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comment by AnSionnachRua
AnSionnachRua  ·  2386 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 13, 2017

I think you're probably right, goobs. Both my mandolins are basically unplayable at the moment, both of them are apparently about eighty years old, and neither of them even has a truss rod. I'm gonna keep an eye out for a cheapish one to start fiddling about with and see where things go from there.

I also think your points about storage is spot on - way more likely to pluck away if it's in a stand or on a hook.





goobster  ·  2386 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    ... way more likely to pluck away if it's in a stand or on a hook...

You have no idea how many times I have seen someone dig a case out from behind/under something, open it, smile, and pull out the instrument inside with a big smile on their face. They then kinda "go away somewhere" and plink away on the instrument... in a happy place, remembering maybe the last time they played it, or who they played with, or whatever...

... and then they put it sadly back in the case.

Cases are where instruments go to die.

Put that thing out in the open, where you can always reach it... and you will reach for it.

You aren't going to go under your bed to dig out a case and twiddle for a few minutes.