STEVE! How you doing with the fires?
Type: Posts; User: terzinator
STEVE! How you doing with the fires?
can i get an amen
Epiphone Mandobird VIIIs, too.
They're tough-to-find critters.
Bonaparte's Retreat.
Jim, you rock! Thanks!
After hearing it: It's got a bit of Lonesome Fiddle Blues about it, that's for sure.
Oh, here's a link that embeds the start time:
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Has anyone ever come across a fiddle tune called "Flight to D.C."? (Yeah, try searching for it. Nearly impossible.)
a Dm tune, I believe.
Found this one vid, but wondering if anyone has seen...
update for all my CBOM pals...
(I know you haven't been able to sleep at night.)
I ran the Pono through its paces for a couple of weeks. I really loved the tone and the body shape, and the...
Well, I went ahead and got one of these from Kilin Reese. I love it. Great tone, really bell like. Having a blast with it.
I love the guitar body, and it really balances well with a strap.
But...
The A-pair is notorious for being finicky (where the A strings are out of unison), and plenty of theories abound. If you search for "finicky pair" on the forum, you'll find multiple threads on the...
Drool.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/579ff8cfd482e9bf459a2e3e/57e267b003596e2bdd4b1808/57fb968946c3c42b615debd4/1476105872872/KR+Strings+-+Terz+Cut+Out+Final.jpg?format=1000w
The Bobelock that I got with my Sprite has it.
Yeah, it makes for a dramatic reveal; plus, tucking it in is a nice ritual when returning the mandolin to the case.
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For a tone gard on a varnish finish, I agree with this:
And yeah, for an A-style, strap under the fretboard extension. It's the right thing to do. Wear, yeah, maybe a little. A little.
I totally thought this was going to be a thread about fiddle tunes.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Martystuart-fls.jpg/220px-Martystuart-fls.jpg
Nope. Just, nope.
The dollar value is one thing, but is the instrument so sonically amazing that it trumps every other mandolin in the stable that you'd be obliged to bring it to jams/gigs/fests? I've never played a...
Yah, that's a beauty, for sure.
I'm not saying Tom doesn't build them, or that they don't exist, but I don't know that I've heard the term "A4" to describe them. That's all.
No worries! I'm sure the terms have become interchangeable, with all ovals being 4's and F-holes being 5's. But I rarely see a longer-necked oval-hole using the "4" designation. That was the whole...
Sorry, I didn't mean to compare tone/playability/fit-finish/workmanship between Tom Ellis' mandolin and an old Gibson. Totally not the point of my post.
I was just replying to Tom C's comment...
That's funny. That's what I was thinking, too.
This is what I picture when I hear A4:
http://www.vintagemandolin.com/images/23gibsona4_74848fon11948/front.jpg
This is soooo true about many "modifications." Strap buttons, pickguards, pickups, non-original tuners, etc... If it's done correctly, you shouldn't have a problem.
That said, if I had a florida,...
as has been said, I have come to understand (and I believe strongly) that there is NO difference between A's and F's as far as the sound chamber and general architecture go. (Now, there IS a...
Love birdseye. Love tortoise. Love the James TP.
I have a new mandolin with a Red spruce top and I'm amazed how open it's been from the get go. (With headroom to spare.)
But make choices based...
The right Gibby snakehead (at the right price) would be cool; very different than what I have currently.
The only other thing I currently lust after is a higher-end (and guitar-bodied) Octave...
an amusing side note... (myth, legend, ahdunno.)
D'Addario changed the slogan on their strings (the old-style packs) from:
"Played by David Grisman!"
to
"David Grisman picks these!"