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Just finished listening to the Blarney Pilgrims podcast, Aidan. Well done. It always impresses me when the guests are so generous in sharing their stories.

What mandolin were you playing? Sounded...

I have a 17 fret tenor banjo tuned DAEA and my 19 fret tuned CGDG (capo 2 for sessions). I also have my tenor guitar tuned CGDG. I prefer not to tune the high string up to A on the longer 23 inch...

The mandola was in CGDA. If I was to play that tune at a session, I would put a capo at the second fret to get the proper key ( D Mixolydian?).

https://youtu.be/GfS3OiAUzr0

This is just recorded on my iPhone. I made the video for a buyer as I just sold it. It is a great instrument but I've been playing more tenor banjo and tenor guitar...

I play a low C tuning (CGCGCD) on guitar and wouldn't attempt it with anything less than a 25.5" scale length. You might try GGDADA at on a short scale.

I've had a Sawchyn Beavertail mandola for a few years and I can attest to their value. I've had a Weber Gallatin, and a Weber Alder in the past but the Beavertail is a keeper.

NFI but I was in...

It's not an album but if you listen to the sound clips by Martin Reese on Peter Coombes website, they are as good as any of the recordings mentioned above:

http://www.petercoombe.com/Sound.htm
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I'd really love to give these a try. Thanks for the chance.

It's a bit of a drive but the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival (Aug 10-12) is excellent : http://www.celticfestival.ca/fr_home.cfm

Slightly closer and free is the Mill Race Folk Festival in...

I've had quartz FF for at least 5 years and it's had it's share of playing time. I've tried different strings in the past and concluded that the EXP74's were best. A few months ago, I tried some...

Ted, I've been watching for a review of your new Weber mandola. Any thoughts on it yet?

That's very good - it get's even more impressive as it progresses. It really sounds professional but if you want feedback, I'd suggest that the slow all down stroke strumming where the singing begins...

You're in Australia - have a look into the Australian builder Jack Spira. He makes all variety of CBOMs and receives plenty of positive feedback from the forum. Graham McDonald is also from your way....

What tuning are you planning on using?

If you're in standard mandola tuning - CGDA, then you have to capo at the 7th fret for GDAE, not the 5th. That's really pushing it. A longer scaled (18 inches plus) mandola tuned DAEB might work when...

If you like East Coast Canadian music and mandolin, then you should check out Elmer Deagle. Unfortunately, it's not available on Amazon but you can still buy the cd through www.capebretonlive.com. I...

John Doyle has a Trillium mandola. I'm pretty sure that I've seen a youtube video of him with it.

At the expense of a bit of work, I would try both. Some instruments are fine capo'd and some seem to lose something with the shorter scale and extra mass attached to the neck. Also, to confuse your...

I don't think I would consider what you're describing as a tenor guitar but I've seen Baby Taylors converted both to single strung tenor guitars (GDAE) and double strung octave mandolins (GDAE)....

Cool. I'd really love to see/hear a video of the new mandola.

Converting a righty to a lefty is not out of the question - just requires a new nut and bridge. I've converted a couple myself. Weber, for instance, can send you a lefty bridge for any of their...

I thought that I would give this thread a bump as I just got the CD via the shoogle.com website recently. I'd been holding out, hoping that it would show up on iTunes or Emusic but it never did.
Now...

Hi Scott. When you get a chance could you change crispinfoxtrot to Greg Ashton. Thanks.

The new Collings mandola is the MT2 version and going for 4k. I'm hoping they come out with the MT version (as they did with the oval) and it's closer to the 3K range.

Most US online retailers will ship to Canada but there is the Stringman in London, Ontario that will ship within Canada. They have Dawgs, Golden Gates and Wegans. They're happy to answer your...