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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    I am going to copy and paste something from another forum from a really smart guy in this field who records a lot... great info... more about fixinf the room than what mic This is worth relating, I think, as it is a very common problem, though not everyone goes quite as far as the person...
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    I scratch cross hatch sections into my picks... I hadn't on the one in videos. good ones are still in the mandolin case because i am playing tomorrow morning. no sense unpacking it. ok I am just lazy and have too many picks LOL I don't drop them much anymore... and the triangle big stubby has...
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    there is a big discussion (argument) going on the mandolin cafe about breaking in instruments. so many don't believe it. I know myself after refinishing my mandolin it has been opening up as I play and I changed my bridge for a thicker ebony one long ago. I hear those changes. I just didn't...
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    Thanks Dave. I think so too. I am surprised such a small change could make a sound improvement. I am just giddy I don't have to mess with those stupid pins anymore
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    playing after installation
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    Installation of one pin
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    Installed the power pins on the acoustic... got some videos to show... Before installing
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    My mandolin and acoustic use 9v for built in pre amp, I use an external pre amp with 9v for the octave mandolin and mandola (a baggs gig pro, made a huge improvement on sound)... the uke uses those round ones. my guitar pedal has a power supply. I actually don't use any of my amps anymore, just...
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    I just got some power pins for my acoustic. arrived yesterday. I am going to do before and after videos to show response etc. putting them on the fender acoustic today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oykXWr8PviY I went in to rent a tenor banjo and they had none, so they ordered one in from gold...
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    seymours are just as good. if it was acoustic, I would be recommending lr baggs hehe
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    I am a big fan of emg pickups
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    I am not by any means saying that sounded easy. Just the background basic pattern sound 5ish That is some serious harp playing. I have heard milk bone before but it is definately worth hearing again.. oh I am not a serious harp player. hell I hate wearing the neck thing to play. I just like to...
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    Cool stuff Bassnut... I had to copy the url and open network stream with vlc player... in case anyone else has trouble and this was after clicking the link to open in a browser, then copy that url because the one on the page here is abbreviated... ;) would love to try a harp like that someday...
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    I vape everywhere. in 5 years I have never been asked to stop anywhere. I am up front, no stealth vaping... hell I was vaping in the crown council office LOL. I wear vaping company shirts to gigs. I always go up to the person in charge before and explain what I am doing first, then there is...
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    I just started a new path in music. I joined a Celtic band called The Kailyarders. I am lost on the music a bit but it is really fun music. They have a lot of gigs booked for the next 3 months so the idea of becoming a working musician draws closer.
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    **official canvape thread** - Part 2

    who you calling old? you would get a kick out of the 250hp pt cruiser I am driving now ;)
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    My daddy was a drummer. meter was learned first around our place with little games with our hands. Here's a laugh. I was at this pizza place jamming... the drummer took a break. I'd had enough beer to sit behind the kit. The look on my girlfriend's face was funny... she took the video on her...
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    Vancouver/Surrey members

    Surrey here. long time vaper.... I just don't come to this area of the forum much anymore..
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    Well I took second place out of 14 artists in the voting... pretty good as far as I am concerned. 3rd was just featured on cbc radio.... and I recorded most of pallet shuffle sitting in my car doing security at a train strike LOL
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    Musicians check in here. If you play, tell us about it!

    I can't seem to get any sound clips to play... maybe because I use firefox? https://myspace.com/roadhouserefugio ok after a bunch of clicking and clicking it finally gave me sound LOL... I figured bassnut would dig the walking bass line.... and the song was written on an octave mandolin Dm the...