Happiest of birthdays Dawg...and thanks for signing my mando at Floyd fest there 3 or 4 years ago. You're a true treasure.
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Happiest of birthdays Dawg...and thanks for signing my mando at Floyd fest there 3 or 4 years ago. You're a true treasure.
I'm with Austin Bob and a few other, but maybe I just live dangerously. I've won't hesitate to bring my Stiver on whitewater paddling trips up to, say, class III. Life's too short to settle for 2nd...
Pull the trigger. You know you want to. I also have a Stiver F ('94, #230) that I got 8 years or so ago (can't believe it's been that long!), can't sing its praises enough, but then can't speak to...
Also interesting is who's offering the $21.5 Gil in the classifieds: none other than Aubrey Hanie! I can imagine it must have some major mojo for some lucky picker (wish it was me)...
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I would 2nd the suggestion of Lou Stiver...but then , I am just a tad biased.
I've stayed at Moravian Falls before but this year I'm at Bandit's Roost (for the 2nd time, though not consecutively). If you're in the area look for a pair of 1st Up canopies (one turned into a...
Thanks for the responses, yall. Canoedad, I might just try that West G-Flex epoxy, even though, wwooooowwwww that's some expensive stuff for just an 8 ounce bottle each (epoxy + hardener). Mandroid...
OK, I know people are all over the place on this one ("I'd NEVER put stickers on my case, banish the thought!" to "Sure, why not, bring 'em on!"). Well, I happen to fall into the latter camp, my...
Wish I had some news for you here in Lynchburg but there are no mando-specific teachers around here that I know of. Lynchburg music may have a guitar instructor who may know some mandolin, but I'm...
Congrats, Jeffd, on your new acquisition. Still hammering away on my Stiver F, and loving it as much as ever. I run J-74's on it. Had the extension scooped around a year ago and the frets dressed...
Last I hears the GB's had Jesse Brock playing mando...
I personally wouldn't worry about resale value--you didn't have any plans to sell it, did you? I have a Washburn that I've had autographed by about 15 or so of the greats (Dawg, Ronnie McC, Bush,...
Not that I'm particularly mindful of it on a regular basis, but when I do feel the need to clean my mando I've found Gibson's polish to work just fine. The bottle I have will probably last me for...
All good ideas, but I have to quote any of several music instructors from my youth: only PERFECT practice makes perfect. Another way it was put to me: practice makes PERMANENT. Maybe I'm splitting...
+1 on the McCoury DVD, was my first one ever (instructional DVD's, that is) and definately the one that had the biggest impact on me. Not to be missed (IMHO)!
I as well did the finger-in-the-car-door thing, many years back, and was given the red-hot-paper-clip treatment to relieve the pressure, and yes, it was a special kind of hell for a few seconds there...
I don't have the 2-point, but IMHO the Washburn F I do have definately does NOT have much pop, I think due mostly to excessive finish and tone bars the size of redwoods. That's why its been...
Great (*true*) story, thanks Scott. And what mando was he playing.....a STIVER!
Gotta love it (but no surprise).
I've seen Aaron several times, and got to do a short (hour, maybe hour-and-a-half) workshop with him once in Roanoke. Yes, he is quite the mando monster!
V's are my brand...count me in!
Jim, I have a feeling that the OP's wife wasn't concerned so much with the safety/wisdom of taking along a fine instrument, but more about the attentions that inevitable will be lavished on IT as...
I would add the V-pick to the above (my current fave). Just my 2 cents.
Gonna give this puppy a little bump...anybody here doing Delfest Academy here (besdies you, Johnny)? Five more days to go...getting 'cited!
Ditto the other comments regarding Aaron Ramsey, I've seen him/Mt. Heart a number of times throught the years, and was witness to a killer Mandomania a few weekends ago at Merlfest in which he took...