Mandolin player anyone?

likepilateihaveadog
likepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
edited June 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
Thinking about gettin one.

Nothing real grand...just a piece under $100.

Need to get out of my rut...thinking a new instrument will help.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks guys.
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  • jbd
    jbd Posts: 65
    Great idea. I want to get one myself. And a banjo too !


    Maybe this will help: http://4stringchords.com/
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  • whatsthefreezer
    whatsthefreezer Posts: 347
    mandolin is great. you might want to spend a little more than a hundred on one though. cheap mandolins break very very easily. i would say go for more of the 150 to 250 range and you should be fine. but enjoy it man once you have one. they're great fun to learn chords on. it's like guitar upside down almost. beautiful sounding.
  • moster78
    moster78 Posts: 1,591
    My roommate has one and we mess around with it every so often. It is a bit different to play, and it is kind of upside down, but still fun.
  • likepilateihaveadog
    likepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    yeah, obviously you get what you pay for, so...

    yeah, just wanting to work on different chord progessions, ideas...

    I mean, I love how some people can use the same chords over and over and over....Neil Young, Drive-By Truckers, etc, etc, etc...

    But i like to push it a bit more.

    We'll see what I can dig up.
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Yeah, I've got a Johnson my folks bought me for one birthday. It's really fun sometimes, but basically it sits in my room amongst the other instruments. I really wish I had an organ. Man I want an organ.
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  • likepilateihaveadog
    likepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    haha

    he said johnson


    ;)
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  • likepilateihaveadog
    likepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    anyway


    still lookin

    hopefully a hollow body electric to get the best of both worlds

    although I did see a "mandocaster" that looks like a tele - bad fuckin ass
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  • nick1977
    nick1977 Posts: 327
    I love the mandolin...looking at buying one myself.

    But, for under $100, you are buying a piece of crap. You need to look for one with at least a solid top! :)
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,381
    Ever read "Corelli's Mandolin?" Not the movie. It would defnitely motivate anyone to learn the mandolin if you have any inkling whatsoever. Corelli doesn't show up for the first 100 pages or so, but ahhhhhhhhh when he shows up what he can do with that Mandolin within war-ravaged Greece.
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  • thatgirl
    thatgirl Posts: 3,671
    my brother plays the mando in a band. hes pretty into it. i dont know where he got his from though, ok i guess im of no help here! ;)
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  • likepilateihaveadog
    likepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    thatgirl wrote:
    my brother plays the mando in a band. hes pretty into it. i dont know where he got his from though, ok i guess im of no help here! ;)
    no, not really!

    :D
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  • Puck78
    Puck78 Posts: 737
    my grandfather was a great mandolin player!
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  • samquigley
    samquigley Posts: 220
    Bang-for-buck winner in the entry-level mandolin market has gotta be Washburn. You probably won't find one under $100 but for not much more you can get one that's actually playable.

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