34 PM (#136832 - in reply to #136824)
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Oh, Moooody....
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bauerhillboy
Posted 2005-09-18 6:44 PM (#136833 - in reply to #136824)
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I've seen Ricky Skaggs play. He's exactly my age and right around my size...with fat fingers. Nobody plays like him! How tiny is his Gibson fingerboard? How much difference can there be??
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MWoody
Posted 2005-09-18 6:57 PM (#136834 - in reply to #136824)
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Where's Bailey when you needs him?

I remember something about thinking horizontal and the more you cover the better. I'll try to get some lessons.
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Capo Guy
Posted 2005-09-19 7:34 AM (#136835 - in reply to #136824)
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Congratulations on the new Mando. :)

I've got to get your wife to talk to my wife. :D
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MWoody
Posted 2005-09-19 8:02 AM (#136836 - in reply to #136824)
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1-360-SHEWHOMUSTBEOBEYED

or

1-360-YOUHAVETOOMANY
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TRboy
Posted 2005-09-19 9:15 AM (#136837 - in reply to #136824)
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Congrats Woody! Mid-Missouri mandolins are superbly crafted instruments. I know you'll have no trouble learning to play it. If I can play one with my fat fingers....

I enjoy playing mandolin so much that I'm in the process of building my first mandolin (F5) from scratch!(I've just finished the "easy" part :eek: )
Rimshot1
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MWoody
Posted 2005-09-19 9:20 AM (#136838 - in reply to #136824)
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Weee-dawgee!
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Jeff W.
Posted 2005-09-19 10:08 AM (#136839 - in reply to #136824)
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kewl.
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Mitzdawg
Posted 2005-10-14 8:06 AM (#136840 - in reply to #136824)
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Must be an epidemic. I'm waiting for my mando to be delivered. OOPS! I meant to say my wife's mando. OW! Really! It's Yours, Honey! OWWW!
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