Last evening I was playing my mandolin, with an ancient Mel Bay book in my lap. My seven year old son listened for a while and then said" You're holding it wrong, Dad. Your thumb should be back here instead of up and curled around like that." He was right. He got that from looking at the book illustration upside down. Any more Mel Bay stories? Did he ever record anything? Who was this guy with the tie that so many of us started with? Do you think his instruction books are any good?
Seth in Olytown