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Comment by Rob Ingram on October 13, 2014 at 2:56pm

Good un Jim !

Comment by Jim Morris on October 13, 2014 at 1:42pm

Thanks Clock.

Thanks Danny Boy, I appreciate the good comments!

Comment by Clock The Wolf on October 13, 2014 at 12:46pm

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Comment by Danny Boy Davidson on October 13, 2014 at 12:28pm

real fine work Jim, your play and fine voice represents years of practice and sitting around with family/friends ....

Comment by Jim Morris on October 13, 2014 at 10:54am

Ha! Thanks Will. My wife says I'm my own worst critic and she's right. I always compare a new build to ones I've made before that sounded good and sometimes don't allow that each instrument is gonna have it's own voice. Yeah, 2 finger chords are enough to play anything and then you can add different voicings with more fingers later. When I first started mando it was on a cheap one with poor action and 2 finger chords was all I could manage. That's one reason I love these 4 stringers with nylon strings - they're real easy on the fingers.

Comment by Jim Morris on October 13, 2014 at 10:44am

Thanks Denny. My Grandma sang opera songs so a lot of these old songs are fairly new to me!

Thanks bug. I do love octave mandos but haven't made one yet. Made a couple of tenor banjos tuned an octave below a mandolin but they don't count since they really sounded banjo-ey!

Comment by Will King on October 13, 2014 at 10:43am

Stop complaining...it sound great.  You and Uncle john got me going on CBMs.  My dad played a fiddle as a kid and later when there has a mandolin left unplayed, he would pick it up and play...Twin brother & I could get away with anything for the next few days.  I haven't learned to pick yet, but I am getting the 2 finger chords down good enough to play with my uke friends.  Thanks for intro to these things.

Comment by BUGGY (C) on October 13, 2014 at 10:36am

Great playing ,sweet sounding mando ...try an octave mando if you haven't already you'd love it!

Comment by Denny on October 13, 2014 at 9:55am

Good one Jim.I love these old time songs.Reminds me of my grandma singin old songs.

Comment by Jim Morris on October 13, 2014 at 9:17am

Oh yeah, thanks RTZ!

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