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telepbrman
Oct-25-2004, 11:03pm
Of all the mando's out there: Which one would be your end all, last call, desert island mando? Also, you only have one choice in cd's or rather cd, (no box set)...which one? Thanx, dy.
siren_20
Oct-25-2004, 11:34pm
One with magical strings that never need to be changed...or one that comes with a lifetime supply of well-sealed strings. You'd kinda have to have that on a desert island.
Peter Hackman
Oct-26-2004, 12:06am
Of all the mando's out there: Which one would be your end all, last call, desert island mando? Also, you only have one choice in cd's or rather cd, (no box set)...which one? Thanx, dy.
My Collings is the best.
Unfortunately Mark O'Connor's 30 year retrospective is a double, otherwise it would be my first choice.
So I'll pick Appalachia Waltz, with O'Connor, Meyer,
and Ma.
Who provides the electricity?
mandroid
Oct-26-2004, 12:07am
rainsong started making waterproof mandolins yet?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
telepbrman
Oct-26-2004, 2:36am
Excellent weather on this island, strings are included. Just mando and cd info, dy.
John Flynn
Oct-26-2004, 4:26am
Mando: Since this is basically "Fantasy Island," I would want a Gilchrist F4
CD: The Buckhannon Brothers' "Little River Stomp."
jessboo
Oct-26-2004, 6:29am
Ward Elloitts # 47 ( the one i should have kept).
Townes VanZant Rearview Mirror
John Rosett
Oct-26-2004, 6:46am
mandolin - my '13 gibson A
cd - one of the acoustic disc jethro discs. (maybe with all that spare time, i could figure out everything jethro's doing.
john
Big Joe
Oct-26-2004, 7:01am
My distressed MM. My favorite cd would be Evan Marshall "The Lone Arranger".
telepbrman
Oct-26-2004, 7:10am
Yep, this is what I'm after...keep on keeping on, dy.
Karen Kay
Oct-26-2004, 7:15am
The Davis (if Scott's Nugget was unavailable) and Jeff Midkiff's Partners in Time
GTison
Oct-26-2004, 7:21am
probably a ovation. so I could bust up the top to make stuff with or burn for a signal fire. ... use the fiberglass bowl to catch water in. Use the strings to catch some fish; Break the neck off dig up some clamswith the peghead and club some crabs with it. Take the frets off and bend them for fish hooks. start a fire cook the fish and sit back and play the,.... mandolin .
John Rosett
Oct-26-2004, 9:24am
maybe ovation should make a "boy scout" mandolin. you could do all that stuff with it, then put it back together and play it.
john
All alone on a desert island? Projection wouldnot be necessary and money would not be an issue. I'm leaning towards the aforementioned Gilchrist F4. However, considering the place could get hot and sweaty, a semi-gloss Pomeroy F4 might work well.
phynie
Oct-26-2004, 10:18am
For me it would be Don Stiernberg's two point Nugget. Ahhhhhhhh, the mandolin that taught me what jazz should sound like. So sweet. As for the cd, Django and Steph's Djangology. i could never get tired of that. Never.
the mando I have now......I'm not dreaming any more....
and any David Grisman cd, with any quintet. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
davestem
Oct-26-2004, 12:25pm
Hmmm...I'll take a sweet Dude.
The CD, that's harder. Probably a Co-Mando sessions, or Plectrology, so's I could have variety.
fatt-dad
Oct-26-2004, 12:28pm
Well of my collection, I would bring my A-model Stiver. Regarding the CD, I would bring NGR's first.
fatt-dad
Samando
Oct-28-2004, 4:46am
Well... for the mando, I'd have to stick with my Collings (my baby!). #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
And for the CD. #*long pause* # Probably Thile's "Not All Who Wander Are Lost".
# #(I 'spose I'd have plenty of time to get all the riffs figured out on that one...)
My Backpacker of course! What else am I going to paddle my raft with?
Frank Russell
Oct-28-2004, 10:10am
davestem - Will you take a mando to play for your sweet dude?
duuuude
Oct-28-2004, 12:02pm
'Least he didn't say "sweaty duuuude" http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
AeroJoe
Oct-28-2004, 12:38pm
That's an easy question...My Collings MF5 #270...and a CD player/radio with perpetual batteries...just no way to think of one CD...
A much harder question would be...Ginger or Mary Ann? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Hmmm ... only one mando right?? OK ... if I could talk Mike Marshall into letting me have his Loar or my friend Eddie into letting me have his Fern, either of those would do.
Since niether of those scenarios is very likely I guess I would (quite happily), stick with my A.L. Smart f-5 http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
PlayerOf8
Oct-28-2004, 2:24pm
Monteleone Grand Artist
Mandolin Mafia - Up In The Cool