--- product_id: 2401282 title: "Mandolin For Dummies" price: "€ 70.21" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/2401282-mandolin-for-dummies store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # Adjustable Thickness Stainless Steel Blades Versatile Food Prep Mandolin For Dummies **Price:** € 70.21 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🥗 Slice, Dice, and Impress! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Mandolin For Dummies - **How much does it cost?** € 70.21 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/2401282-mandolin-for-dummies) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Safety First:** Equipped with a hand guard for worry-free slicing! - • **Slice Like a Pro:** Master your kitchen skills with precision slicing! - • **Adjust to Your Taste:** Customize thickness for every dish, from paper-thin to chunky! - • **Compact & Convenient:** Easily store and clean for hassle-free cooking! - • **Join the Culinary Revolution:** Elevate your meal prep game and impress your guests! ## Overview The Mandolin For Dummies is a user-friendly kitchen tool designed for effortless slicing and dicing. With stainless steel blades and adjustable thickness settings, it allows you to create perfectly sliced vegetables and fruits for any dish. Safety features ensure a worry-free experience, making it a must-have for both novice and experienced cooks. ## Description desertcart.com: Mandolin For Dummies: 8601404340321: Julin, Don, Tichenor, Scott: Books Review: Great book for beginners and experienced players - I have played bass and guitar for 20 years. At some point early in my playing I bought a mandolin. I never really learned how to play. I recently got it out of storage and decided to actually learn. After 20 years I now know something of music theory that I didn't in the beginning, but I still wanted some mandolin basics, chords, scales, techniques, etc so I would be learning proper and not just adapting guitar/bass technique to the mandolin .... it is NOT the same instrument, much in the same way that a guitar isn't automatically a great bassist. After hunting through desertcart and some local music store I decided to go with this book as I've had Dummy books for astrology, language, etc and always been happy. Yet again, happy. If you know nothing about music this book is NOT scary. This book will give you the basics. It will also go far beyond and some things will be a bit overwhelming. I mean, you cannot go from learning how to strum to playing Irish jigs in a couple months, or most of us can't. But, when you are ready for the jig .... no need to buy another book. This book is easy to read, describes things well, is technical but written for "dummies" and I've learned a few things to help my bass playing. If you know something about music (like me), this book has parts you will skip, but if you want all the chords, different styles (including Dawg), some music theory to create context, then this is also a great book. It's that perfect middle ground as it's not too complicated and not to basic. If you want pages of sheet music and practice examples ... that's what this book is not. Its not lots of playing and lots of sheet music. If you want to dig into that you'll need another book. Review: The Best Mandolin Introduction Available - After I had been playing mandolin for a little over a year, I had bought a number of mandolin "how to" texts. I was looking for something beyond the basic beginner level to push me to that next step, but that was not too difficult. At the same time, I had been watching mandolin Youtube videos, and had discovered several videos by a guy named Don Julin. I liked Don's online lessons so much that I contacted him directly to buy his introductory mandolin primer, and wrote him an email suggesting I thought it would be great if he were to write a follow-up book at an intermediate level. This book appeared a few months later, and it is the book I was looking for. In my opinion, Mandolin for Dummies simply is the best overall instruction book for mandolin available today. It goes beyond the beginner level to provide a general introduction to numerous styles of mandolin playing. I love that it is not just one more bluegrass book, but introduces the player to ragtime, jazz, Irish, Brazilian, and Dawg music as well. Chapter 7 on playing "Jethro Burns"-style 3 finger chords takes the mystery (and the misery) out of learning a gazillion different chord shapes. There is also great material on rhythm, theory, scales, right hand techniques like tremolo, advice on mandolin purchase and care, etc. This is just a great book at a great price. At almost 400 pages, I have been working through it for several months now, and have still not made it to the end. Two bits of practical advice: If you're a complete novice to the mandolin, you might want to start with a very basic primer first. If you can get hold of it, I think that Don Julin's Mandolin Method Book 1 would be a great book to work through before beginning this book. This no longer seems available on Don's website, so perhaps he no longer sells it, but there are others. Like all Dummies books, this book has a perfect binding, which is not ideal for reading and playing simultaneously. I used a blow dryer on the spine to melt the glue, removed the cover, used a 3 hole punch on the pages, and put the text in a 3 ring binder. The results are not pretty, but make for easier playing. Thank you, Don Julin. I await eagerly your next book -- something along the lines of Mandolin Old Time, Ragtime, and Jazz Improvization would be great! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | 1119942764 | | Best Sellers Rank | #1,321,335 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #119 in Mandolins (Books) #2,425 in Guitars (Books) #5,427 in Music Instruction & Study (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (711) | | Dimensions | 7.2 x 0.9 x 9 inches | | Edition | 1st | | ISBN-10 | 9781119942764 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1119942764 | | Item Weight | 1.64 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 396 pages | | Publication date | October 1, 2012 | | Publisher | For Dummies | ## Images ![Mandolin For Dummies - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81del1EG1uL.jpg) ![Mandolin For Dummies - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61QMbPusrmS.jpg) ![Mandolin For Dummies - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71GTcEbiljS.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book for beginners and experienced players *by M***E on May 27, 2017* I have played bass and guitar for 20 years. At some point early in my playing I bought a mandolin. I never really learned how to play. I recently got it out of storage and decided to actually learn. After 20 years I now know something of music theory that I didn't in the beginning, but I still wanted some mandolin basics, chords, scales, techniques, etc so I would be learning proper and not just adapting guitar/bass technique to the mandolin .... it is NOT the same instrument, much in the same way that a guitar isn't automatically a great bassist. After hunting through amazon and some local music store I decided to go with this book as I've had Dummy books for astrology, language, etc and always been happy. Yet again, happy. If you know nothing about music this book is NOT scary. This book will give you the basics. It will also go far beyond and some things will be a bit overwhelming. I mean, you cannot go from learning how to strum to playing Irish jigs in a couple months, or most of us can't. But, when you are ready for the jig .... no need to buy another book. This book is easy to read, describes things well, is technical but written for "dummies" and I've learned a few things to help my bass playing. If you know something about music (like me), this book has parts you will skip, but if you want all the chords, different styles (including Dawg), some music theory to create context, then this is also a great book. It's that perfect middle ground as it's not too complicated and not to basic. If you want pages of sheet music and practice examples ... that's what this book is not. Its not lots of playing and lots of sheet music. If you want to dig into that you'll need another book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Best Mandolin Introduction Available *by W***T on September 7, 2013* After I had been playing mandolin for a little over a year, I had bought a number of mandolin "how to" texts. I was looking for something beyond the basic beginner level to push me to that next step, but that was not too difficult. At the same time, I had been watching mandolin Youtube videos, and had discovered several videos by a guy named Don Julin. I liked Don's online lessons so much that I contacted him directly to buy his introductory mandolin primer, and wrote him an email suggesting I thought it would be great if he were to write a follow-up book at an intermediate level. This book appeared a few months later, and it is the book I was looking for. In my opinion, Mandolin for Dummies simply is the best overall instruction book for mandolin available today. It goes beyond the beginner level to provide a general introduction to numerous styles of mandolin playing. I love that it is not just one more bluegrass book, but introduces the player to ragtime, jazz, Irish, Brazilian, and Dawg music as well. Chapter 7 on playing "Jethro Burns"-style 3 finger chords takes the mystery (and the misery) out of learning a gazillion different chord shapes. There is also great material on rhythm, theory, scales, right hand techniques like tremolo, advice on mandolin purchase and care, etc. This is just a great book at a great price. At almost 400 pages, I have been working through it for several months now, and have still not made it to the end. Two bits of practical advice: If you're a complete novice to the mandolin, you might want to start with a very basic primer first. If you can get hold of it, I think that Don Julin's Mandolin Method Book 1 would be a great book to work through before beginning this book. This no longer seems available on Don's website, so perhaps he no longer sells it, but there are others. Like all Dummies books, this book has a perfect binding, which is not ideal for reading and playing simultaneously. I used a blow dryer on the spine to melt the glue, removed the cover, used a 3 hole punch on the pages, and put the text in a 3 ring binder. The results are not pretty, but make for easier playing. Thank you, Don Julin. I await eagerly your next book -- something along the lines of Mandolin Old Time, Ragtime, and Jazz Improvization would be great! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A very comprehensive book and you get the audio tracks on Amazon Cloud player automatically! *by P***L on November 25, 2013* I have not normally been a fan of the ".. Dummies" series (I have generally found them to be verbose but not containing a lot of information), but I love this book. I first got turned onto it after watching some of the author's instructional videos on YouTube. I've been playing the mandolin for about 9 months now and have limited musical background. There is a lot of material in this book, but it is presented in pieces small enough that you can absorb. Sections will contain some instructional material along with exercises and demo audio tracks. There are also lots of reference to other resources where you can learn more about a given topic. Perhaps one of the best thing about the book is how it covers a wide variety of musical genres and how they apply to the mandolin. From my experience I have found that the old time fiddle tunes are easiest to learn and the book discusses those as well as how you can expand on the basic tunes to play bluegrass style. Once you get more comfortable with improvising on tones and rhythms you will perhaps be ready to experiment with jazz or blues. It seems that I could spend years improving my playing with the book and going through all the styles and techniques that are covered, so it's well worth the $18 I spent. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/2401282-mandolin-for-dummies](https://www.desertcart.at/products/2401282-mandolin-for-dummies) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-05-05*