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  1. Re: The Amazing "I'm Looking Through You" Gibson

    Not the camera angle, the neck has one heck of a dip in it.
  2. Re: The Amazing "I'm Looking Through You" Gibson

    I do know what this mandolin is worth and I am not talking about "restoration" but simply gettingit back in playable condition. Putting more into an instrument that I could ever recoup if I sold it...
  3. The Amazing "I'm Looking Through You" Gibson

    I am still a total sucker for the abused and unwashed instruments out there longing for a home. The latest orphan of the storm - a Recording King mandolin sold though Monkey Wards. Based on...
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    Re: Your Favorite Rock Song To Jam To?

    It runs all over the place. One day it might be the Easybeat's "Friday on My Mind" and the next Mitch Ryder's "Devil with a Blue Dress" medley. Really depends on who hanging out. Tunes that show...
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    Re: Rolling Stones on Mandolin?

    Since the later 1960s, Keef has spent alot of time in Open G tuning. Keef once described his playing style as three fingers, two chords and one a*#hole or something. But as long as Keef is alive...
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    Re: Down The Blues Path

    Lordy, I think I am still in trouble for snagging a box of my grandfather's cigars to give to Rev. Gary Davis along with a few dollars for some lessons. The way I look at it I could hear the music...
  7. Thread: Delta Blues?

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    Re: Delta Blues?

    I am a total hack at the mandolin so am probably not the best guy to give advice. I got into mando to play Charlie Patton and Skip James. It is not all that difficult get things down like pinching...
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    Re: Vintage string packages

    Whoa a back from the dead thread.

    Not a string package but here ya go

    http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g5/zombywoof51/Guitars/BlackDiamondStrings0032.jpg
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    Re: I just lost my Gibson :(

    I truly hope your Gibson somehow makes its way back home to you. I can't really imagine how you feel but last year I had to sell my 1913 Gibson A to come up with some much needed money. I actually...
  10. Re: Role Call:updates, how long have you been playing mandolin

    Been playing guitar a long time - my first gig was in 1966.

    I ain't gotta a lotta time with a mandolin under my belt. Started maybe a year ago when I figured I would try fingerpicking some Charle...
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    Re: AMPEG combination amps

    I cut my teeth on Ampegs back in the 1960s and played though a B-15 portaflex for many years. Only real problem with Ampegs was getting volume out of them - they may have been the lowest sounding 30...
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    Re: listing of rock songs w/mando

    Sid Griffin played mandolin with the Long Ryders and his other groups afterwards.

    There was this guy named Rich Brotherton who played mandolin with the Wild Seeds - one of the best "you never...
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    Re: What is it about those old Gibson "A" models

    Mine is a 1913 Model A. It was in nice shape - even the pickguard had not yet gassed out. I just stumbled across it - I was not even looking for a mando. But I got to take it home for a week to...
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    Re: Picture from the Oklahoma tornado

    Glad all are OK. Geetars can be replaced - loved ones (human and animal) cannot.

    I also lived in Norman, OK (I still recall Gary England and his "Terrible Twisters" show) as well as in Kansas...
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    Re: Good rock songs?

    We were out the other night and decided to go for one of those now for something completely different moments and ended up playing Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen." Worked pretty good on the mando...
  16. Thread: Old Washburn

    by zombywoof
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    Re: Old Washburn

    Lyon and Healy first came out with that style of mandolin around 1917. I would have guessed it was a Style C but I am far from an expert. I may be wrong but I recall someone telling me the early...
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    Re: Band in a Box

    Thought this was going to be a thread about Blind Blake.
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    Re: Do you really want to sell your mandolin?

    I am as old school as it gets and buying any instrument sight unseen requires a big leap of faith on my part. It has less to do with worrying about a seller's integrity or how much (or little)...
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    Re: That song makes me speed officer!

    Yup, "Born to be Wild" be the one - also "Jumpin' Jack Flash." They come on, the volume goes up and the foot goes down.
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    Re: Wife got the Mandolin bug

    So did mine - so I picked up a 1913 Gibson Model A for her. The itch, however, died pretty quickly but I have been having a blast with it.
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    Re: Pickup for Fiddle

    You might look and see what Barcus Berry has. Decades ago they were the only company to offer a pickup for a fiddle. Just a little dot mic that you attached to the bridge with something that looked...
  22. Re: Question about investing in mandolins and other instruments

    Based on past history, the chances of any el cheapo acoustic instrument being worth big bucks in 40 or 50 years are pretty slim. About the only one I can think of that has soared in value would be...
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    Re: Unknown Antique Mandolin

    You could get a quicky appraisal from Gruhn by sending him photos and what info you have. he does charge but no a whole lot. Not as good as a hands-on appraisal but it will get you in the ballpark.
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    Re: Do new archtop instruments...

    I have played archtop guitars on and off for almost 50 years but have never owned a new one. I own two at the moment and both are around 75 years old. It took me a while to find one that I could...
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    Re: How much did you make on your last busk???

    Its been about two years now but down in D.C. a singer and I decided to do a bit of busking. We brought in about $25 that afternoon but were approached by a guy who must have liked us and offered...
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