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Merry Christmas! :)

Here's a recent one I did for my band here in the UK.

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Just answered my own question - 'The Squirrel Of Possibility'! Should have read the youtube comments...

Sorry to digress here very briefly, but could anyone shed any light on the name if the tune they're playing in this video...?

Mandolin Brothers: Chris Thile with the Lloyd Loar F5 (#75846)

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Thanks for the info Ivan, I may well drop him a line! I don't actually know anything about the original owner of my Lebeda, number 52 - if anyone out there has any leads that'd be great! I...

Another UK player here...My Lebeda Premium Plus was built in 2001; I had a refret done recently and started using a tone gard and it sounds better than ever. I shelled out £1750 for it about seven...

Just wondering whether anyone might have any idea how a Northfield F5 might compare to a Lebeda...?

As a GDAE tuned tenor guitar player I spend the majority of my time playing mandolin, so definitely benefit from the lower sound when switching over. Part of the reason for not playing six string is...

Tenor guitar, tunes GDAE/GDAD and used for gypsy jazz, breton dance, bluegrass and irish/folk.

If there's a high likelihood the pick will enhance my technique, tone and volume then I think $35-$40 is probably the ceiling within my means. Anything higher than that then the ramifications of...

Perhaps when seated, but if you're standing up and the back of the mandolin's resting against your body then it's not vibrating fully; doesn't make much difference how you're holding it.

This was my experience exactly: the difference was subtle but in a good way. I was relieved my mandolin wasn't simply louder but generally enhanced - the more I play with the tone gard attached the...

I've just posted regarding this on another thread, so apologies for repetition. The Lark In The Morning deluxe model is solid wood and sounds fantastic, a much thicker and rounded tone than the...

I tend to use the same gauges on my tenor guitar with a wound 22. It does sound nice and thick, but I sometimes wonder if a plain might deliver a more guitary tone in solos.

My first tenor was a...

I'd include Mowry too, and some of the Czech builders should get a mention.

I feel I ought to chime in here, as the owner of Lebeda #52/00; it's a fantastic instrument, built in 2001 and owned by me since 2006. Real shame he's not building anymore, all the best to him for...

It's quite a relief to hear others have issues with this. I'm constantly plagued by the skin between the nail and forefinger of my left hand splitting during solos; clippers are a bad move for me,...

That's a seriously nice looking instrument right there.

Hi Trevor, I've sent you a message via the TAMCO website to see about costs etc; I may need it done a bit sooner than 8 May but I may be able to hang on til then too.

I actually bought my Lebeda from TAMCO, but unfortunately Trevor wasn't there at the time; definitely would be an idea to contact him though, I expect he's quite well informed re setting up and who...

Thanks Ivan, I'll check it out :)

Hi all,
After noticing an increasing deterioration in the playability of my Lebeda F5 I've decided it's time to look into getting a full refret done.

I'm currently staying in Stockholm, Sweden...

An effective practise routine for me (on a good day) starts with a tune just to get the fingers working and wake up the mandolin, then fifteen minutes on scales, fifteen on right hand crosspicking...

Mike Marshall's Mandolin Method has some useful information on theory, and touches upon the idiosyncrasies of some mandolin chord voicings. The Chord Book is a good place to start, but you can't go...

The only things I´d change about my Lebeda F5 are cosmetic: a tighter scroll, darker sunburst, plainer position dots inlay. However, the noises it´s able to make after seven years of playing it...