Dead Mandolin String Blues

Are your cruddy dead strings putting too much blues in your bluegrass? Here's a remedy to liven your lifeless wound strings. For links to all of my instructional mandolin material and for free mandolin chord charts and free beginner lessons please visit http://www.bradleylaird.com/playthemandolin

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Music

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• mandolin
• bluegrass
• strings
• bradley
• laird

[twotexastravelers]

Thanks Brad. Audio is a bit low on all of your posts, might boost it a bit. I have been playing mando several years with no instruction, nobody I know can play one, so you have given me a real boost.

TJ

[bradleylaird]

TJ, yes, you are right about the audio. Still workin' out the bugs in the technical department.

[banjobilly32]

Grab one of those used Bounce fabric softeners from the clothes dryer, Then pinch it over all your strings from the bridge to the nut. It removes all that crud and the strings will be much brighter. Works on all string instruments too. Try it, you'll like it!

[bradleylaird]

I will definately try that. Never did like the smell of those things in the dryer. Glad to hear there is a better use for them.

[TheJamdolinPlayer]

I use alcohol wipes to do this.. It will clean all the gunk off of your strings and brighten them up a bit.

[jar5173]

Wow, good work man. That is awesome!

[gabalabachoyVI]

thanks man, i really appreciate the tip, never thought of that before.

[bradleylaird]

hahaha! Good to hear from you, dude!!! Making a little progress with the woodpile... one day will have my Flatiron successfully cloned!---BRad

[dlaird69]

You're so smart!