Hello all!
I wasn't sure where to introduce myself so I thought I would just start here. I am more of a guitar player than a mandolinist but I'm certainly enthusiastic about it. I've been sort of an amateur mandolin admirer since I saw one of the masters, Bill Monroe, at a place called the Ash Grove in L.A. (now gone) He played there now and then and I was fortunate to see him. IIRC, he had the famous mandolin with him that had the Gibson logo removed.
I have three mandolins. One is a Martin Model A that my mother bought me in the early 1960's. I got that the week I saw Bill Monroe, LOL!
I also was fortunate enough to inherit three instruments from my Uncle in Columbus, Ohio around 1983. One is a 1923 Gibson TB-4 tenor banjo. The other two are a 1949 Gibson F-12 that was unplayed when I received it and the last is a 1917 Gibson Model A-3. I'm self-taught on the banjo and mandolin so I doubt I will be going on the road any time soon. Suffice it to say that I make up for lack of skill with my enthusiasm. LOL.
I wonder also. Is there a buy and sell section in this website. I'd like to see it if there is.
Regards to all. I feel that I will learn a lot listening to you all.
Regards,
zigeuner (German for Gypsy....a nickname I got from my Harley-riding friends) #
1917 Gibson A-3, '64 Martin A, 2016 Rhodes F5R.
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