NMD

[Kerry Brown]

New Mandolin Day

I'd never even held a mandolin before today. Man, is that fret board a squeeze or what. It's a 1964 Made in Kalamazoo Epiphone Venetian

 

[eSGEe]

Kalamazoo Epis are awesome -- cngrats!
you had a damn fine day--- a Tiny "M" and a BIG BIRD

 

[Kerry Brown]

Thanks. They couldn’t be more different to play.

 

[eSGEe]

5 frets on the T- bird equal the whole fretboard of the Mandolin lol

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Nice looking Mandolin

 

[Kerry Brown]

5 frets on the T- bird equal the whole fretboard of the Mandolin lol

I had to go line them up and see. It looks like six frets.

 

[eSGEe]

well my Kalamazoo mandolin knowledge is a bit rusty ......

 

[Kerry Brown]

All I know is there is no way I could play a chord that uses the 1st, 3rd, and 5th fret on a guitar. Seems easy on the mandolin. The harder ones have several fingers at the same fret.