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Cafe D' Collings
This name pays honor to three 'classics' in the mandolin community: Mandolin Cafe, D'Addario Strings and Collings Instruments. The talent, expertise and...

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Sorry, I don't think "Lick My Love Pump" used in a description. Or, "PluckN A" as a suggested name are appropriate, let alone winners. It is has nothing to do with a sense of humor. Suggesting that...

I have no problem with the winning entry. It is clever and perfectly rather nice -- but, not great. Congratulations to the winner and certainly enjoy your awesome mandolin for many years to come!
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I never, ever, ever win anything. So, I won't be surprised if I don't win these picks. My XYL calls me an optimist -- that's funny.

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If not too late, here's a few:
Mountain Dew's
Moonshiner's
Kentucks
Kentucky Legend
Kentucky Gap
Kentucky Night
Kentucky Grass

It kind of depends on what you want to learn to play. Elan Chalford at the link below has a good instructional course on playing traditional fiddle tunes. I found his instructions and materials well...

My Eastman 515 is a sweet sounding mandolin. It actually sounds better than my Eastman 815 and Weber Bitterroot. I don't know about the Eastman 315 -- It would be hard to go wrong with a 515 in my...

My Eastman 515 is a keeper. I hope yours will be the same for you... congrats! It's a beauty.

Bumpin' -- Wes was the man.

Wondering if the next question will be: Brand New and Looking to Buy My First Mandolin Pick. Now that would be interesting.

One thing to keep in mind about your first mandolin is that you probably won't keep it for very long. Mandolins will come and go as you look for the instrument you truly want to keep. To start, get a...

Some folks call that shiny spot MoJo... I wouldn't worry about it. I don't anchor my finger on the soundboard while playing - so haven't had that problem.

Save your pennies and get a Loar LM-400 -- a great mandolin for the money that you'll want to keep.
http://www.folkmusician.com/The-Loar-A-style-Mandolin-LM-400/productinfo/LM-400/

Put a "Want"...

Here's a couple of links that I found very helpful in understanding French Polishing.
http://www.milburnguitars.com/fpbannerframes.html...

Being relatively new to mandolins, I had the same question when I started. After a year I learned that my Eastman MD-515 (one is for sale now in the classified forum) is the best sounding mandolin...

That looks like a Gallatin F Octave Mandolin. I have one of these and it is awesome sounding as most Weber Gallatin models.

Violins use purfling that serves to protect the plates from damage from impacts to the edge and keeps cracks from extending into the the top and bottom plate.

I recently bought from the the Cafe classifieds a Gallatin F Octave Mandolin and a Bitterroot F Mandolin. Both are awesome!

The first Saga kit I received was returned because of nasty black streaks in the bottom plate. The replacement kit I received looked much better -- but, I noticed a wide white stripe up the middle of...

Interesting comments, all. I'll have to think about this.

Ok...no laughing, please. I'm pretty irritated about this. This is a saga kit and I knew the top was weird grain and looked soft in the center. Is there anyway to save this? I used minwax stain...

That is awesome! I have a Weber Octave that I can't keep my hands off. The mandocello is the grand daddy of the CBOMs -- Congrats.

My MD-515 of recent vintage -- is awesome sounding. The factory set-up is flawless. I love mine.