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I get to see Avi, et al, on Tuesday!!! Here in backwater Edmond, OK!!!! Tickets are boughten and everything!

(I haven't been around the cafe much for the past six months - real life is SO...

That looks like the one my #86 Ratliff was designed from... Thanks!

That would have never stopped my twins. Somehow they managed to survive to adulthood (probably my husband keeping weapon-like objects out of my sight). In our house, it was footballs and fast-pitch...

Thanks, everybody! (Sorry - work is being very needy right now.) I will look at all of that, and Bob hasn't said no to the orchestra visit... LOL

Hey, Mr Dad - I love the mandos, but I am really digging the straps!?!?! (I'm a weaver, too... or will be when I have time again. I'm thinkin' 2021...)

Could you tell me more about them, please?

I'm tagging along with my hub on a business trip, and I will be in Austin July 26-31. (Actually, I'm driving him, so I'll have a car and we can meander through north Texas a bit.) I'll be free...

My first Amazon order from whenever ago HAS SHIPPED!!!! (I've since received one from a Cafe member, and a 3-pack from that other Amazon seller. It's a good thing I like the pick.

Oh, purdy!!! Sounds lovely! Color me jealous... And well played, sir.

Thanks, Dan, for sending me the PrimeTone (and the other two, as well) while I wait for my order. I have to really do a workout with it this weekend (dang work interferred this week), but I think...

And now that we have humidity back in spades - OH Blessed RAIN! - we now know what caused string rattling. The Ratliff has to live in it's case with a humidifier whenever I am not playing it.

I...

It's the blond 3 point on Audey's custom page. (I still need good pictures of it...) Oh, wait - Eddie Sheehy posted in a thread last month when it came up that he used to own it and posted pics -...

Sure! I might even know something by then!

Hi, Ivan -

It's an Audey Ratliff, not a Ken Ratcliff, mandolin. And it does not have a truss rod cover. I had the light strings on it while I built up my hands and fingertips - I was thinking...

Oh, good - someone else in the area!! I haven't been in Larsen's yet, but I think they own Edmond Music up here. (I was wondering where all those wrong notes came from that I found in my case...)
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I'm still trying to find a pick I can just hold on to - hand issues. This weekend is experimenting with sticky stuff. (While waiting for the elusive Prime-tones...)

That said, I like the tone of...

Thanks - I forgot about them!

Hrm. This one doesn't have an adjustable truss rod, so neck changes are out (not that I would do that myself yet). I think I'll change strings this weekend and play with the bridge a bit more, and...

All of a sudden, my G and D strings are positively rattling. I'm still working on scales and finger busters and picking patterns and strumming patterns and more scales, so there hasn't been any...

Well, PAS is a sight cheaper than MAS...

(Pointedly not looking at the new-to-me case containing a new-to-me stringed thing over there in the corner.)

There is also Audey Ratliff - I own one of his older ones, and Marty Jacobson (I will own one someday...). Custom builds in the same price range.

Thanks to everyone for their thoughts! I do need to learn to use a pick properly, just so I know the subject is covered. However, I may revert to fingers if I'm doing finger-busters with my right...

And Amazon has just emailed me to tell me these will be ANOTHER month. (I placed the order on April 15.) It's the grippy ones that are running behind, I think.

OK, I know it's heresy, but do any serious players not use a pick? I am having the hardest time getting used to using one, and the arthritis in my hands sometimes throws a fit. I am doing hand...

That is so pretty - I love the watercolor effects in the maple. What is the finish to be?

Happy Birthday, Scott!! I appreciate everything you do for the mando-crazed...