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As far as I can see I'm only the second here to sing the praises of the Wegen Dipper, though in my case 1mm. I love it for cittern, and though I've been settled on Ultex 1.14 for mandolin AND guitar...

I hereby reply to the thread. As I believe you said. I should do. Thankyou.

Mmmmm, V-picks!

I suppose I'm out of date, but I thought that John McCusker plays a Peter Barton cittern.......not that it matters one bit to your project or the discussion.....

Having strayed here from
Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

I have to say it was Dorney Rock by Kevin MacLeod; try listening to the start of Track 1, The Girls of Banbridge, and not...

Dunlop Ultex .90 for guitar and mandolin. But try finding the thing if dropped on a wooden dance floor!

Astonishing! Never saw the Easy Club though I listened a lot to them. Such energy and inventiveness. Have to agree with those praising Rod Paterson. Always appreciated his singing, but was unaware of...

I´ve a little Buchanan mandolin, which I´ve had for seven years or more, which he built while he was still in Scotland. I´ve played and owned several mandolins over the years, including some very...

Lovely playing; great to hear Dorothy Leurs Jig (if I´m not mistaken). If I didn´t have far too many instruments already.........

Hopefully you´ll press a couple of extra discs for Sweden Kevin! Always have appreciated your CDs, great tunes and pure playing. If you ever fancy doing a masterclass over here I know of a few folk...

I play a lovely Fylde archtop cittern, 23.5in scale, tuned GDGDG. It´s beautifully built, produces a huge shimmering sound, and more or less plays itself!
A popular builder here in Sweden is Mats...

I see from the Home Page of Mandolin Cafe that Sam Bush apparently plays a lead mandolin. Is this some kind of resonator mandolin? Does anyone know where I can get one?

Thanks very much; I´ll look out for that.

Duncan

Great, great music, and lovely pictures too. Would Mr McLeod happen to know the name of the tune which begins at around 4minutes 50seconds?