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    A Question of Political Correctness...

    I was wondering what folks might think about the song, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," in light of recent events. I'd just learned this song earlier this summer, having loved the melody for...
  2. Re: Emergency! Lost tuner bushing screw on my 1994 Gibson F-5L!

    Great read...thanks!
  3. Re: Emergency! Lost tuner bushing screw on my 1994 Gibson F-5L!

    Okay, now you have me searching my memory as to where I'd picked up this habit... I thought it was something you do when you're tuners get too hard to turn?
  4. Re: Emergency! Lost tuner bushing screw on my 1994 Gibson F-5L!

    So I got another email from my new best friend in Germany from Schaller, Dr. Lars Bunning, and he says he's sending me the screw! <Removed by Moderator. Posting Guidelines>

    To answer some...
  5. Re: Emergency! Lost tuner bushing screw on my 1994 Gibson F-5L!

    Thanks, Mike, I have the two pieces you mentioned and have reinstalled them. I assumed the metal piece goes first on the post and the plastic piece is the piece that actually makes contact with the...
  6. Re: Emergency! Lost tuner bushing screw on my 1994 Gibson F-5L!

    Thanks for all the replies! So I got an email from Germany this morning from a Dr. Lars Bunning at Schaller who wanted pics of my tuners and the screw! I may as well get a few of them in case I...
  7. Re: Emergency! Lost tuner bushing screw on my 1994 Gibson F-5L!

    Thanks, guys! Sent an email...couldn't find it in their catalogue.
  8. Re: Emergency! Lost tuner bushing screw on my 1994 Gibson F-5L!

    Here's a pic!
  9. Emergency! Lost tuner bushing screw on my 1994 Gibson F-5L!

    I went to change my strings and as I let out the innermost A-string, the gear fell off the post! I don't know how long the screw's been missing but I'm sort of freaking out. I believe I have...
  10. Re: 2015 Northfield NF-F5S Mandolin From Gryphon Stringed Instrum

    Will do, Darren!
  11. Re: 2015 Northfield NF-F5S Mandolin From Gryphon Stringed Instrum

    I think I picked up on your mojo, CW. I wanted to try the Wegen TF-140 pick that folks talk about so I got one from the counter and walked into that room and that was the one I spotted first and...
  12. 2015 Northfield NF-F5S Mandolin From Gryphon Stringed Instruments

    I recently went down to Gryphon Stringed Instrument in Palo Alto, California, to check out their mandolin selection and was able to check out the Northfields as I've been hearing great things about...
  13. Re: At what point do I admit I'm a mandolinist?

    You're a mandolinist...don't worry about your guitar repertoire, it'll be there when you need it. I hardly touch my guitars anymore but when I do, it all comes back fairly easy. I hardly play my...
  14. New Dailey & Vincent Show This Fall on RFDTV!

    Starting Saturday, September 5th at 9:30et, it looks like there's gonna be a new Dailey & Vincent Show on RFDTV!

    ...can I get a "Woo Hoo!"...

    And for those who don't know already, Ronnie Reno's...
  15. Re: Singing (performing) and alcohol, does it help? NO!!

    Yeah, I need at least one beer before going on stage...helps with the nerves. Played the other night with two beers and a tequila shot and we had the best time! Seriously, try a sipping tequila...
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    Re: Broken neck on Gibson Jam Master.

    Hey Danny, there's also Michael Walker up above Wildwood Music in Arcata. He used to work with Randy Wood in his repair shop in Savannah. He's a super nice guy so between him and Steve at...
  17. Re: Anyone Else Have Difficulty Getting Used To Radiused Fingerbo

    Okay, I found the problem! It was the string slots cut into the nut and to a lesser degree, the bridge. It was almost as if they used the same file to cut all the slots so the A strings were deep...
  18. Re: Anyone Else Have Difficulty Getting Used To Radiused Fingerbo

    Hey thank you guys for all the good advice...I'll give it more time and see how it goes. The mandola has a great sound and I'm looking forward to hearing it open up over time.
  19. Anyone Else Have Difficulty Getting Used To Radiused Fingerboard?

    I recently procured an Eastman MDA-815 mandola that has a 12-inch radiused fingerboard. Being so used to my Gibson mandolin's flat fingerboard, I'm finding it difficult to get used to a radiused...
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    Re: Eastman Mandola

    I just got one of the MDA-815 mandolas today! I'd had a 1919 Gibson H-2 mandola which I loved but it had too much oval hole resonance which made it sound great if you were to play celtic or slow...
  21. Re: Has anyone taken a crack at Sierra Hull's Tennessee Waltz?

    Thanks, Jordan, for the transcription!

    Love your cooking shows too! How come you don't say,"It's raaaaaahw, you DONKEY!" anymore? ;-)
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    Re: Quarters for picks?

    Don't forget Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets. I used to see them in Phoenix at the Sun Club back in the late eighties. He'd use a quarter to pick and guys, if you think you've been gouging your...
  23. Re: U.S. Trademark of Fern Inlay Awarded to Gibson

    I totally think it is within Gibson's rights to trademark the Fern. I only wonder why they didn't do it back in the '20s. Like it or not, as beautiful and as well-crafted as some of today's F-5...
  24. Re: Monroe Style Mandolin: Staggered 16th Notes

    Thanks to Nick for posting the video and thanks to Amanda for elucidating further. I just dug up the Roanoke tablature out of Peter's Masters of the Mandolin and I see exactly what you mean, Amanda....
  25. Re: Monroe Style Mandolin: Staggered 16th Notes

    So is it basically accenting the upstroke? Not quite sure why the term "staggered" is used...
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