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David Grier will be performing at The Dolphin Striker (www.dolphinstriker.com) in Portsmouth New Hampshire on Wednesday, April 14 at 8PM. The Dolphin Striker is a fantastic venue, small and...

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Bob Altman builds mandolins that are the King Kongs of tone.

2008 Altman:)

First of all I want to apologize to Blob for jumping in front of his post and pictures of his new Altman. I realize it's not called "post your Altman". I appreciate how excited and happy he feels...

Here's a couple more.

Altman # 6507. That's what it says on the label inside. Stiff 150 year old Englemann that rings like a bell. This mando really has it all.

My Altman's a beauty with fit & finish, playability, tone, and cool antique vibe like no other mandolin I've owned (and I've owned quite e few). Check it out.

One of the best mandolin / fiddle players on the planet has his Gil for sale. I wonder if he'll throw in some spare talent with the deal. I wonder what he's playing instead. NFI

Waverlys are awesome. Gotohs have problems (mine's with the A ). Still, I can manage to keep it in tune through a set. Proper winding around the peg head is a must. A break in period of a couple...

A mouth full of burning leaves perhaps, but it's not crrraaaap!

I agree with the assessment that the Altman mandolin has about as much bass and midrange as you can get in an instrument of it's size and dimensions. I would characterize the trebles as clear and...

Wow!! More merlot please.

I don't know. Bob Altman's mandolins seem to have nailed the Gibson tone, only more of it. I haven't yet played a more satisfying mandolin than the Englemann-topped Altman I own. That special "pop"...

Bob Altman made a couple of mandolins with Red on the treble and Englemann on the bass side. I played one in the white. Great mandolin. Bob's been using some really stiff Englemann on some of his...

Has anyone played the Loar copy that Bob Altman made? There's one currently for sale at Fiddler's Green.

My Altman is one of the best mandolins I've ever played. I've continually bought, sold, and traded until I got my Altman. It is a magnificent instrument.

"Little Angel little brother" by Lucinda Williams. "Everybody hurts" by REM "100 Years" by Five For Fighting (not so much sad as sentimental. These'll make an Ice Road Trucker cry.

I have an Altman and a Collings. Both are great instruments. The Collings has a harder, more direct tone, a little louder in the treble range. The Altman has that beautifully full midrange with more...

Chris Thile can play whatever he wants. Bach partitas, Paganini Caprices, the Rolling Stones. A mando-picking friend of mine told me he saw Chris at an IBMA show about 10 years ago and "set about...

Yeah, bright is good. The brashness will mellow. I've found that a prominent treble is very desirable in a new instrument, even if it seems a little brash or overly present. When the instrument has...

Ewe too!

For those about to rock.......we soil hoot you!

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