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Discussions for those with an interest in the construction and repair of mandolin family instruments.

Post and discuss pictures of your instrument, share sound/video clip  links of you and your instrument.

Strings, picks, tuners, amps, cases, tailpieces, mics, and other equipment related discussions.

This area is only for those discussions that don't fit into other predefined mandolin categories.

Have an old instrument you want to find out about? Want to discuss issues about vintage vs. new and related topics? Post here.

This area will  be a place for members to find out about regional jam sessions & get togethers.

Discussions of all mandolin family instruments, pre-1945.

General discussions around eBay, Craig's list and similar. Register fraud concerns, scams, phishing, in addition to legitimate listings on the same resources.

Hosts text-only discussions of Mandolin Cafe news articles. Discussions will appear here and appended to all Cafe News items under your board membership. This area not available to users to start threads.

For discussions of music basics, theory, tips & tricks, etc. In answer to "where's the music?" Right here.

A place to collectively work on music/tunes, etc.

Citterns, Bouzoukis (Zouks), Octaves, Dolas and Mandocellos

Electric-specific discussions

Tenor guitars and instruments modified to serve as such.

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