Post A Picture Of Yourself

**Kip Carter** · Dec-27-2011, 2:00pm

Hmmmmm ... looking at all these pictures i'm seeing a trend here... when we ante playin our mandolins we hold them like a choked chicken... all I can say is eeeeeeeewwww! (please note I said WE as though i'm not pictured here in this list of chicken chokers I am guilty as y'all.
Regards,
Kip...

**davidchagrin** · Dec-27-2011, 2:30pm

It was a merry Christmas!

**dragonrAy** · Jan-06-2012, 8:24am

If already posted, my apologies. My 1930s National electric mando from dobro parts, with half the strings on it for now since I keep popping one of them too easily. That chaise corner on the sectional is so comfortable...

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**mandopete** · Jan-06-2012, 9:33am

Bestest photo ever!

**Ben Milne** · Jan-10-2012, 8:25pm

Here's a pic i took with my new mandolin.

I needed an acoustic to take to jams, whip like a mule, drink whiskey and swill beer with without too much concern for sentimental value.

I've also added an album of my Mandos

**mandopete** · Mar-15-2012, 7:19pm

Did you really think I would forget your birthday?

You silly ol' thread!

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**Ed Goist** · Jun-09-2012, 7:25pm

To Do List:
1. Wear Cafe Hat.
2. Practice on new vintage tenor guitar.
3. Fill bird feeder.

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**journeybear** · Jun-09-2012, 10:07pm

4. Wear long pants.

Learned this myself, the hard way.

**Ed Goist** · Jun-09-2012, 10:12pm

Journeybear: Wonderful!

**journeybear** · Jun-09-2012, 10:25pm

Thanks for being a good sport.

Was worried. I do this myself, but so does everyone else around here so I can get away with it. Still, it's a good thing the webcam at the gig is so far away from the stage.

**mandopete** · Jun-10-2012, 12:54pm

I was beginning to wonder what ever became of this thread.

Thanks for the bump!

Here's my latest photo....

**Ed Goist** · Jun-10-2012, 12:59pm

Originally Posted by journeybear

Thanks for being a good sport.

Was worried. I do this myself, but so does everyone else around here so I can get away with it. Still, it's a good thing the webcam at the gig is so far away from the stage.

Oh, no problem.
Isn't it unfortunate that the characteristic I most have in common with Johnny Winter isn't his playing ability?

**JEStanek** · Jun-10-2012, 1:11pm

You've got that horse hitched to the rake wrong there, Pete.

Jamie

**ourgang** · Jun-11-2012, 5:23pm

Appalachian Festival at Old Coney, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2012

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**woodwizard** · Jun-14-2012, 5:39pm

Pickin' OT

**George R. Lane** · Jun-14-2012, 6:24pm

This is my friend Bill Jr. (aka Walt Timmerman) playing my Isabella (Weber Yellowstone) during a concert last Monday Night, in Helena, Mt. His special guest was Michael Cleveland.

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**wrestlingspaniel** · Jun-15-2012, 4:04pm

Not sure if a newbie has a right to post a pic of himself, but I am about half as old as the 1917ish Gibson A I just acquired.

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**Ed Goist** · Jun-15-2012, 4:20pm

Great looking mandolin, wrestlingspaniel!
Welcome to the Cafe, and thanks for posting.

**Bob Bronow** · Jun-15-2012, 4:52pm

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There.

Happy?

**frenchquarterfly** · Jun-16-2012, 3:18am

<Family show. Take it somewhere else.>

**mandopete** · Jun-18-2012, 9:48am

Originally Posted by wrestlingspaniel

Not sure if a newbie has a right to post a pic of himself, but I am about half as old as the 1917ish Gibson A I just acquired.

I think all newbies are required to post a picture of themselves!

**wrestlingspaniel** · Jun-23-2012, 1:34pm

Glad I complied with the rules

What I am finding out is its easier to take a picture of a mandolin than it is to learn how to play it. Making proress, but painfully slow. I wonder if a violin is easier.

**Charles E.** · Jun-23-2012, 2:45pm

We went to St. John a week or so ago and while at Island Blues, in Coral Bay, I discovered this beauty on a shelf. The bridge was broken so it was unplayable.

**bratsche** · Jul-26-2012, 3:22pm

Just got back from visiting family up north for three weeks. My Dad is in a skilled care nursing home since having a stroke last year, and the people in the unit he's in really love it when I (or any musician) play for them. My Dad even told me he prefers listening to my mandola over my viola, which I had brought with my on my last visit, over Christmas (but I'm not quite sure how to take that! LOL)

Here's a picture of me serenading the troops with Bach on my MidMissouri M-16 mandola at a small 'watermelon social' gathering they held the afternoon before I hit the road to drive back home.

The gentleman in the orange t-shirt is my Dad, and the lady next to him is my lovely stepmother.

bratsche

**mandopete** · Jul-27-2012, 6:15pm

Here I am performing with The Combinations at last week's Darrington Bluegrass Festival in Darrington, WA. It was quite an honor for me, a guy from Southern California, to be included in this classic group that has been a mainstay of the festival since it's inception 36 years ago.