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[bluesyswede]

Hey guys!

Here's a fun clip featuring an awesome old, OLD school rhythm section.. :))

Played a gig on an old steamer called Östersund today!
http://www.bottleneckjohn.com/201006201550.jpg
Me and Östersund..

It was a blast and of course I just had to climb down to the boiler room to jam with the huge old engine!!!
Wonderful rhythm for a bluesy tune on the resonator-mandolin!! Check it out!!

Started playing mandolin(really trying now..) a few days ago and I'm having a great time playing blues mando!!!
Learning something new everyday, gimme 6 months and I'll be able to play it kinda properly, but here's just for fun for now.. :grin:

Ain't it just good fun to see and hear the old engine!!!!!! :mandosmiley:

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[JEStanek]

That's even better than the jam with the idling tractor. John Hartford would be pleased to see this, I bet.

Jamie

[LateBloomer]

Oh! I love it, putting it on my facebook page to share with others... good job!

[journeybear]

Typical drummer - didn't pick up on the cue for the ending! :))

[bluesyswede]

Haha, thanks a lot, good to hear that you dig the clip, folks!!!

[Jim MacDaniel]

Nice shirt too Jim!

Thanks, Pete -- that's my favorite $9.99 Target™ t-shirt to date.

[mandopete]

<bump>

:)

[mandopete]

Okay, okay - can't bump this puppy without content.....

Took a couple of weeks off and rented a beach house at Surfside in Southern California. Great place to kick back, watch the waves and enjoy and adult beverage (or two).

Gotta get back to playing mando now.

[woodwizard]

Me and another mandolin player :)

[woodwizard]

I just got an email and FB friend request from the lead guitar player in my high school band "The Sonics" who I last saw in '66 and that lead to a few more contacts from the olden days. So I thought I should make a new profile pic showing what it is I do now.

Nice Picture Jim... a picture tells a 1000 words :)

[JeffD]

Ok ok ok. This is me.

[Mandolin Mick]

Here's me with Jesse McReynolds. I know, I've used this picture here before, but I'm so happy that I was able to be photograped with one of my heroes!!!:):):)

[woodwizard]

Here's me with Jesse McReynolds. I know, I've used this picture here before, but I'm so happy that I was able to be photograped with one of my heroes!!!:):):)

NICE one! Mick ... I'd be happy too

[Jim Broyles]

Here's me and my daughter Rebecca at Natural Bridge in VA a couple of weeks ago:

[John Gardinsky]

I was in Owensboro (Monroe Camp) for about a day and this showed up on the front page of the local newspaper. Bobby took the time to run over "Cherokee Lady" with me then picked for a bit on my Red Diamond. The photographer said "That old fellar wanted to get his hands on your mandolin didn't he?" I left it unsaid that I too would have liked to get mine on his Fern...John

[Ed Goist]

Had a wonderful time at a Larkin Poe concert this evening. Rebecca and Megan Lovell are SUPER nice folks who REALLY appreciate their fans. Rebecca graciously chatted with me endlessly about mandolins during the intermission, and after the show [my wife has been ribbing me ever since, saying (correctly!) that I was as 'giddy as a schoolgirl' while talking with her]...You'll see why below!...

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Rebecca and I chatting about mandolins. During the conversation I asked her about the playability of her Duff. Her response was...

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"Here, you try her, tell me what you think!!!"

What an incredibly generous (and GIFTED) performer Rebecca Lovell is!

BTW, the Duff was awesome! Great tone, razor close action...Just spectacular!

[John Soper]

So she's got the electrician's tape thang going on also? WWT?

[Ed Goist]

So she's got the electrician's tape thang going on also? WWT?

Hi John: Of course, that's one of the first things I asked her about when we started chatting...Unfortunately (for her - she was clearly somewhat distressed about the situation while telling the story) the support around the top of the peghead (up close, it looks like some type of tightly fitted plastic (?) cover or sheath, not tape) is structurally necessary.

She recently had the Duff dropped while being transported, and as a result the top section of the peghead scroll (just above the tuners) snapped clean off! She's now holding it back on with the support until she has time to send the mandolin back to Duff for repair.

Interestingly, the snapped section of the peghead seemed to have no affect on the mandolin's tone while she was playing (on a couple of occasions the Duff sounded so beautiful in her hands that it literally brought tears to my eyes!).

You know, maybe the peghead did affect the sound somewhat while I was playing the Duff...It didn't sound nearly so beautiful then...;)

[John Soper]

A structural re-inforcement taping thing! I hadn't even considered that. I would have expected duct tape for that, but black tape is more classy. Hope she's able to get it repaired.

[Ed Goist]

Had a wonderful time at a Larkin Poe concert this evening...


Here are a couple more I really like (please forgive the indulgence)...

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Rebecca looks on as I play her Duff (the fact that this was my first exposure to coated strings [Elixers] was a fun conversation point!)

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Rebecca chats with others as I play away...

[jim simpson]

I just saw this photo of myself for the first time - it was taken about 32 years ago.

[Bill Snyder]

Must be one them electric, 4 string mandolins, huh? Didn't realize you are so small.

[Jerry Turberville]

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=34969&id=100001284856418&saved#!/photo.php?pid=190956&id=100001284856418&ref=fbx_album

Just another day at work.

[mrmando]

Okey dokey, this photo's decent enough that it won't scare the kiddies. Yes, folks, I am less than twice as tall as my instrument, but I don't find that to be a handicap in any way.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs685.snc4/62579_1608439659673_1496645989_31523313_1699747_n. jpg

And it's nice to know that Rebecca Lovell does to her mandolin what I used to have to do to my glasses.

[Ed Goist]

Martin, nice pic!...and that is a BEAUTIFUL instrument! Is that a bone saddle?

[Jim MacDaniel]

Martin -- you sound so much taller on your recordings.

[mandopete]

Don't let him fool you Jim - that's really an A-style mandolin he's holding. I think Martin is really about 4-foot 5.

BTW Martin - Does Domino's know that you have their vest?

:)

[Al Bergstein]

This thread has been going on so long I can't remember if I ever submitted a mug shot or not. So here's a recent pitchure, bandolim and all...

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[moledalin]

it's time to play I'm awake!

[Gelsenbury]

Rebecca and Megan Lovell are SUPER nice folks who REALLY appreciate their fans. Rebecca graciously chatted with me endlessly about mandolins during the intermission, and after the show [my wife has been ribbing me ever since, saying (correctly!) that I was as 'giddy as a schoolgirl' while talking with her]...You'll see why below!...

Sorry Ed, I find it really hard to focus on you or the instrument when looking at these pictures! :whistling:

[flightmedic]

I love outdoor shows this time of the year

[Trey Young]

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This guy saw my Mandolin Cafe hat and claimed to know how to play a mandolin, so I got my picture taken with him...turns out he's pretty proficient with a mandolin, who would've thought...

[Charles E.]

Last weekend most of the SSB went up to Sparta NC for a music retreat. We spent about four hours playing over the Blue Ridge Parkway on Saturday. A lovely time.

[Charley wild]

This the only photo I have on file with mandolin content. Early 70's with my F2 which you can't see! Oh well....

[Bill Snyder]

Charley E.,
I take it that is the mandolin you recently posted photos of while it was being built. You need to post some finished photos of it in another thread for everyone to admire.

[Charles E.]

Bill, actually the mandolin in the photo I built some years ago. It has a carved top and back and the head stock is my avitar photo. I am still working on the flat top. When it is finished I will post photo's for sure.

[Brian Krashpad]

Here's a pic from our church praise team's first concert this last Friday. It's blurry but that's OK. You can pretend the mando is something other than a Fender FM52E.

;)

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs458.ash2/73138_457864653878_512618878_5364170_7919164_n.jpg

The bright blur in the left background is my Les Paul Classic.

[D C Blood]

Me and my Ken Ratcliff Silver Eagle (now Silverangel)

[Brian Krashpad]

Me and my Ken Ratcliff Silver Eagle (now Silverangel)

You mean it died and went to Eagle Heaven?

:(

[JEStanek]

I went as the Mad Hatter for Halloween this year. It was a great costume so I figured the Hatter should play mandolin, with a china pick.

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Jamie

[D C Blood]

Hey Brian...It definitely hasn't died, and I sincerely doubt if it feels like it's in Mandolin Heaven...But I am, as the proud owner of it.

[ChocoTUIST]

Hello everyone! :)
I'm new here, I play mandolin (:P), 20 years old, from Portugal. What a big comunity i found here, congratz on that.
Here is my picture playing :)

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5044/umdicasngxxfitu20163.jpg

[JEStanek]

Welcome to the Cafe, ChocoTUIST. Great performance photo.

Jamie

[Mandolin Mick]

Me playing at the Salvation Army Kettle at the Mall last weekend. :mandosmiley:

[journeybear]

Very nice, Mick. You are perhaps overdressed for the occasion but that may be just the right way to go. The red touches are a great choice. Glad the photographer was able to find a way to snap some pics of you without the throng of admirers blocking the view. Again, gotta say, that is one gorgeous mandolin! :mandosmiley:

[journeybear]

Sitting in w/ Chief Billy & Bob Paul and others, a benefit for Bahama Village Music Program (music education for kids) 11/7/10. Left to right: Steve Calderwood, Bob Paul, Roger Van Zandt (drums, obscured), me (note Mandolin Café hat), Chief Billy, and Bob Hall (played in Savoy Brown). You can't tell, because my stage presence tends to run the gamut from apparent nonchalance to deer-in-the-headlights bewilderment, but I am wailing, burning, blowing people's minds with the MandoBird and Morley Volume/Wah.

[AlanN]

Here's the band after our set at Matthew Allred Memorial BBQ a couple of weeks ago. I replaced Rick (in photo, only.)

[mandopete]

<bumped by instigator>

:)

[Michael Wolf]

This my new band "Alma Lusitana". We play some Fado and other things from Portugal and Brazil.

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[adlerburg]

Here I am with my conductor!
http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af194/adlerburg1/Ree_n_Dad.jpg

[Ed Goist]

Here I am with my conductor!


Well that make sense...All the best conductors are German! :))

[Mandolin Holm]

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/3869/sommar3.jpg

Summer 2009, jamming out in a park with a few other people. Luckily, I don't plant anymore (or maybe occasionally, but trying to kick the habit), and I mostly don't wear that weird grin :)

[nobullmando74]

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs995.snc4/76819_1745077550191_1336343670_31885546_5496959_n. jpg

[Onesound]

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Dennis, owner of The Mandolin Store, and I (left) during my recent visit to AZ. Sure wish I could have taken that oval hole beauty home with me, but Dennis insisted on my paying first! Go figure... :grin:

[Mandoe]

Me with the Boys...

[mandopete]

The boys?

[raycantu]

Myself in front of the tree.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd244/flyrayfishing/IMG_6622.jpg

My 3 year old took this one as he played around with the camera,I thought it looked cool with the light.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd244/flyrayfishing/IMG_6626.jpg

[mandomaj]

http://curlierthanthou.com/images/onairWEB.jpg

Me 'n' da boys

[JEStanek]

Welcome to the Cafe mandomaj!

Jamie

[Kerry Krishna]

Here are a few of me. I was doing these drawings for a few years. !st one is me, other is Richard Moody with that viola through his Marshall. The next is one of me when Acoustically Inclined was playing MUCH right outside MUCHMUSIC offices in Toronto. This was one of the announcers...And my advert for my shop here in Prince George BC..Last on are some stage shots from the Commodore Ball Room in Vancouver with Luke Doucet and Mira Sahay/Black

[mandopete]

<This thread needed a bump anyway>

Here's a picture from a fun little event last night. The Wintergrass festival team was making presentation to Bellevue City Council and asked my band to come along a play some music. We tried our best to stay away from any controversial topics such as parking rates and traffic fines.

I think this will add to my collection of unusal gigs.....

[i-vibe]

here's a photo of me w my "other" mandolin. let this be a lesson boys and girls....NEVER leave your mando out in the rain!

[mee]

one of these is mee.....:redface:68520

[Michael Thompson]

Here's a few.

[f5loar]

Donna Stoneman........... That's a real mandolin picker! She's the reason I stayed with the mandolin all these years.
Photo looks like mid to late 60's when her boots were made for walking. She is stil going strong.

[mee]

The pic was early 70's, she was an inspiration to me.

[Bluedragon]

Not actually me, but my Father, the man who builds the mandolins.
http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=69002&d=1298784326

[Jill McAuley]

Trevor, that is one sweet looking emando that your dad is holding!

Cheers,
Jill

[woodwizard]

Me and my buddies pickin some old-time at the old train depot in the wine room this past Saturday. Much Fun !

[journeybear]

And now, suitable for framing, or your dartboard ...

From the 49th Annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest here in Key West - news of the goofy everywhere else, kind of a big deal here. Note Mandolin Café ball cap - pretty sure it was its mojo that won me first prize. ;) Not my thrilling renditions of the riffs from "Satisfaction" and "Smoke On The Water," not that I was loudest and longest - it's the way cool charcoal ball cap! OK, maybe the shades ... :cool:

Get yours today! :mandosmiley:

[Ken]

First mandolin lesson.

[woodwizard]

And now, suitable for framing, or your dartboard ...

From the 49th Annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest here in Key West - news of the goofy everywhere else, kind of a big deal here. Note Mandolin Café ball cap - pretty sure it was its mojo that won me first prize. ;) Not my thrilling renditions of the riffs from "Satisfaction" and "Smoke On The Water," not that I was loudest and longest - it's the way cool charcoal ball cap! OK, maybe the shades ... :cool:

Get yours today! :mandosmiley:

Did ya win? :) oops I just read that you did... Good for you. Nothing wrong mojo on your side :)

[Mandolin Mick]

In another life as bassist for Beatles tribute band Apple Core ... :grin:

[mandopete]

The Breedlove thread below and the picture of Dale (if that's really him) got me to thinking about posting a picture our own funky-bad selves. #I realize that many folks would be uncomfortable doing this, but it might be a bit of fun. #What the heck, I'll even kick it off. #Here's one of me playing Lance Brittain's 1914 Gibson mandola.....

8 years and still going strong! Happy eighth birthday to this venerable old thread. It was nice to see some old friends at Wintergrass this year and we will have to do a better job at arranging a Mandolin Cafe meet 'n greet (and drink) for 2012.

Here's a new one of me from last year's Chilliwack Bluegrass Fester....

[fatt-dad]

Playing with my son. He's on the Blake and I'm on the pancake.

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/180868_1573915271650_1348602705_1250494_5403930_n. jpg

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[Ed Goist]

What a great picture f-d!
This is one of my favorite pictures ever posted here.
It just typifies the joy of playing and the essence of the father/son relationship. Very nice!

[Dan Hoover]

agree,great shot fatt-dad..:grin:

[fatt-dad]

Thanks guys. The church retreat is coming up next month. Hopefully, we'll redo the performance.

f-d

[timthebear]

Me. No mando; no pictures exist of me playing. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing I'll leave to your imagination. The boat, let me hasten to add, is not mine. It is the ferry from Tobermory to Manitoulin. A good place to play, now that I think of it.
tgb

[timthebear]

On second thought, (that is, after editing this post so I wouldn't look quite so stupid) maybe I should wait till I get a picture of me playing so I can show the Real Me. (The guy in the avatar pic is not me, by the way, though I wouldn't mind having his good looks. The claw feature, however, would be pretty limiting as far as playing goes.)
tgb

[wildpikr]

Well, there's always clawhammer banjo...:confused:

[magic-marmelade]

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last summer in a village 80km outside Paris, playing during each set on stage, going to people with a simple Micro cube amp...

[Clyde Clevenger]

Me playing last Saturday night in Mt. Angel, Oregon.

[mandopete]

You done cleaned up real nice Clyde!

[woodwizard]

Pickin' at the old train depot the other day at the Art Walk

[Ben Milne]

checking out my new axe...

[bratsche]

No mandolin content, but here's a pic of me at my 'workplace' in the orchestra pit before a rehearsal, taken by a local photographer who included it in his photo essay on last week's production of Tosca (which can be seen entire here) (http://clikhear.palmbeachpost.com/2011/life-style/music/backstage-on-stage-palm-beach-opera-presents-tosca/).

bratsche

[Loretta Callahan]

Me and my new Big Muddy M4 at Portland, OR's Green Dragon

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[Brent Hutto]

Me and my new Big Muddy M4 at Portland, OR's Green Dragon

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You look like it is Christmas morning and Santa brought you a pony. I take it, then, you're liking the Big Muddy alright?:)

[Ed Goist]

Great pic Loretta!
That is a fine looking mandolin, and it sure looks like you are enjoying it!

[Reid1]

Since I got my mandolin just before Christmas, my wife has picked up my guitar and we have lured in a couple of friends for the occasional jam session. They were husband/wife non-musicians but he has picked up the Bodhran and she the tinwhistle, harmonica, washboard, spoons... you name it.
We get together every couple of weeks for a jam session and have had an absolute blast. This weekend we jammed in their backyard and then took a couple of group/album cover style photos completely for fun. We've been laughing at them ever since so just thought I would share... I'm the guy with the mandolin :grin:
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[disguiseglasses]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2cJ9tVu00I/TadWq7pm5VI/AAAAAAAABBQ/ifXvLcHJLzA/s1600/brumleyandwells_cyle104.jpg
I'll play. This is a shot of me and my Kentucky 805 taken by my dear friend, Jake (http://brumleyandwells.blogspot.com), who is a fabulous photographer. He took a series of pictures (that embarrass me with their high quality) for my soon-to-be-complete website/Facebook, etc. regarding my singer/songwriter-type endeavors.

Interested parties can find music and information here: facebook.com/listentocyletalley

[D C Blood]

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Me in a kilt, at a Heritage Festival in Ohio a few years ago. Mando was a Charles Horner I had before I got into Silverangels...

[yankees1]

I don't place on the internet what I don't like looking at in the mirror! :)

[woodwizard]

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Me in a kilt, at a Heritage Festival in Ohio a few years ago. Mando was a Charles Horner I had before I got into Silverangels...

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Cute ! :grin:
... just kidding

[Emerald Lee Davis]

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SbcOsFYsHuJxQPIvCNAneoJzoov9mNyQm9Yw90OnSXA?feat=d irectlink

My cheap mandolin. It is the only thing I can afford at the moment, but I'm saving up for better. I've got my mind set on a Big Muddy.

[Emerald Lee Davis]

I have a picture, but I can't figure out how to attach it.

[Emerald Lee Davis]

Finally got it. Sorry about that; I'm new here.

[D C Blood]

S'all right, Auntieem..sometimes that's a daunting task even for those of us who've been here awhile...

[Robert Lane]

Good looking mandolin you got there. good picture.
:mandosmiley:

[Emerald Lee Davis]

Thank you. I really love it even though it is about as cheap as they get. It has been so nice to have an instrument that I can just grab and play whenever I want to, and it doesn't disturb the peace as much as my flute does. For instance, no one would allow me to just sit out in the living room and play my flute all night.

[JeffD]

We get together every couple of weeks for a jam session and have had an absolute blast. This weekend we jammed in their backyard and then took a couple of group/album cover style photos completely for fun. We've been laughing at them ever since so just thought I would share... I'm the guy with the mandolin :grin:

Well done. Better picture than a lot of band pictures out there. At least you are not in front of a brick wall doing an "I'm so bad" face.

[Robert Lane]

Well I finally found the time to post my mug........me catching up on the Mandolin Cafe forum posts.

Robert Lane:mandosmiley::mandosmiley::mandosmiley:

[Toby Bear]

I'm gonna go figger out what the heck a photoURL is and how to fetch it up.
TOBY BEAR

[Emerald Lee Davis]

I'm not sure if this will help you, Toby Bear, but this is what I did:
When you are replying to the thread, you should see a paper clip icon. If you click on it, a "file upload manager" window should appear. In this window there should be a button that says "Add Files." Upon clicking on this button, another window should appear with a button that says "select files." By clicking "select files" you should be able to upload a picture from your hard drive rather than a URL.

[Bob Clark]

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Here I am playing in my South Jersey Asian pear orchards during bloom. I should be blossom thinning (reducing bloom by cutting blossoms off the trees to produce larger, more flavorful fruit), but it's more fun to play. I tell my wife that playing to the trees causes them to produce better fruit, but she's not buying it. :grin:

[fatt-dad]

Here I am (April 20, 2011) at Corolla, NC. Yeah, that's my new beach mandolin - the pumpkin IV kit. It's a great beach mandolin.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/229185_1684676720617_1348602705_1400856_6883811_n. jpg

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[mandopete]

Man, what I woudn't give to be pickin' on the beach in NC right about now!

[Ed Goist]

f-d...Now THAT'S livin'!
Congratulations my man!

[Jim Garber]

Papa: correct me if I am wrong but do you have a large collection of beach mandolins? You must spend an inordinate amount of time on the beach!

[fatt-dad]

I've retired the original:

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff102/fatt-dad/montanaatthebeach.jpg

It's a Romanian-made, "Montana."

My IV Kit is much better!

I did have a beach guitar - an LXM Martin. All laminate and very durable. It now resides in Mwitikira, Tanzania with the local Anglican rector. The only guitar in his village of 5,000 people.

Another interesting story.

f-d

[mandopete]

Cowabunga, dude!

[Jim MacDaniel]

Fatt-Dad: you and your mandolins belong in a Corona advert :mandosmiley:

http://nay-k.de/creative/images/corona01.jpg

[Shawn Gambrel]

Well heres the most recent... Me and steve Gulley from grasstowne playing in pineville !

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[stevenmando]

72163 here is my eastman md 515 that i love

[MandoRoy]

This is a picture of me and my Neely #6,1991, I just acquired from a shop in Tennessee. It has a solid spruce top, maple neck with birdseye maple sides and back. It has tortoiseshell binding. It plays like butter and has a nice bark. After purchasing it, I called the number on the the inside sticker and talked to Bill himself. He still lives in Damascus, Virginia and is still building mandolins and guitars. I asked him if he had a web site and he said he didn't know how to work a computer but to come and see him in Damascus. I read a story how one of his customers brought one of his mandolins back for repair of a broken neck from a fall on stage. A month later, the customer received a package in the mail but instead of the old one, it was a brand new one built to the original specs. There was a note that said he made the original neck too thin and that it was his fault the neck broke so he hoped he didn't mind if he just built a new one for him. I think that says a lot about this builder. If you run into a Neely mandolin, buy it, you won't be disappointed.

[Patrick Hull]

Roy,

I'm wondering where you bought the Neely mando. There used to be a shop that sold them, but it closed. Looks very nice.

[MandoRoy]

I said Tennessee in my post but actually from Capo's Music Store in Abingdon, Virginia. Nice folks to deal with. Thanks for checking it out.
Roy

[Jim Cariello]

Me on Judgement Day.

[mandopete]

Me on Judgement Day.

I'm guessing you didn't get the memo.

[woodwizard]

With my band ..."The Mountain Boomers Old-time String Band" at JC's Fish & BBQ last night. Now that was a hoot! Lot's of fun!
As you can see we were minus our bass player the last half of the last set. We wore him out :)

[mandopete]

So after what seems like an eternity here in the Puget Sound, the weather has turned nice and I decided it was time to switch from sweatshirts to T's. Here's the first one I grabbed from the pile in my drawer......

[Jill McAuley]

So after what seems like an eternity here in the Puget Sound, the weather has turned nice and I decided it was time to switch from sweatshirts to T's. Here's the first one I grabbed from the pile in my drawer......

What a great T-shirt mandopete!! I have a print of that image that I got as a gift - where did you get the shirt at?

Cheers,
Jill

[mandopete]

where did you get the shirt at?l

I got the shirt directly from Fletcher at his table during Wintergrass. He has since moved his business back to Idaho and I don't know if he still has shirts available. The artwork is by Sam Hammrick and can be found here (http://www.fiddlebones.com/).

[JEStanek]

The grashopper shirt is also available (no Fletcher Brock logo) on etsy (http://www.etsy.com/listing/67080312/adult-medium-grasshopper-tshirt). NFI.

Jamie

[woodwizard]

That's a cool "T" mandopete ...

Here's me ... "caught in the act of strapping my mandolin on" and getting ready to pick a few tunes.

[Jill McAuley]

The grashopper shirt is also available (no Fletcher Brock logo) on etsy (http://www.etsy.com/listing/67080312/adult-medium-grasshopper-tshirt). NFI.

Jamie

Ooh, they've a nice banjo t-shirt as well!! Thanks for that link Jamie!!

Cheers,
Jill

[stevenmando]

Nice Mando

[Mark1975]

Heres me last Sunday with my Almuse http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t290/cubbiebear30/IMG_1408.jpg

[Mark1975]

Another show with the Almuse about 3 weeks ago. Ive been gigging with the Almuse for about 9 months heavily and Pete Mallison makes a fantastic workhorse of an instrument. These are well built and have a great sound. It has been considered a member of the band because some times it gets more interest than the band does. http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t290/cubbiebear30/IMG_1350.jpg

[Magnus Geijer]

Have the lancelot going and ready for MySpace.
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[woodwizard]

Notice my cool T-shirt ! :) This is me, my wife Yuko and my Mom in Destin Fl. last week for my baby sister's wedding on the beatiful beach there.

[mandopete]

Monthly Bump.

[Ed Goist]

The Jim Richter Rock & Blues Mandolin Camp (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?74253-Jim-Richter-Rock-amp-Blues-Camp-A-Mandolin-Camp-for-the-Rest-of-Us) - 23 July 2011.
A fantastic experience in every way. Thank you again Jim!
I'm already looking forward to next year's Camp!

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[mandopete]

Jim Richter Mando Camp - I am jealous.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Djembe jamming with Aidan...

[Plamen Ivanov]

Here we are: a very talented young mandolin player from France (just 21 yo) together with two Mandolin Cafe accessoires models - my colleague and i. Guy's name is Dorian Ricaux. He plays a custom made French mandolin. I don't remember the name of the builder, but it seems that he is a professional guitar maker and there are only two mandolins made by him so far. The one on the picture is #2. I played it for a while and i have to say that it was a decent instrument.

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[Phil Vinyard]

This is how I spent most of our vacation a couple of weeks ago at Estes Park:

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=75328&d=1313265614

About as good as it gets!

[Margriet]

WAW, Phil !

[Gelsenbury]

I want to go on the same vacation! And be able to play mandolin without scaring the wildlife and fellow holidaymakers!

[Jim Hilburn]

Phil, your lucky you weren't trampled by elk!
I'm headed up to Estes and the Natl Park tomorrow because we're getting a roof and I don't think it will be a good day to try to work in the shop (any excuse). It's a daycation for me being 45 min. away.

[Phil Vinyard]

Phil, your lucky you weren't trampled by elk!
I'm headed up to Estes and the Natl Park tomorrow because we're getting a roof and I don't think it will be a good day to try to work in the shop (any excuse). It's a daycation for me being 45 min. away.

Within minutes of arriving we had an elk wandering around in front of the place. After that I had the family on standby: next time we saw an elk I was grabbing the Gibson and they were supposed to get a picture of me playing with the elk somewhere in the background. Alas, the area elk did not pay us any more visits so I had to settle for just scenery...

[Dan Adams]

I just got back from Estes today after proceding up there after dropping both my children off at CU on Thursday. I spent a lot of time doing exactly what Phil was doing, sitting is a chair picking tunes by the Fall River and not too far from where Phil took his photo. I was up there the on the same day as Jim, and was surprised I didn't run into him downtown. We did stay the night of the 19th and listened to a 'local' band, Trout Steak Revival at the the Rock Inn. I missed the Thursday jam at the Inn. There could be a bluegrass culture moving into the tourist town! Dan

[Bluman]

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Me and a couple of friends waiting for the ladies to finish shopping in Whitefish, Montana. Trying to make some money playing on the street to cover the cost of shopping turned out to be a big laugh.

[Lukas J]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=199193000151133&set=a.194649790605454.45771.123086481095119&type=1&theater

Here's me with my Bluegrass/Old-Time group, "Train of Thought" with my brand new Weber Special Edition. It came in the mail a week ago, and I've been spending a LOT of time picking it.

Speaking of pictures, I'm sure it's been explained before, but I'm not understanding how to embed pictures.

-Lukas

[Ed Goist]

Hi Lukas; Nice pic, and really nice Weber Special Edition! Congratulations.
You have 2 options. You can either "Go Advanced" when posting and use the 'paperclip icon' ( http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/images/editor/attach.png ) to upload the picture from your computer and insert it either as an attachment or in-line like this:

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Or, if you have a url location for the picture on the internet, you can use the 'Insert Image' icon ( http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/images/editor/insertimage.png ) and enter that url and the web image of the pic will appear in your post like this:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-OuiAhcIKp18/Tn9pf7G7wTI/AAAAAAAAA8c/5MlmsXeLe2g/s640/Train-of-thought.jpg

[Mandolin Mick]

Here you go ...

[Lukas J]

alright, thanks for the help!

[jim simpson]

Here are photos of Irish group, Black Slaney, from last Saturday night. We had a great crowd.

[JEStanek]

Nice photos, Jim. It's good you can get your old Yeungling while in West Virginia!

Jamie

[journeybear]

We actually have Yeungling way down here in FL. Surprised the heck out of me when I started seeing it all over, a nice alternative in the reasonable-price range of beer offerings hereabouts, so far from Pottsville. Turns out there's a brewery in Tampa. But good eyes there; had to look a bit harder to see what you saw. I was a bit distracted (as was Jim, it seems) by the guitarist. :redface:

[Ed Goist]

Interestingly, Yeungling will be for sale throughout Ohio TODAY, for the first time since before Prohibition.

[bratsche]

Got some of that in the fridge here, too - pretty decent beer. But.... how do you pronounce Yeungling???

bratsche

[JEStanek]

Yeng (rhymes with ping) ling (rhymes with sing) is how I say it and hear it said up here. Often it's just referred to as "...you want a lager?" where the brand is implied.

Jamie

[journeybear]

I usually hear it as "Yeng" -ling. I used to think it would be pronounced "Yoongling" (as the "ou" in "would" would be), but I don't think I've heard it that way. I hope it isn't pronounced "Yoingling" (like the "eu" in "Freud") - that would be a bit too weird. I have yet to see a commercial - that would settle it. ;)

Aha! "Ying" -ling it is. Here we go:

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[jeff francis]

well that didnt work

[bratsche]

I usually hear it as "Yeng" -ling. I used to think it would be pronounced "Yoongling" (as the "ou" in "would" would be), but I don't think I've heard it that way. I hope it isn't pronounced "Yoingling" (like the "eu" in "Freud") - that would be a bit too weird. I have yet to see a commercial - that would settle it. ;)

Aha! "Ying" -ling it is. Here we go:
(video snipped)


Ahh, leave it to YouTube! I looked also, and there was another (funny) ad, below which someone commented the following:

"The name Yuengling is actually derived from the German name Jϋngling which means young man or 'teenager'. This is pronounced 'Yoongling'. I wonder why Yuengling is pronounced 'Yingling'."


Ha - I should have made that connection from my 2 years of high school German!

'Yoongling' isn't exactly the right rendering of the umlauted ϋ sound, either. Actually, saying "Yingling" - with the mouth opened just the right way as if to form an "o" - does a better job of it. But of course, we Americans tend to Americanize every pronunciation, anyway!
:))

Oh yeah - here's the funny ad:

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[journeybear]

I apologize for my error and also on behalf of everybody else contributing to this thread for misspelling Yuengling as "Yeungling" :redface: :disbelief: :crying: - except for bratsche, who was either too kind to point it out or didn't notice himself! :whistling: Being set straight by a violist - how will we ever live this down? At least there was no banjo involved! (Obviously clutching at straws there ...) No umlaut, either, FWIW, if anything ... Thanks also to bratsche (and Jamie), I will now pronounce it "Yingling," but I will also insist on pronouncing "peanut" as I always have.

Wait - upon further review I see bratsche misspelled it too in his first post. 'Pon my word, we are slipping! Next thing you know, we'll be playing Gb instead of F#! Oh, the horror! :disbelief:

[Jim Garber]

except for bratsche, who was either too kind to point it out or didn't notice himself! :whistling:

You might have to adda few more emoticons... AFAIK Bratsche is of the female persuasion.

[journeybear]

!) GAHHH!!!! :crying:

2) Ooops! :redface:

3) Lawdy! :disbelief:

4) Sorry! :(

5) All of the above ... :whistling:

[bratsche]

Actually, we can blame Jamie for the original misspelling. I guess we were all lazy after that, each just copying the previous poster's spelling. I know that's what I did. I didn't even notice the difference when I posted last night. Guess that makes me dyslexic. (Oh yeah, and I'm definitely female!)

bratsche

[JEStanek]

Those who can't spell drink Rolling Rock!

Jamie

[journeybear]

... or Bud ... or - really - Lite! :))

What really gets me is these videos we found at youtube spell it right! And somehow that just went right past our eyes. :disbelief: Nothing clearer than after-the-fact 20/20 hindsight. :crying:

And sorry, bratsche, I guess I didn't look at your avatar closely enough. The curve of that bout makes it quite plain. :)

[Gelsenbury]

There's no Jüngling beer here, so the issue doesn't arise. Isn't it funny how we get misattribution of gender in a thread about posting a picture of yourself! :D

[JEStanek]

Bratsche has even posted in this (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?78-Post-A-Picture-Of-Yourself&p=911399&viewfull=1#post911399)thread. But we'll forgive and, ideally get to photos of mandolinists and leave the beer behind.

Jamie

[jim simpson]

Jamie,
Here are some photos of another group I play with, the National Pike Pickers. No beer bottles represented here.

[zac987]

The last picture makes it look as if you guys are in a sitcom on UPN! Hahaha

[woodwizard]

My band ... The Mountain Boomers Old-time String Band

[in oil]

1st post here myself on mandolin my wife Cindy on bass and our nephew Justin on guitar The Speight Trio

[sea sea]

made the wrightsville beach magazine cover! yeah I got 5 copies for my mother:))
Hank (bass) and Keith (banjo) Carter with Carlton Clark (mandolin) hanging out @ the sound.

[jim simpson]

I was going through a file and found this 10 year old photo that a co-worker had taken of me. He thought it was fun to capture me with Mandolin Cafe on my computer. I guess I found it funny too. I think I was at least conducting business on my phone.

[mandopete]

Busted!

[Kevin Stevens]

77571Here is a picture of me with the Loar mandolin made by Weber. It is one of 8 made as a prototype by Bruce Weber for Greg Hill, owner of 'The Loar' mandolin company. Bruce said it is constructed like a Weber Fern.

[Plamen Ivanov]

New picture (taken at the CMSA 2011 Convention in Baltimore) of three old members of the Board. 77672

[Backlineman]

77690Me and My dad just moments after he gave me my Great Grandfathers 1914 F4.

[Charles E.]

Very nice! I love the joy expressed in the photo's and you have a family treasure to boot.

[Ed Goist]

Backlineman; that is SO awesome!
Wonderful photo, wonderful memory!

[mandopete]

< 500 views to get to half a million.

Yippee!

[french guy]

mandopete , hope you have a bottle of champagne in the refrigeretor , the 500 000 arrive soon , you can be proud of your thread .
Jean

[french guy]

at 5:50 greenwich :)

[mandopete]

I guess I'm just lucky this thread didn't get locked down years ago when those pictures of Sam Bush were posted!

:))

[jschall84]

Heres a couple action shots of me playing in my honky tonk band. I'm playing a cheap JB Player cause that's what I can afford and I'm not afraid to take it to seedy dive bars. Its been stepped on and glued back together. It actually has turned out to be a darn good mandolin for me.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/jschall84/skullsnstrings2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v737/jschall84/skullsandstrings.jpg

[Ed Goist]

jschall84; nice performance pics!
Welcome to the Cafe.

[woodwizard]

My old-time band the Mountain Boomers. We were pickin for breakfast last Saturday ... good way to start the day :) We're pickin at a private dinner party tonight for a wine vineyard ... can't wait! Guess what part of our pay is ? :)

[LA Mando]

Okay, here are a few photos. This is me with my 1917 Gibson A-3, another with my Weber Gallatin A, and me competing at the state fair last year with my Michael Kelly. I sure hope these come through thumbnail-sized and not the huge pictures--this is my first post and I'm still learning how to do this!

[Ed Goist]

Welcome LA Mando! Great photos and lovely mandolins.
I love the stain on your Gallatin! Beautiful instrument.

[LA Mando]

Thank you! I loved that Weber the instant I took it off the wall and started playing. Don't know if it's the radiused fretboard, or just a good fit, but it's the best purchase I've ever made!

[JeffD]

Those who can't spell drink Rolling Rock!


"33"

:))

[mandopete]

Okay, since this thread has now gone over 500K views I guess I need to add a new photo (especially since I was wearing a nice shirt too :) )

Here's me with the "peanut gallery" at last Sarurday's Maltby Bluegrass jam in Maltby, WA. That's Bill Scott on banjo and Rob Bulkley on guitar. We were guests picking along with Bertha Nations and Combinations.

Photo courtesy Eric Frommer.

[brmichaelpaul]

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Custom weber gallatin

[mandopete]

Nice, but you're supposed to post a picture of yourself with the mando!

:)

[brmichaelpaul]

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sorry about that, here are some with me in them

[Justus True Waldron]

Here's a picture of me right off Marty's blog (http://macica.com/mandy-blog/17-workshop/48-blog-27.html) from when I picked the mandy up at his shop. http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9486/p10101872justus.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/p10101872justus.jpg/)

[Lefty3]

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Not me, but of my little nephew.

[mandopete]

Here's a recent shot from a recording session up in Vancouver. I was laying down some tracks for the new Story House recording and I only just now noticed I was wearing the correct sweatshirt!

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[MiG-19]

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The first picture was taken at Tokyo Disney Sea at a Venetian storefront. The second one is me playing my Weber Yellowstone HT F with my number one fan.

[Bob Clark]

Here's me playing for my pal Robyn. He loves listening to my mandolin and comes running to hear me play whenever he can.

[mandopete]

Here's me with my mandolin Christmas gift for 2011...A Jonathan Mann 5-string Octave Baritone emando!

[man dough nollij]

Here's me playing for my pal Robyn. He loves listening to my mandolin and comes running to hear me play whenever he can.

Good lord. I think something big has swallowed your cat.

[Ed Goist]

Here's me with my mandolin Christmas gift for 2011...A Jonathan Mann 5-string Octave Baritone emando!

Congratulations, Pete!
That is one SWEET e-mando - Enjoy!

[Kip Carter]

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]

It was a merry Christmas!

[dragonrAy]

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]

Bestest photo ever!

[Ben Milne]

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 (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/album.php?albumid=1230)

[mandopete]

Did you really think I would forget your birthday?

You silly ol' thread!

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[Ed Goist]

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

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[journeybear]

4. Wear long pants.

:whistling:

Learned this myself, the hard way. :(

[Ed Goist]

Journeybear: Wonderful! :))

[journeybear]

Thanks for being a good sport. :grin: 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]

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

Thanks for the bump!

Here's my latest photo....

[Ed Goist]

Thanks for being a good sport. :grin: 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? :grin: :mandosmiley:

[JEStanek]

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

Jamie

[ourgang]

Appalachian Festival at Old Coney, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2012
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[woodwizard]

Pickin' OT

[George R. Lane]

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]

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. 88014

[Ed Goist]

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

[Bob Bronow]

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There.

Happy?

[frenchquarterfly]

<Family show. Take it somewhere else.>

[mandopete]

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]

Glad I complied with the rules :grin: 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.]

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]

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]

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.

[dunbarhamlin]

Well it does have eight strings...
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Would that the beard was still coloured in, but alas, that was in the '80s, and the zouk eventually fell foul of a flood (having survived 2 months hiking in temperatures sometimes over 100°, sleeping in the open and falling down a cliff with the owner in tow!)

[mahoganyfolk.com]

Cool idea, Pete!

Here's me...

;-)
That's an awesome picture!

[mahoganyfolk.com]

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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dude awesome! haha

[Chris Newland]

92668 This represents me, in the front row at the old Birchmere, about 1982, chatting with Tom Gray and John Duffie between songs.

[mandopete]

Cool, this old thread needed a bump! Found this old photo (well not that old) playing the Collings MF-5 on the deck during a wonderful Summer day....

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[sean cannon]

92710 with sunderland afc football(soccer) shirt on practicing loch lomond

[masa618]

93281Me & Kazu Inaba ,The inaba brothers at sakagura, kobe,Japan on Oct.21.2012.
showed duo tunes of Monroe's and Louvin's in brothers.

[mtucker]

93281Me & Kazu Inaba ,The inaba brothers at sakagura, kobe,Japan on Oct.21.2012.
showed duo tunes of Monroe's and Louvin's in brothers.
nice pic, Masa. Love your Gil.... Big Mon lives in you.

[Astro]

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This is our band. I'm on the far left. We've been at it for about 2 months and I'm new to mando so I'd much rather play in our band than have to listen to it. But what we lack in talent, we almost make up for in heart. Having fun and occasionally get a goose pimple. We'll be OK in a year.

[masa618]

nice pic, Masa. Love your Gil.... Big Mon lives in you.

Thank you very much, Mr.mtucker.
It was a very wonderful time for us in brothers!
masa618.

[Charles E.]

Thanksgiving found us at Atlantic Beach NC by ourselves. This was taken on Black Friday. The first trip to the beach for my new Eastman. :)

[mandopete]

Okay, this ol' thread really needed a bump.....

Here's me at last weekend's Maltby Bluegrass jam.

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[Jim Garber]

This was taken back in November at our boys-day-out trip to Mandolin Brothers. I wish I had the cash to buy that A4. It was a sweet one.

[Pete Jenner]

This was taken back in November at our boys-day-out trip to Mandolin Brothers. I wish I had the cash to buy that A4. It was a sweet one.

Sexy recurve on that one Jim.
The mandolin's nice too.

[Jim Garber]

Sexy recurve on that one Jim.
The mandolin's nice too.

That is what my wife says. :)

She is just happy I didn't buy that one -- now we can eat for another few months.

BTW I am pretty sure I played every mandolin in that room that day. The 12 string D'Angelico in the corner (under the Giacomel) was particularly odd.

[Tomy Plunk#er]

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h328/2sparkplugs/imagejpeg_2_46_zps84b66e89.jpg

[Elliot Luber]

Here's me recording a video in my kitchen. 96745

[Patrick Sylvest]

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Picking in the French Quarter this morning. Had a little fun picking at the French Market after the fog lifted. Thought about picking up a humidifier on the way home, but decided to put it off for now.

Photo credit... Shannon Atkinson

[sgarrity]

Me and my nephew about to jam :grin:

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[Charles E.]

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Picking in the French Quarter this morning. Had a little fun picking at the French Market after the fog lifted. Thought about picking up a humidifier on the way home, but decided to put it off for now.

Photo credit... Shannon Atkinson

That is one of the coolest pic's yet!

[Gelsenbury]

That is one of the coolest pic's yet!

I agree. That picture wants to be in a frame on the wall.

Here's a shot of me playing in my first "gig" - a friend's birthday party, with several dozen guests that I hadn't met before, in a local music venue. I played with my two guitarist friends, one of which is the birthday girl's husband.

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It was the first time I have played on a stage, and the first time with amplification. Throughout the evening, I could barely hear what the two other guys were playing or singing, and I was convinced that we must sound rubbish. But the sound guy knew what he was doing, the sound seems to have been fine in the hall, and all feedback so far has been positive.

[fatt-dad]

yesterday - while the rest of the East Coast was under rain. . .

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f-d

[Jim Garber]

I just found this photo from 1988 of the New York Mandolin Orchestra (http://www.nymandolin.org) when I played with them. I am sitting on the far right in the second row to the left of Barry Mitterhoff (concertmaster). I was playing mandola then and had my Monteleone Grand Artist.

[Ed Goist]

Taken by a colleague at work last week...Working hard, or hardly working?

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[twilson]

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On the Louvin's front porch in Henegar, Alabama. That's Nugget #70.

Tim Wilson