Mandolin Strum

I think when Western Civilization finally does fall, it won't be because of gay marriage, inflation, or any of that rhetoric that's going around these days.

It will be from a lack of something that is growing more and more scarce.

Customer service.

I purchased a mandolin from Musician's Friend recently. It arrived today, but it didn't include some all together important instructions on how to change the strings.

I know how to change guitar strings. I can (and sometimes do) change 'em in my sleep. Mandolin strings are different.

It turns out that if you ever so slightly remove the tail plate from the body, the string anchoring system is revealed. It wasn't something that was intuitive...at least not to me.

I searched the MF web page and there wasn't any manual information on the Rogue mandolin...only more ads for more stuff I didn't really need at the moment. Finally, after combing a few web sites, I found a page about mandolin construction and "how to remove the tail plate." Frustrating.

Oh, well. Long story short, I figured out how to change the strings on my new mandolin. I hope to use this instrument on a few new recordings.