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    Cheez....I start feeling all lightheaded and...

    Cheez....I start feeling all lightheaded and funny inside if I look at those pictures too long. Could it be love? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
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    After reading a post on MC by someone who dropped...

    After reading a post on MC by someone who dropped a new set of Schallers into his snakehead, I gave it a try and found that they were indeed a perfect fit (one of the tuner posts had somehow gotten...
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    No problems here. A person with a masters degree...

    No problems here. A person with a masters degree can make more than that per hour plus get benefits (which I'm pretty sure being a Blues Mandolin teacher doesn't offer). I figure Rich has at least a...
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    This little book/cd by Dix Bruce has that song...

    This little book/cd by Dix Bruce has that song and shouldnt set you back too much $$

    http://www.elderly.com/books/items/02-98420BCD.htm

    Rick
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    Started at age 30. Turn 52 on Saturday. Jeez, can...

    Started at age 30. Turn 52 on Saturday. Jeez, can that be right?
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    Every time I start to get stage fright, I just...

    Every time I start to get stage fright, I just start thinking about how much I'm getting paid for doing the gig. When I consider that then I realize it's probably not worth getting too worked up for....
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    Guess as long as I'm around I'll give it a try...

    Guess as long as I'm around I'll give it a try (though it seems like I've lived in a series of "non-places"):
    *Westmoreland/Fostoria, Kansas
    *Coal Valley, Illinois
    *Kewanee, Illinois
    *Melvina,...
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    Well thanks for your comments, everyone. I have...

    Well thanks for your comments, everyone. I have to admit that when I first saw the commercial, I sort of resembled...er,um...resented the implication that bluegrass pickers are a bunch of old guys in...
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    Has anybody else seen the commercial with the...

    Has anybody else seen the commercial with the bluegrass band sitting around #playing? What do you thing about bluegrass being used to market Vi agra? And of course, what would Bill think? #...
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    In earlier years I wore a heavy band that I was...

    In earlier years I wore a heavy band that I was always taking off and unfortunately lost a couple..oops.. Nowadays I wear a very thin ring from somewhere in southeast Asia and most times I don't...
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    Hmmm...maybe I'd better have a look at this. I...

    Hmmm...maybe I'd better have a look at this. I frequently get the nod to just play some solo mandolin while waiting for church to start and so I'm looking for music of this sort. Thanks for the tip....
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    I just spent a week in downtown Portland. Pioneer...

    I just spent a week in downtown Portland. Pioneer Music (as mentioned) has a good selection of Collings as well as some Eastmans, etc.(not to mention some cool guitars). Also you should take a look...
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    My oval hole A is so loud that it sometimes hurts...

    My oval hole A is so loud that it sometimes hurts my ears to play it. Not so the A5. However, if I play both from across the room for my wife/kids and then ask which is loudest, they always say the...
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    What a great weekend! My personal favorites were...

    What a great weekend! My personal favorites were Tim O'Brien and Cornbread Nation/DGQ with Darrel Anger, Ronnie, etc.?/Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. Rhonda was great as well. Also, I was tickled to...
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    ffpizza5   If you're still looking for this song,...

    ffpizza5 # If you're still looking for this song, then I think I can help you. Send me an PM

    Rick
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    Got a K & K pickup/mic unit long with a...

    Got a K & K pickup/mic unit long with a pre-amp/blender. Totally cool setup. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
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    I spent a couple of formative years in rural...

    I spent a couple of formative years in rural Haiti. In the quirky French Creole of that country, moun=person mon=mountain, i.e. a mountain person or hillbilly. Really unsophisticated people, many of...
  18. Thread: Do you tap?

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    How about tap-dancing and saxophone? I was...

    How about tap-dancing and saxophone? I was wandering around the Oregon Country Fair and came across this guy:

    Shoehorn
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    My wife is very supportive of my music - she...

    My wife is very supportive of my music - she always listens for the mandolin parts when I perform and gets a bit testy if it's lost in the mix. I think part of the reason that she approves of my...
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    Actually I can claim the inverse of your original...

    Actually I can claim the inverse of your original proposition, that is a hobby I seem to have taken up because of the mandolin. That hobby is photography. I've been a sort of closet photographer for...
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    That Xray JPEG is on Page 54 of the mandolin...

    That Xray JPEG is on Page 54 of the mandolin archive under #77166. How do I know? I took it! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
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    Mandolin orchestra!? We don't need no stinkin'...

    Mandolin orchestra!? We don't need no stinkin' mandolin orchestra! # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
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    [I]Didn't Mussolini fall out of favor after the...

    [I]Didn't Mussolini fall out of favor after the war too? ;)

    An old WW II vet once showed me a photo he had taken of Mussolini. If bullet holes are a sign of disfavor, then YES. Fortunately no...
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    sounds like a great "Al Kabong" mandolin too....

    sounds like a great "Al Kabong" mandolin too. What was that cartoon actually called anyways?

    If memory serves me correctly that would be "QuickDraw McGraw" aka El Kabong....
  25. Thread: Old gibson a

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    I agree with J Garber that the Gibson A/Collings...

    I agree with J Garber that the Gibson A/Collings A would make a nicely complementing set. I own a Gibson Snakehead A-1 as well as a Collings MT2 and betwixt the two of them, most of my playing needs...
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