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Classifieds

Twenty most recent Classified Ads of 1381 current ads and 131570 since inception.

11/14: Violin Family - Medieval Alto Vielle By Lehmann, Mint Condition $1...
11/14: Mandolin Accessories - Soliver Handcrafted Mandolin Armrests
11/14: CBOM - Gypsy Octave Mandolin
11/14: Mandolins - Eastman 815 Exc Cond. $950
11/14: Guitars - José Yacopi 1969 Classical Guitar
11/14: Guitars - 1973 Martin D-18 - $1650 Shipped
11/14: Banjos - Used Ibanez Artist 591 Left-Handed Banjo
11/14: Banjos - Ome Minstrel 12 Walnut
11/14: Guitars - Recording King Rr-60-VS $400
11/14: Accessories - Mandolin Masters Collection - Volume 1
11/14: Mandolins - Used Mann Em8 Electric 8-Str Mandolin - Sale
11/14: Mandolin Accessories - Walk In The Woods T-Shirt
11/14: Lessons - The Irish School Of Lutherie Galway City Vacancies...
11/14: Mandolins - Gibson 1918 F-4 Mandolin
11/14: CBOM - Handmade Rosewood Irish Bouzouki
11/14: Guitars - Martin 00-15 Custom 2018
11/14: Accessories - Capos For Sale
11/14: Banjo Accessories - New Elliot And Emerson Capo's
11/14: Mandolins - Weber Big Sky 2015 With K&K Trinity Pickup And...
11/14: Guitars - 1935 D-18. All Original. $62,000.

Forum

Twenty most recent Forum posts of 1,680,688 total. Bookmark with this tab open.

11/15 - 04:08 AM - Ashbury AM 240
11/15 - 02:02 AM - CBA Fund to help fire victims who lost instruments...
11/15 - 01:21 AM - Dammann Mand-esque Demm-o
11/15 - 01:21 AM - Monroe's mandolin smashed to bits
11/15 - 01:20 AM - Tips on Fixing This Broken Headstock?
11/15 - 01:07 AM - What's the hardest tune you can play on mandolin? ...
11/15 - 12:47 AM - Mandolin neck repair: the final solution?
11/15 - 12:06 AM - Chevy Hub Cap Mandolin
11/14 - 11:23 PM - Straight Up Stings - Review and Question
11/14 - 10:12 PM - "That other instruement"
11/14 - 09:43 PM - Home by Philip Phillips
11/14 - 09:39 PM - National innards
11/14 - 08:37 PM - "The Kentucky" vs. "Kentucky"
11/14 - 08:25 PM - Funny typo in Ryan's Mammoth
11/14 - 07:59 PM - Brown Eyed Women on mando and guitar
11/14 - 07:58 PM - April Verch music
11/14 - 07:50 PM - Recording my Loar LM-600 on a big string song
11/14 - 07:41 PM - Jams and "traditional" bluegrass in Aust...
11/14 - 07:05 PM - Home Amp for 5 String
11/14 - 06:58 PM - Gibson F4

News

Twenty most recent Mandolin Articles. Bookmark with this tab open.

Workshops

Mandolin Camps & Workshops of 117 total. Bookmark with this tab open.

Nov. 16-18 - Fall String Gathering, Baraboo, WI
Nov. 17 - Brian Oberlin Mandolin Workshops at Elderly, Lansing, MI
Nov. 17 - Intermediate Swing, Improv and Classical Mandolin Workshop, Lansing, MI
Nov. 17 - Beginner Bluegrass, Swing and Folk Mandolin Workshop, Lansing, MI
Nov. 17-18 - Wernick Method Jam Camp, Paris, France
Nov. 17-18 - Jesper Rubner-Petersen Mandolin Workshop, Wuppertal, Germany
Nov. 18 - Sixth Annual Spokane Mandolin Congress, Spokane, WA
Nov. 24 - Bluegrass Museum Saturday Music Classes, Owensboro, KY
Nov. 30 - Dec 1 - Wernick Method Jam Camp with Gilbert Nelson, Spartanburg, SC
Dec. 1-2 - Wernick Method Jam Camp with Dan Whitener, Washington, D.C.
Dec. 7-8 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Gilbert Nelson, Burlington, NC
Dec. 8 - Bluegrass Museum Saturday Music Classes, Owensboro, KY
Dec. 9 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Dave Kiphuth, Eliot, ME
Dec. 22 - Bluegrass Museum Saturday Music Classes, Owensboro, KY
Dec. 26-30 - International Italian Mandolin and Guitar Winter Academy, Sorrento, Italy
Jan. 10-12 - 7th Annual Eight of Jan. Old Time Music Weekend, Pegram, TN
Jan. 25-27 - Simon Mayor Mandolin Weekend, Taunton, UK
Jan. 25-27 - Wernick Method Jam Camp with Petr Brandejs, Czech Republic
Jan. 31 - Feb 3 - Zoukology, Albuquerque, NM
Feb. 1 - Wernick Method Jam Class with Gilbert Nelson, Nashville, TN

Interviews

Ten most recent Mandolin Cafe Interviews. Bookmark page with this tab open.

10/16/2018 - Andrew Marlin Comes Out From Under the Cloak
09/25/2018 - A Foundational Thing: Bluegrass and Beyond with Andrew Collins
08/28/2018 - Northfield Introduces Three New Michigan-Made Instruments
08/14/2018 - Martin Howley's Mandolin Journey with We Banjo 3
07/31/2018 - State of Grace - Finding Your Place with Adam Tanner
07/17/2018 - Playback - D'Addario's String Recycling In a Nutshell
07/10/2018 - The Song-A-Week Social Group - An Interview with Barbara Shultz
06/09/2018 - After 35 Years in Business Retrofret Moving to New Location
03/26/2018 - An Interview with Tunefox's Bennett Sullivan
03/12/2018 - A Conversation with Stan and Lillian Werbin
11/20/2017 - Emory Lester Interview
08/02/2017 - The 1988 Jethro Burns Interview
06/18/2017 - Jenni Lyn Gardner - Jenni Lyn Lights Up with Burn Another Candle
06/04/2017 - Bill Monroe Interview in Denver, Feb. 19, 1986
05/17/2017 - The Charlie Derrington Interview
05/14/2017 - Tim Connell Interview
05/08/2017 - Bill Monroe on the Farm Interview
04/30/2017 - Bill Monroe Receives his Mandolin from Gibson - The Video
03/14/2017 - A Brief History of Evening Prayer Blues
02/27/2017 - Rising Brazilian Mandolinist Elisa Meyer

Mandolin Mondays

Twenty most recent Mandolin Monday Videos. Bookmark page with this tab open.

Quick News

Good stuff: Pete Martin Plays Wes Montgomery, free download.
Radim Zenkl's home and some instruments destroyed in fire. How you can help.
Announcing the new Marshall Mando Summit App - Northfield Mandolin Giveaway.
New Music for banjo and mandolin from Alan Munde & Billy Bright - Es Mi Suerte.
Cool mandolin, banjo, fiddle, guitar, bass themed mandolin Christmas cards from Karen Cannon.
Californai Bluegrass Association has set up a GoFundMe account to assist members that have lost homes, instruments and more. Will you help?
Mandolin Mondays #150 - the best UPS truck driving mandolin player ever, the great Johnny Staats.
New original music on the Cafe MP3 page from John Goodin.

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