Re: action
voila! TBug On Nov 9, 3:18 pm, Robin Gravina robin.grav...@gmail.com wrote: yeah... gimme some actually, I read this article, which is worth a regular look at: http://www.mandozine.com/resources/CGOW/mikecompton2.php got my spark plug feelers out and found my action was much lower than the 5/64 of an inch (or 2mm if you use a sane system for measuring), and jacked it up, changed the strings, without worrying too much about having a radiussed fretboard, not very radiussed bridge and so on... put the E and G at about 2mm and suddenly the thing is singing. Then I remembered elliptical tremolo from the same article: loose wrist, circular motion, tried doing that thing I had been thinking about whereby you double stop tremolo from one string to another rather than both strings equally, and some of the sounds I had been working for came... And it's funny how once the tone starts working the rhythm seems easier and more natural. So yes, I had a nice bank holiday today! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugma...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
action
yeah... gimme some actually, I read this article, which is worth a regular look at: http://www.mandozine.com/resources/CGOW/mikecompton2.php got my spark plug feelers out and found my action was much lower than the 5/64 of an inch (or 2mm if you use a sane system for measuring), and jacked it up, changed the strings, without worrying too much about having a radiussed fretboard, not very radiussed bridge and so on... put the E and G at about 2mm and suddenly the thing is singing. Then I remembered elliptical tremolo from the same article: loose wrist, circular motion, tried doing that thing I had been thinking about whereby you double stop tremolo from one string to another rather than both strings equally, and some of the sounds I had been working for came... And it's funny how once the tone starts working the rhythm seems easier and more natural. So yes, I had a nice bank holiday today! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugma...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
Re: The Man In Action
Thanks Scotty. We had a hoot, did we not? David's got a good thing going there and a great following of smart and talented folks. A total success, I'd say. Tbug On Mar 9, 10:45 am, Glenn Scott glenn.sco...@comcast.net wrote: Had the pleasure of hanging with, learning from, and watching perform The Tater himself this weekend at the March Mandolin Festival up in Concord, New Hampshire ... I hope you all get the chance to do that sometime somewhere ... definitely a great way to spend your time ... thanks Mike, you're the best ... --Scotty -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugma...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
The Man In Action
Had the pleasure of hanging with, learning from, and watching perform The Tater himself this weekend at the March Mandolin Festival up in Concord, New Hampshire ... I hope you all get the chance to do that sometime somewhere ... definitely a great way to spend your time ... thanks Mike, you're the best ... --Scotty -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugma...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
Re: action
12th fret, crown of fret to bottom of strings. On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Trey Young email_t...@yahoo.com wrote: Ok, so I've never really messed with adjusting the bridge to a certain number and now I'm curious. Do you measure from the actual fret board to the string (I'll assume the bottom of the string) or from the crown of the fret to the string? When you say 5/64 is that at the G string and are all of the strings at 5/64? Thanks, Trey -- *From:* Robin Gravina robin.grav...@gmail.com *To:* taterbugmando@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Sunday, August 30, 2009 6:04:05 PM *Subject:* Re: action I'm getting my spark plug feelers out as we speak. I think I'm too low. 4mm sounds like hard work. I played for my neighbours yesterday as part of our neighbourhood fiestas. Lovely experience - our 'urbanización' of 120 houses organises it's own weekend party: starts on Tuesday with kids games, then Thursday we have the kids dinner - they have to scavenge for the ingredients, from house to house, then open air cinema for all. Friday there is a 'brotherhood dinner' where we all bring food and share it, then a dance - plenty of Macarena and the kids all up until 2 in the morning. Saturday, petanca, and other games competitions, single men against married men football, dance classes, big communal lunch and after our gig (by the pool, sun going down, everyone wearing cowboy hats (there was an associated competition) a big fancy dress dance and everyone from 2 yrs old till 80 hitting the floor. Sunday, tapa competition, communal lunch, everyone gets thrown into the pool, then as the sun goes down, everyone dresses in black, with cross dressing, silly hats and sunglasses encouraged, and we carry the sardine around the whole neighbourhood, with a trumpet and wailing, and bury it as a symbol of the end of fiestas, with plenty of cries of Aieee as we weep for the party that we all created and shared. Just wanted to share that - it really is Old Time - love it. Robin On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:07 AM, diptanshu roydiptanshu@gmail.com wrote: oh yes i am getting there! deep! On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:02 AM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.com wrote: Yessir, I'd say so. If you can play yours at 4mm, you'd be a candidate for Superman's job. Taterbug On Aug 28, 8:12 am, diptanshu roy diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: cool thanks thats 2 mm. i some how need to get mine lower i guess! On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:07 PM, diptanshu roy diptanshu@gmail.comwrote: 5/64 inches? On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:57 PM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.comwrote: Deep, I keep my action between 4 and 5/64 at the 12th. It is a compromise height; just high enough to keep from buzzing(but most any mandolin will buzz at the 5th fret on the G string, no matter what) and give you more pop, but still have some sustain. Of course, lowering the action a little will give you more sustain and a pretty sound, but less whallop when you hit a chop chord. TBug On Aug 28, 1:13 am, deep diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: hi guys i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my eastman has quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on bluegrass songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? or is that what many people are coping with? my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my truss rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. still there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no set up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: action
Ok, so I've never really messed with adjusting the bridge to a certain number and now I'm curious. Do you measure from the actual fret board to the string (I'll assume the bottom of the string) or from the crown of the fret to the string? When you say 5/64 is that at the G string and are all of the strings at 5/64? Thanks, Trey From: Robin Gravina robin.grav...@gmail.com To: taterbugmando@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 6:04:05 PM Subject: Re: action I'm getting my spark plug feelers out as we speak. I think I'm too low. 4mm sounds like hard work. I played for my neighbours yesterday as part of our neighbourhood fiestas. Lovely experience - our 'urbanización' of 120 houses organises it's own weekend party: starts on Tuesday with kids games, then Thursday we have the kids dinner - they have to scavenge for the ingredients, from house to house, then open air cinema for all. Friday there is a 'brotherhood dinner' where we all bring food and share it, then a dance - plenty of Macarena and the kids all up until 2 in the morning. Saturday, petanca, and other games competitions, single men against married men football, dance classes, big communal lunch and after our gig (by the pool, sun going down, everyone wearing cowboy hats (there was an associated competition) a big fancy dress dance and everyone from 2 yrs old till 80 hitting the floor. Sunday, tapa competition, communal lunch, everyone gets thrown into the pool, then as the sun goes down, everyone dresses in black, with cross dressing, silly hats and sunglasses encouraged, and we carry the sardine around the whole neighbourhood, with a trumpet and wailing, and bury it as a symbol of the end of fiestas, with plenty of cries of Aieee as we weep for the party that we all created and shared. Just wanted to share that - it really is Old Time - love it. Robin On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:07 AM, diptanshu roydiptanshu@gmail.com wrote: oh yes i am getting there! deep! On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:02 AM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.com wrote: Yessir, I'd say so. If you can play yours at 4mm, you'd be a candidate for Superman's job. Taterbug On Aug 28, 8:12 am, diptanshu roy diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: cool thanks thats 2 mm. i some how need to get mine lower i guess! On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:07 PM, diptanshu roy diptanshu@gmail.comwrote: 5/64 inches? On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:57 PM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.comwrote: Deep, I keep my action between 4 and 5/64 at the 12th. It is a compromise height; just high enough to keep from buzzing(but most any mandolin will buzz at the 5th fret on the G string, no matter what) and give you more pop, but still have some sustain. Of course, lowering the action a little will give you more sustain and a pretty sound, but less whallop when you hit a chop chord. TBug On Aug 28, 1:13 am, deep diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: hi guys i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my eastman has quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on bluegrass songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? or is that what many people are coping with? my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my truss rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. still there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no set up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: action
Qball, I use D'addario's mainly, the EXP74's. I tried the 75's, but #536 didn't respond well to them. Sometimes I use stainless steel because I really do like the sound of steel strings better, but they're pretty noisy, at least in my hands. I use the 80/20 bronze EXP77's on my F4. They feel/sound softer. Monroe's action varied I think. Back years ago when he didn't trust anybody to work on it, the action was way up. Seems like the neck joint must've gotten too hot or something and the glue softened up enough to pull the neck up. You could nearly put your hand under the strings. He didn't like it, but didn't trust anybody to work on it. After he and Gibson made up, they reset it to standard specs. I had that mandolin at my house for a few days once(was scared to death the whole time). Bill came over and said for me to set the mandolin like I like it. It was set pretty low and he said he didn't like it, but the boys in the band had put it that way because, as he put it, ...they think I can't mash down the strings. So I put his action at the height I like it. Bill said, I think that's better, don't you? Tbug On Sep 6, 8:23 pm, qball quinnb...@gmail.com wrote: er um...sloppyman here I was just putting on a fresh set of strings last night and got the old micrometer out... it seems that i have been set up at 7/16 for some years now chops nice and perhaps has a bit more volume but what the hey I went ahead and dropped her down to 5/64 and will have a go at what may be considered a more tater tone... i certainly can use all the help i can get..thanks for the tip TI was wondering what kind of strings do you use on your Gil F5's? and do you recall what height bill had his strings at? much thanks qball On Aug 28, 8:57 am, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.com wrote: Deep, I keep my action between 4 and 5/64 at the 12th. It is a compromise height; just high enough to keep from buzzing(but most any mandolin will buzz at the 5th fret on the G string, no matter what) and give you more pop, but still have some sustain. Of course, lowering the action a little will give you more sustain and a pretty sound, but less whallop when you hit a chop chord. TBug On Aug 28, 1:13 am, deep diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: hi guys i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my eastman has quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on bluegrass songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? or is that what many people are coping with? my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my truss rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. still there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no set up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: action
er um...sloppyman here I was just putting on a fresh set of strings last night and got the old micrometer out... it seems that i have been set up at 7/16 for some years now chops nice and perhaps has a bit more volume but what the hey I went ahead and dropped her down to 5/64 and will have a go at what may be considered a more tater tone... i certainly can use all the help i can get..thanks for the tip TI was wondering what kind of strings do you use on your Gil F5's? and do you recall what height bill had his strings at? much thanks qball On Aug 28, 8:57 am, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.com wrote: Deep, I keep my action between 4 and 5/64 at the 12th. It is a compromise height; just high enough to keep from buzzing(but most any mandolin will buzz at the 5th fret on the G string, no matter what) and give you more pop, but still have some sustain. Of course, lowering the action a little will give you more sustain and a pretty sound, but less whallop when you hit a chop chord. TBug On Aug 28, 1:13 am, deep diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: hi guys i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my eastman has quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on bluegrass songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? or is that what many people are coping with? my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my truss rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. still there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no set up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: action
Your neighborhood sounds so much better than mine!! On Aug 31, 1:44 pm, diptanshu roy diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: awesome fun robin... i hope ur mandolin is water resistant. i am reacting to everyone gets thrown into the pool, bit ofcourse:p On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Robin Gravina robin.grav...@gmail.comwrote: I'm getting my spark plug feelers out as we speak. I think I'm too low. 4mm sounds like hard work. I played for my neighbours yesterday as part of our neighbourhood fiestas. Lovely experience - our 'urbanización' of 120 houses organises it's own weekend party: starts on Tuesday with kids games, then Thursday we have the kids dinner - they have to scavenge for the ingredients, from house to house, then open air cinema for all. Friday there is a 'brotherhood dinner' where we all bring food and share it, then a dance - plenty of Macarena and the kids all up until 2 in the morning. Saturday, petanca, and other games competitions, single men against married men football, dance classes, big communal lunch and after our gig (by the pool, sun going down, everyone wearing cowboy hats (there was an associated competition) a big fancy dress dance and everyone from 2 yrs old till 80 hitting the floor. Sunday, tapa competition, communal lunch, everyone gets thrown into the pool, then as the sun goes down, everyone dresses in black, with cross dressing, silly hats and sunglasses encouraged, and we carry the sardine around the whole neighbourhood, with a trumpet and wailing, and bury it as a symbol of the end of fiestas, with plenty of cries of Aieee as we weep for the party that we all created and shared. Just wanted to share that - it really is Old Time - love it. Robin On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:07 AM, diptanshu roydiptanshu@gmail.com wrote: oh yes i am getting there! deep! On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:02 AM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.com wrote: Yessir, I'd say so. If you can play yours at 4mm, you'd be a candidate for Superman's job. Taterbug On Aug 28, 8:12 am, diptanshu roy diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: cool thanks thats 2 mm. i some how need to get mine lower i guess! On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:07 PM, diptanshu roy diptanshu@gmail.comwrote: 5/64 inches? On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:57 PM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.comwrote: Deep, I keep my action between 4 and 5/64 at the 12th. It is a compromise height; just high enough to keep from buzzing(but most any mandolin will buzz at the 5th fret on the G string, no matter what) and give you more pop, but still have some sustain. Of course, lowering the action a little will give you more sustain and a pretty sound, but less whallop when you hit a chop chord. TBug On Aug 28, 1:13 am, deep diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: hi guys i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my eastman has quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on bluegrass songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? or is that what many people are coping with? my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my truss rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. still there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no set up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: action
awesome fun robin... i hope ur mandolin is water resistant. i am reacting to everyone gets thrown into the pool, bit ofcourse:p On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Robin Gravina robin.grav...@gmail.comwrote: I'm getting my spark plug feelers out as we speak. I think I'm too low. 4mm sounds like hard work. I played for my neighbours yesterday as part of our neighbourhood fiestas. Lovely experience - our 'urbanización' of 120 houses organises it's own weekend party: starts on Tuesday with kids games, then Thursday we have the kids dinner - they have to scavenge for the ingredients, from house to house, then open air cinema for all. Friday there is a 'brotherhood dinner' where we all bring food and share it, then a dance - plenty of Macarena and the kids all up until 2 in the morning. Saturday, petanca, and other games competitions, single men against married men football, dance classes, big communal lunch and after our gig (by the pool, sun going down, everyone wearing cowboy hats (there was an associated competition) a big fancy dress dance and everyone from 2 yrs old till 80 hitting the floor. Sunday, tapa competition, communal lunch, everyone gets thrown into the pool, then as the sun goes down, everyone dresses in black, with cross dressing, silly hats and sunglasses encouraged, and we carry the sardine around the whole neighbourhood, with a trumpet and wailing, and bury it as a symbol of the end of fiestas, with plenty of cries of Aieee as we weep for the party that we all created and shared. Just wanted to share that - it really is Old Time - love it. Robin On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:07 AM, diptanshu roydiptanshu@gmail.com wrote: oh yes i am getting there! deep! On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:02 AM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.com wrote: Yessir, I'd say so. If you can play yours at 4mm, you'd be a candidate for Superman's job. Taterbug On Aug 28, 8:12 am, diptanshu roy diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: cool thanks thats 2 mm. i some how need to get mine lower i guess! On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:07 PM, diptanshu roy diptanshu@gmail.comwrote: 5/64 inches? On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:57 PM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.comwrote: Deep, I keep my action between 4 and 5/64 at the 12th. It is a compromise height; just high enough to keep from buzzing(but most any mandolin will buzz at the 5th fret on the G string, no matter what) and give you more pop, but still have some sustain. Of course, lowering the action a little will give you more sustain and a pretty sound, but less whallop when you hit a chop chord. TBug On Aug 28, 1:13 am, deep diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: hi guys i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my eastman has quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on bluegrass songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? or is that what many people are coping with? my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my truss rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. still there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no set up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
action
hi guys i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my eastman has quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on bluegrass songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? or is that what many people are coping with? my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my truss rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. still there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no set up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: action
Deep, I keep my action between 4 and 5/64 at the 12th. It is a compromise height; just high enough to keep from buzzing(but most any mandolin will buzz at the 5th fret on the G string, no matter what) and give you more pop, but still have some sustain. Of course, lowering the action a little will give you more sustain and a pretty sound, but less whallop when you hit a chop chord. TBug On Aug 28, 1:13 am, deep diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: hi guys i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my eastman has quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on bluegrass songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? or is that what many people are coping with? my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my truss rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. still there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no set up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: action
5/64 inches? On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:57 PM, mistertaterbug taterbugmu...@gmail.comwrote: Deep, I keep my action between 4 and 5/64 at the 12th. It is a compromise height; just high enough to keep from buzzing(but most any mandolin will buzz at the 5th fret on the G string, no matter what) and give you more pop, but still have some sustain. Of course, lowering the action a little will give you more sustain and a pretty sound, but less whallop when you hit a chop chord. TBug On Aug 28, 1:13 am, deep diptanshu@gmail.com wrote: hi guys i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my eastman has quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on bluegrass songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? or is that what many people are coping with? my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my truss rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. still there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no set up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Taterbugmando group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
