Very sorry to hear of her passing. We worked together a lot on Mandolin Magazine. She was a great teacher and advocate.
David McCarty
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Very sorry to hear of her passing. We worked together a lot on Mandolin Magazine. She was a great teacher and advocate.
David McCarty
The first player I ever saw who used Thomastiks on an f-hole mandolin was the legendary David Peters, the first person to win Winfield on mandolin three times who went on to play in the Modern...
Anyone having issues with the recently manufactured Waverly tuners having bad tuner buttons? I came home from IBMA and the G tuner on my barely a year old guitar stripped off the post as soon as I...
I'm working on a pick review of the Tone Slabs and a new pick from Italy called Techpicks. It'd run by a couple PhD materials scientists who want to build a better flatpick. The TS picks are...
Straight Up Strings work great. Will prefers the standard GHS phobro set
I just got one from Elderly, and I really like it. The bevels are excellent, and the shape and 1 mm thickness work well for me. Compared to my MM Apollo and a BC TD-35, it fits right between them...
Thinking of trying the Grisman Dawg leash, the F5 strap inspired by a sax strap that goes over your neck. Any pros/cons anyone's noticed?
TIA
Here's a link to the full John Reischman cover story in Bluegrass Unlimited
https://www.bluegrassunlimited.com/article/john-reischman-walks-along/
David McCarty
End Harmonic Suppression! #freetheovertones LOL
If you guys haven’t heard, Bluegrass Unlimited is now being published by the International Bluegrass Museum and Half of Fame in Owensboro, and the new editor is Dan Miller, former editor of...
FYI, JR is doing a free live YouTube show tonight, May 18, at 8 EDT. Solo renditions of his originals and more.
Here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt_lHZjmNAI
And look for a...
I use a product developed by Paul Glasse's with Polly that used to heal skin wounds and Harden callouses called ClimbOn. One tiny 4 oz tin lasts a year, and you rub the balm into your fingertips and...
Nice cameo from the great Jimmy Bruno!
Check Steilberg Strings Instruments in Louisville. I was just there and they told me they've become a national resource for mandolas and OMs from Eastman. Good people to work with, and they're a...
None of the proceeds go to Chris. He's donating it all to the D'Addario Foundation which funds low-income3 music scholarships and similar programs.
Here's my review for Bluegrass Unlimited on the Kimble two-point. This is the same instrument that just sold at Music Emporium. Its owner is beyond words, he tells me
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Hey all, I'm writing a piece for Bluegrass Unlimited about ArtistWorks as part of BU's upcoming Learn To Play issue. I have comments from the founder and Mike Marshall, but I'd love to get some...
Absolutely. Not only is Will building some of the best sounding and playing mandolins out there, he has that higher artistic vision to experiment with very non-traditional finishes inspired by John...
My review of Kimble J-model(two-point) #282 will appear in the February issue of Bluegrass Unlimited. I invite everyone to check it out once it's published. 191254
Do you know the story about Jesse McReynolds and Jethro discussing this? Jesse had gotten a new Stiver with all premium woods, and it came with blond finish. Bu tit was more expensive than a sunburst...
Here's one from Mel Bay:
https://youtu.be/zaN4Ia_sDIg
Of for god's sake! Loar's are stamped out like washing machines on an Asian assembly line by people who have no idea what a mandolin is or what it should sound like. All Eastmans are beautifully...
Have a look at the Audient EVO 4. Simple to use and they sound great.