WWII pop song. Patriotic, but otherwise forgettable.
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WWII pop song. Patriotic, but otherwise forgettable.
I believe Peter Feldman's essay, "The Big Bang of Bluegrass" goes a long way toward answering the OP's question. Other excellent papers on the subject are Mayne Smith's "An Introduction to...
This has been hashed out before, see this thread
If I recall correctly, Gibson in the pre WWII years had a distributor in S.A. (Jo'burg, Capetown, not sure where else). Maybe a Gibson mandobass made it over to S.A. and is just waiting to be...
Interesting. Why do you think that happened? Our group has had about 10 folks come through and left for various reasons but there's been a core of us that really enjoy the music and each other enough...
Just noticed you have a Cohen mandolin. Dr. Cohen of your fair city is on the board of directors of the Classical Mandolin Society of America.
I'm a member of such a group, the Hampton Roads Mandolin Ensemble, down the road from you in Williamsburg/Virginia Beach. We currently have 6 members. 4 mandolins (2 each playing first and second...
I'll be in Asheville next week. Are there any venues that have bluegrass music on a regular basis?
You might try Savoy Music Center on highway 190 between Eunice and Lawtell. Marc Savoy builds Cajun Accordions but he knows all the acoustic musicians in the area.
They have a great jam at Savoys...
Thanks for the lead. I enjoy learning and working with audio software so I'll be downloading this and trying it out. My first and continuing reaction is that it's more fun and probably more...
I attended a workshop Mike Marshall presented at CMSA a couple of years ago and he repeated much of what he shared in his tips video. I remember he really emphasized not jamming the neck into the web...
Mike Marshall offers some tips in this video:
http://www.daddario.com/DADMediaLibrary.Page?MediaId=352&sid=5cc3de8b-2960-44f9-b416-36d93b61afab
I was at Mandolin Brothers this past Saturday. After playing most of the vintage instruments on the wall, Stan brought out from the back room a new Collings MF5 for me to try out. It's a great...
According to his Facebook page, Barry lives in Scotch Plains, NJ. His listing on the CMSA website indicates he teaches mandolin. Doesn't seem like it's too far from your area.
FWIW, the West Australian Mandolin Orchestra uses acoustic bass guitars.
Wonder if Mario Martello did the conversion? IIRC, he did a lot of work for Lundberg in that period
Check here:
http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Musician/GenMaint/Gears/GearTune/geartune1.html
and here:
http://www.lutherie.net/tuner.maintenance.html
Lubrication may not be the answer, or maybe...
If you'd like something scholarly, I recommend "Mandolins in the United States since 1880 : an industrial and sociocultural history of form" by Scott Hambly. This is his PhD dissertation. IIRC Scott...
Go to your local bike shop and get a 4oz bottle of "Finish Line" which is "dry" teflon. If you don't have a bike and use it only on your mandolin tuners you'll have a lifetime supply. BTW, "dry' in...
I purchased this lovely F4 from Gryphon a few years ago and love it's appearance, tone and playability. However it has a few anomalies that I'd like to get some expert opinions on.
The serial...
There's a couple of us down in Williamsburg who play a few choros on the mandolin if you're interested in getting together.
Here is an excellent introductory essay on choro.
http://www.marilynnmair.com/articles/choro/2000/history-of-choro/
In Brazilian Portuguese the word is pronounced "shoro". It means "cry" or...
I thought for sure that since you expressed an interest in classical mandolin, someone would suggest Marilyn Mair's "The Complete Mandolinist". But since they didn't I will.You can buy it at...
A home for your mandolin loving avian friends. A stunning birdhouse in the shape of an upside down F model (or is it a lefty)?
Lovely. the natural looking fleur de lis is a nice touch. I think I might have seen this one, or one very similar, in the raw during a visit w/Dave at his shop.