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Apart from practising at home I play mostly in pubs, getting alcohol on your instrument is an occupational hazard, after 30 odd years it doesn't appear to have harmed any of my instruments.

Dave H

I'd also love to go but I'm too far away, he's a bit good.

Dave H

Nice picking.

Dave H

My Vega sounds amazing with Redwing Standard Irish Tenor strings, 12, 18, 28, 38

Dave H

Yes I understand now, a world wide phenomenon except for the UK.

Dave H

' call me maybe ' ? for the non Americans here, what does that mean ?

Dave H

Have a look at ' Not For Kids Only ' by David Grisman and Jerry Garcia, should give you some ideas.

Dave H

It works, I stopped using it once, a week later the strings felt like coarse sandpaper, so I've used it ever since.

Dave H

An amazing musician, RIP Bob.

Dave H

If there was anywhere here in the UK that stocked Bluechip picks I would certainly give them a looking at.

Dave H

I use Dunlop Ultex 1.00 and 1.14 but re-shaped like the Dawg.

Dave H

The Simon Mayor/Mike Vanden reference is merely to illustrate that, if someone can play ALL types of music on the same mandolin, then of course a flat top mandolin would be suitable for playing...

There is a fairly comprehensive list of Vega serial numbers at MUGWUMPS.com

Dave H

English mandolin wizard Simon Mayor plays the whole range from bluegrass to classical on a Mike Vanden ' A ' model.

So really it's not what you've got, it's the way that you do it.

Dave H

note ' I will sell for the authentic Gibson mandolin owners, ' what on earth does that mean ? if you make the highest bid, you won't win it if you admit to not being an authentic Gibson owner,...

Strange name ' Murphy Beds ' ?

Dave H

What does ' minty ' mean ? does it taste of mint ?

Dave H

I have 2 Bitteroots, both from TAMCO in Brighton UK, both superb mandolins.

Dave H

Mostly, mandolin players just pick up a mandolin, tune it up and play it, so a beginner is getting off on the wrong track by trying out a lot of other things with it before learning to play it.
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Of all the mandolins I own, the tuners on my Eastman 615 work best of all of them.

Dave H

I agree with Dan in VA, I played one in a local shop and was totally underwhelmed, they must be building it wrong somehow because I have an Eastman 615 mandola which is as fine a sounding instrument...

Grizzled old bikers apparently don't have a sense of humour.

Dave H

I've played Jim Sutherlands Sobell cittern after a concert in my home town Halifax and I've played in a session with John Martin during Skye Folk Festival many years ago, John was the fiddler in that...

The difference between a mandolin and a mandola ?

mandola's burn longer.

Dave H

Q. How many mandolin players does it take to change a lightbulb ?

A. six, one to change the bulb and five to say, ' well, Bill wouldn't have done it that way ' or

six, one to change the...