Hi Scott.
One more to change, jasonh847 to Jason Holmes. Thank you.
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Hi Scott.
One more to change, jasonh847 to Jason Holmes. Thank you.
Lovely. Congratulations. That one looks an awful lot like mine, which I couldn't be happier with. Keith Newell makes a mean mandolin. Enjoy.
In that economy price range, here's a mahogany Stradolin on our favorite auction site with a starting bid of $149. Hmm...<a...
I'm sure it's tight being brand new, assuming the setup is good, strings are fine, etc. I got my Newell near a year ago now (just built and strung up), and while I liked its sound to begin with, it...
I'd (possibly) believe that he bought it at that estate sale for $649.00, but $649,000.00, yeah sure. This guy is crazier than...I don't even know what. It is even funnier the second time around.
I'd scoop it if you intend to keep it to play and the extension is in your way. All of my mandolins have abbreviated fretboards so this is not an issue, but I'd personally have no problem scooping...
No problem. I wasn't referring so much to the fit as to the fact that I believe Weber's saddles are compensated for a 14" scale so they take a little tweaking when fitting them to a 13-7/8" scale...
I'd spend it on the time with the player of my choice for sure. My mandolins are fine and one is quite extraordinary really, I don't need another or a fancier one at this point, but to learn to make...
I had the same experience. I put one on my Eastman and it definitely gave it a woodier tone, though not necessarily louder in my case, but definitely different due to taking the metal thumbscrews out...
My Newell (strung up 09/07) distinctly just passed one of those breaking-in points a couple of weeks back. I was taken aback, it was a very noticeable difference from playing one day to playing the...
What Tom said. Your back and other muscles should be doing a lot of the work to minimize the weight put on your arms. The more you're able to use those muscles to hold yourself up, and to use the...
I saw them on New Year's Eve and they played at least a couple of movements of that piece. I didn't see any sheet music or anything, so I gather it was all played from memory and/or improvised. It...
Yes and no. Folks seem to agree that his music is nothing to write home about, so yes he got his name out there a bit more, but no it's not in a flattering light in this case. I don't get the...
On the bright side, you could virtually see to the demise of such banjos, which could be fun while not actually hurting anyone's real-life beloved instruments. Virtual banjo bonfire perhaps?
I've...
Which is bad. Really bad.[/QUOTE]
I wasn't impressed either. For someone who touts himself, in the third person no less, as having mastered the playing styles of many historically great players, I'm...
Wow, that there's pretty fancy. I'm calling dibs. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
My wife dislikes bluegrass in a big way. Furthermore, since she considers anything acoustic and string band oriented to be akin to bluegrass, she dislikes most of the music I play by default,...
That's interesting that it was a sparse crowd. Maybe it wasn't promoted enough or well enough. I live in Chicago and do like going to Ravinia for that matter, I've seen some really good shows there...
The Q&A at the bottom of the page is hysterical. My favorite is...
Q: "Is there a mistake in your price? Maybe you mean reserve of 500 usd? Surely this is not worth more than 2000 USD."
A: "I...
I only have one A style. That's got to count for something. And only one guitar.
At least the second statement doesn't come first. That's a plus.
I wondered about that too, the Wal Mart mandolin. Even if it is a MSO and not a real mandolin, it seems the mandolin has come a long way from obscurity if it's showing up at Wal Mart. Wow.
Kind of off topic but I think it relates to this discussion, a Honda and an Acura are both made by Honda, both may even be made in the same factories. What makes the Acura nicer and/or more...
One more vote here to either talk to the builder about getting it made right or send it to Gail or someone else who can fix it and put it in the hands of someone who would want to have it....
Congratulations indeed. I hear nothing but good things about those. And on that crazy note, I'm sure many of us here would be considered crazy by our significant others, family members, etc. but...