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    Re: Thoughts about Greek zouk for Irish music

    https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?16894-Irish-Bouzouki-vs-Greek-Bouzouki/page4

    Found an old thread of interest. This place is a font of knowledge.
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    Thoughts about Greek zouk for Irish music

    I find myself without a bouzouki (traded it for a mandolin) but starting to get back in the market. Bouzouki World USA has what looks like a decent line of Greek-style models, most of which would...
  3. Re: Mandolin CD: O Life go Laoi by Fiontan O Meachair

    Just ran across this album --- badass stuff.
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    Re: What are your favorite mandola makers?

    Big Muddy is the way to go, if you want a flattop. Solid wood, solid craftsmanship, no frills.
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    I believe I would like this better with just the...

    I believe I would like this better with just the OM, without the ambient sounds that ebb and flow in the background.
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    Re: Pono vs New Eastman Octave

    Will you be doing some lefties?
  7. Thread: New Eastman OM

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    Re: New Eastman OM

    https://www.elderly.com/eatman-mdo-305-classic-octave-mandolin-gigbag.htm

    $699 pre-order at Elderly. I believe I'd get one of those, if they had it in a lefty.
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    Re: Pono - KR Strings Octave

    So a wee baby guitar body mandolin / mandola? You intrigue me, sir. I am intrigued.
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    Re: CGDA: Standard C2 Tuning

    I was playing a CGDA resonator tenor at an Irish session for a bit . . . I used plenty of capo on the second fret, but you could also do some cool stuff in D without the capo, like a modal DADA chord...
  10. Re: What old-time/traditional vocal tune are you working on?

    "Jerdan Am A Hard Road to Travel" and "Down the Old Plank Road."
  11. Re: Eastwood have a new crowd funded semi-hollow tenor guitar pro

    Very, very tempting, but they also have the electric mandocello coming out soon . . .
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    Re: Gold Tone mandocello

    No news on these yet. I'm going to shake the tree periodically.
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    Re: Eastwood Mandocello is pre-funding

    Eastwood Mandocello is fully funded, locked and loaded, and expected to ship April 30. Available in Vintage Cream or Cherry, and it appears they will be doing a run of lefties, in case John Doyle...
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    Re: Eastwood Mandocello is pre-funding

    Tuned in 5ths, it's quite a stretch if you're used to about a 23" tenor.
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    Re: Eastwood Mandocello is pre-funding

    25.5 inch scale length means this would function very well in GDAD tuning, in case you wanna do a Pogues / Great Big Sea / Dropkick Murphys thing.
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    Eastwood Mandocello is pre-funding

    http://eastwoodcustoms.com/projects/eastwood-tenor-mandocello/
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    Re: Gold Tone mandocello

    "Over on Mandolin Cafe's CBOM board, there's been some recent talk about getting you guys to do a mandocello."

    "Oooh, you have heard rumors correctly Sir, there is a mandocello in the oven right...
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    Gold Tone mandocello

    https://www.facebook.com/goldtoneinc?fref=ts&ref=br_tf

    The good people at Gold Tone confirm that a mandocello is "in the oven."

    I'm going to need one of those. I've had one of their bouzoukis...
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    Re: New mandocellist here

    I believe http://www.woodsongguitars.com/ is a sister company of Gold Tone, and it does acoustic guitars.

    I'd prefer they use a non-cutaway model, since that would allow for some lefties (GT is...
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    Re: New mandocellist here

    I'm curious --- did you get down to any specifics regarding the proposed build? I've actually leaned on them a little about doing some kind of zouk-guitar hybrid, since no one is doing an affordable...
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    Re: New mandocellist here

    I'd buy a (lefty) Gold Tone mandocello (or a 10-string cittern) in a heartbeat. I have had a Gold Tone bouzouki (26 1/4 inch scale) for a year or so and it's a good quality instrument, but lately...
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    Re: Reso tenor bluegrass experiment

    Nice to have the option to drown out the banjo, but as a great reso player once said . . . just because you can doesn't mean you should.
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    Reso tenor bluegrass experiment

    Been thinking about selling my '33 National tenor because I haven't been playing out, and it's too nice to sit in my basement. But I just started a push to get a once-a-month bluegrass service going...
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    Re: What to do with 25" scale tenor guitar?

    I think the very existence of Selmer-Maccaferri EFS tenor guitars is a good argument for your approach, and I'd love to hear it.
    On the ELS reso, there's just so much of that midrange punch that I...
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    Re: What to do with 25" scale tenor guitar?

    Delsbrother, I'm just faking it as best as I can. To me, four-note closed chords sound best, and that Texas Fiddle Backup PDF (you know the one?) appears to have enough of those to keep a man busy. ...
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