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I have a nice vintage Gibson mandolin does anybody know the best person in Nashville to do an expert set up....Some shops around here have closed during the years...Thanks!!

:mandosmiley: Pike...

Thanks for the great info, and I guess I won't pay that $600 for it...Wow yours sold for only $280 sure wish I had seen it on ebay!! It does look like a pretty nice mandolin, and the one in the pawn...

I found this mandolin here in Nashville in a pawn shop...I believe it's an early 90's model...It's in excellent condition with the beautiful inlays and head stock...It also has a brand new case...

Thanks guys and especially Michael for your detailed explanation on "Open Tunings." I've posted questions about slide mandolin playing before with very few responses. I would like to pick up slide...

I have one of my guitars in "open D' tuning right now while playing slide, and I love the sound! Just wondering about the same for mandolin....

This may be a dumb question, but is there any "open tunings" like open D, and open G on guitar for mandolin? I suppose open tunings are used while playing slide mandolin where there seems to be very...

My 1960's Crestwood mandolin

I have a 1960's Crestwood electric that looks a lot like your Columbus in the photo. I love playing it!

Dray
Pike County Breakdown via Nashville

I understand Kristallyn, but most newbies like the tab
method thought it would suit them. Have a high school
friend that I grew up with in Kentucky that lives just
outside of Amsterdam. Met a nice...

Nice mandolins Capt E!! I have a Kentucky 150S,
a vintage crestwood electric 1960's, and a 1970's
Alvarez. Epiphone John Lennon model guitar.

Pike County Bound!
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Here's a link to Eddie's book, and now it's published by
Hal Leonard with the title Bluegrass Mandolin ASAP.
It's the same book with a different cover, and I really
like this book see why he's a...

I've been playing for about 4 years, and I have several instruction books and cd's for beginners and intermediates.
I just bought this new book by Eddie Collins titled "Basics
of Bluegrass...

Hey guys thanks for the info, and I appreciate the internet sites!

"D"
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From what I've been reading, there's not a whole lot of material written or produced on this subject. Guess I'll have to ask Sam Bush the next time he's in town. It would be nice if he would write or...

Hello Everyone!

I just purchased this vintage 1960's electric mandolin a(Japanese Crestwood), and I was thinking that it would be a great little instrument to experiment with a slide. I have...

Thanks Paul for the very good info on the Crestwood mandolins. I really love this little instrument, and it kind of reminds you of a small electric Kay guitar. On the metal plate on the back of the...

Hello,

Does anyone out there have any info on the Crestwood electric mandolins made during the 1960's. I just bought
one that was made in Japan, and it seems to play pretty
well; even though I...

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I was in Big Joe's Guitarworks today to see about a
setup, and saw this beautiful Eastman Mandola hanging
on the wall. The gentleman working there let me play
it, and WOW what a mellow smoothe...

I finally got my sister's mandolin straightened out,
and one of my guitar buddies here in Nashville gave
me some advise. Guess he knew more than most of
us guys on this forum. LOL

My sister is...

I've been working on my sister's mandolin she purchased
about 6 months ago. The problem is the width between
the strings seems to be too wide, and my sister can no
longer use the one finger A and...

Thanks Guys, and I enjoyed the discussion.

DRay
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Enjoyed the home page story about the mandolin player
who played Maggie May for Rod Stewart. I recently ordered
the book "20 Easy Songs for Mandolin" by Hal Leonard for
the main reason of learning...

Very nice! They really do rock.

The DVD I watched was when they played Liverpool, England.
I remember their late dad Don Reno playing around the
Nashville area, and I think Hayseed has found fame and
fortune in the United...