I use Thomastik flatwound "mittel" - medium - strings on all my mandolins, including a Giacomel J5, and National RM-1. I use the Thomastik Plectrum AC111 guitar stings on my vintage Gibson guitars....
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I use Thomastik flatwound "mittel" - medium - strings on all my mandolins, including a Giacomel J5, and National RM-1. I use the Thomastik Plectrum AC111 guitar stings on my vintage Gibson guitars....
Thanks for sharing it Ron. That was recorded with my new custom built David Sefl 2 point mandolin. Jesper and the gang recorded in Denmark and I did my part in Sweden. More coming from us! BUT......
I have Alessi tuners on my Giacomel J5 and they work great. I just bought Rubner tuners for a new 2 point mandolin I commissioned from Czech builder David Sefl. The tuners have a lower price than...
When i decided to learn how to actually play blues mandolin in 2004 I sat down and listened to Yank Rachell's recordings for 2 years and jammed with them. I also listened to Carl Martin, Johnny...
Here is a video of BABY PLEASE DON'T GO filmed by Cafe member Ron McMillan in Chiang Mai, Thailand in January. Very laidback version that sometimes changed form depending on our mood. I was playing...
I had the good fortune to jam with Jason Anick and his Berklee Thai student Volt Jingjit at the Adhere 13th Blues bar (my regular spot in Bangkok). Jason is amazing on fiddle and mandolin. Volt is...
Scott, could you please change my name to Bert Deivert. Thanks!
Special Agent Blues by Sleepy John Estes. The riff for it evolved from listening to the playing of Son Bonds as the 2nd guitar on the track recorded in 1938. I used ideas from that and came up with a...
As we say in New Hampshire, WICKED!
Thank you Scott and Dan and anybody else involved in keeping this forum running! I know that you put in A LOT OF WORK that may not be noticed by some of us, but is appreciated by the majority, for...
I am very sorry to read about Don's passing. I play an RM-1 and Don was kind enough some years ago to support my music by giving me a hotplate pickup for the mandolin at dealer cost. Though we never...
When Rich DelGrosso and I did some gigs in Sweden together, we both played our National RM-1s with hotplate pickups. They are great workhorses for stage, have a special sound, and look great! I...
Great stuff Marc. Love the look of that 3 point!!!
Hi Blake, sorry haven't logged in for awhile, been on tour. Thanks for helping us on the road with the album purchase! Glad you like it.
Everything on this is recorded in standard tuning! ...
I have a varnish finish Giacomel mandolin and am worried about using something on that finish. I have an LR BAGGS RADIUS, but I bought it used with no putty included. Any ideas about this? Not sure...
I have them on my gigging mandolins.
Note the strap falling of the end pin in one clip, and I manage to grab it in time! I forgot to put on the strap lock that night. But the strap never leaves the case. Looking forward to the new one...
It was great fun to hear your new Giacomel and the comparison Craig! Mine is warming up and I am going to put a Tone-Rite on it for a couple of weeks to see what happens. But right now it is the...
Thanks Ron! I tend to hang around here so I never thought of that!
This is a performance at our CD release concert on June 2nd, just a few days ago. The cd is BLOOD IN MY EYES FOR YOU - Bert Deivert & Copperhead Run
Lots of juke joint vibe with blues mandolin and...
@ALD have you seen the Belgian reviews in Flemish?
Thanks a lot everybody. We are very proud of this album!
Here are links to order the album digitally or a physical cd!
iTUNES
https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/blood-in-my-eyes-for-you/id995156569?l=en
Physical CDs - Bert Deivert -...
thanks Shaun!
We have had great reviews! The thing that made me feel best was in a Belgian roots magazine.
"Bert Deivert plays his mandolin so masterfully that it sometimes seems that he was the...
Hi Sam,
Thanks for the kind words. I used the 2008 National RM-1 and a stereo set of Neumann mikes. Acoustic recording of the mandolin. I have a hotplate pickup on it for live gigs but NEVER record...