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    Re: Is this a counterfit?

    Very poorly applied decal, actually lowered value of that bowl back.
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    Re: Samick mandolins- Decent or junk?

    Great way to learn fret leveling & dressing.
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    Re: Where are you from?

    Born Bloomington Indiana
    Denver CO when I was 21
    Kremmling CO when I was 30
    Canon City CO at 33
    BonCarbo CO at 48 ten years ago
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    Re: Howe Boston Bag - Type A Mandolin

    The metal backed machinehead as well as the TS pick guard look very much like my 23 regal. Neck heel says Regal too.
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    Re: KM-805 or KM-900 What should I keep?

    Unless you are too attached to the KM 150 I'd get rid of it and keep both the 805 & the 900.
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    Re: what to do when the band gets a bit stagnant?

    2x practice a week is alot once you have your sets down, one a week should do it and you may be suffering burn out. Are your practice/rehersals goal oriented? If you are not working toward something...
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    Re: Beginner, Is this mando worth $200?

    I'd buy the Rover if Playing the mandolin is your goal. This does look to be a decent project piece for someone with the skills, tools and /or money.
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    Re: Kind of like playing a guitar with a bow

    Always love BOE, part of why I play mandolin. Nice that Rbt had someone else to do the high parts by this performance ,though I've really come to like Hearts cover of the song better than any but...
  9. Re: I Have a Life Changing Disorder: Please DON'T pray for me!

    My Mandoborg name is 1 of 9:grin:
  10. Re: I Have a Life Changing Disorder: Please DON'T pray for me!

    Dude, you got it BAD!!!! Have fun:grin:
  11. Thread: Sharp practice

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    Re: Sharp practice

    Humidity, Your instrument absorbs some water from the air swells a little and goes sharp.
  12. Thread: Travel advice

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    Re: Travel advice

    Finding a hard sided suitcase large enough for a Mandolin was harder than I thought it would be. Uke might fit.
  13. Re: best mandolin from $500 - $750 range? Eastman MD315?

    If you have seen it, heard it, played it, like it and can afford it. You should buy it.
  14. Re: Adding a pickup - will use in Loud and Acoustic environments

    +1 for keeping Ovation.
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    Re: Update on Performances

    Well done Shawn, great performance, great song!
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    Re: Sony mini disc to computer

    I liked minidiscs alot but I never found a way to move a file from the mini disc to the computer except by recording it analog to my CDR recorder . might just be my MD player/recorders though.
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    Re: How many mandolins have you had?????

    Lotus A w F holes (sold)
    Applause MAE 148 still use when I (rarely) plug in
    Bestler oval A still my travel beater been round world w me
    Eastern european Bowl back wall hanger
    Rover RM 75 main...
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    Re: Walking Across America...with a mandolin

    I listen to this on TAL this morning. Flashed me back to my Motorcycle trip across America ( ended up hitch hiking , darn BSA) which I should have written about long ago. Toward the end of the TAL...
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    Re: practicing in private

    My most recent live in practice impediment went away as well. I've mastered or at least gotten alot better at a great number of fiddle tunes since. I wasn't that she complained about my...
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    Re: Find what you love and let it kill you.

    I got a Rad. Tech License so I'd have something to fall back on while working as a CW guitarist. then girlfriend got pregnant, became wife and Rad tech became main gig. I continued to play though it...
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    Re: JFS #112 The Peter Rowan Interview.....

    Enjoyed the interview very much, thanks Jake!
  22. Re: Does anybody on this forum prefer a pick that is not a bluech

    another 351 heavy user here.
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    Re: Guitar Center Mandolin Experiences

    GC is the closest music store to where I live and is 90 miles away. It is on my way to visit family and friends and I stop when I need strings/picks/cables. If I were going to buy a new electric...
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    Re: what do you think about this for starters?

    If it plays and stays in tune, and you enjoy playing it, it's a good one. Congrats on your new instrument.
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    Re: Travelling abroad with your mandolin

    Have taken my cheap mandolin to very humid country with no damage. Put it in overhead storage with no problems as well. Stewardess' were very helpful in seeing that nobody put a 40lb roll on bag on...
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