Happy New Year 2020 Ya'all!!!

modernsaint,

Happy new year to all.

To everybody here...



Tony

I worked New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and most every day since. Finally got some playing time in today on my Alhambra, a mandolin, and my alto recorder (I am working more with that one than my soprano recorder as there seems to be more nice classical music for it.) Played better than I did the last time - my brain must be practicing without me! LOL!! Happy New Year to all that frequent the Cabin! 

What kinds of things do you use the high-strung for RobertW ?

We have a Yamaha FG-75 high-strung.  I've used it for accompanying jigs and adding a different sound to a jam with too many guitars.  I haven't done much solo work with the high-strung.

I first heard of the high-strung on a Nicolette Larson LP cover and decided to try it out in the late seventies.  I used an FG-160 and used it mostly in my grade 4, 5 & 6 classroom. After hearing Ian Tamblyn's stellar work on the high-strung, I decided to try it out again around the turn of the century and the FG-75 has spent the last 20 years strung up this way.

I have been neglecting my mandolins lately.  Thanks for the reminder.