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To the Sullivan family and all the folks at FQMS I'm truly sorry for your loss and will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

Mike

Good health and luck to you Joe, check in on the Cafe when you can.

Great invention by a great guy! I've used one for 5 years now, best money I ever spent on an upgrade. Tony Pires the inventor and maker is a treasure as ledmandlin has said and so is the ToneGard for...

Paul Gauguin played mandolin.

According to Desert Rose a member of the Cafe, Sumi worked with 3 other luthiers in Maruko Japan working on all the Kentucky Master Model mandolins until around '89 when the others left. Sumi...

Well said Bren!

That clip looks like it came from their Austin City Limits show in '80 I believe.

Welcome back Keith. You might want to check out one of the "new' Kentucky KM1000's. Gruhn has or had one for $1,350 I believe. Red spruce top and nice appointments. There's a thread up on it.

Congrats and another Slainte to you all.

Well said Ed, Bard and Arthur! Tony is a mando picker (in two different bands) and a very respected member of this community and has and is working very hard to make the best product for the best...

I have a Gard on my mando and guitar as well, they work great for me. As for the price (good point John LOL), try making one yourself and see what it costs, that is if you can figure out how to make...

Well I've never "slashed" a pick in my life, slashed "with" one on occasion, scored one with a knife most certainly. And its been quite a while since I've been thrown out for having bad tone because...

I cut cross hatched scores on both sides of my picks with a knife. I also wash the picks every so often.

Will Kimble in Cincinnati did a great setup on mine a while back. I dont know if he's still taking in that kind of work but he's definitely worth a call.

Peace to Dempsey and understanding and healing to his family and many friends.

I'm sorry to hear of his passing. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

jackofall,
You can reach Tony Pires the inventor and maker through his ToneGard website, Tony's a great guy.
I haven't taken mine off my mando but a few times for cleaning since I got it about 4...

My paternal Grandma Ethel Murnahan McCoy died in 1918 from the flu, she was pregnant at the time so two lives were lost.

I use the string cleaning cloths that FQMS sells. I'm sold on the things they work great for me and make a set of strings last allot longer. I dont work for FQMS, just very satisfied with this...

I was lucky enough to get MWN's when they first came out and couldn't agree more about how great they were and are as well as how many talented folks were involved in getting each issue together....

Yep, thats what I've seen them going for. Good luck.

Welcome back addcourt! Hope all went well with the surgery. Thanks for passing on the info about the DVD/Video. Get well soon,
Mike

Maybe if its fresh off Randy's bench and or hasn't seen muuh pickin' time it just needs to be played?

Good folks like Charlie never really go far away, they're always around when you need them, all you have to do is remember. My thoughts and prayers go out to all his close friends and his family....

I cut a cross hatch pattern on both sides of my pick with a knife.