Post A Picture Of Yourself

[Lane Pryce]

As long as you keep your teeth you'll always be a mandolin picker. Loose em and you will automaatically and forever be a banjo player. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif Lp

[Fliss]

Hi everyone

New member of the forum, so here's a pic of me and my new mando

http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/8646/flissmando0mi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Fliss

[mandolooter]

Welcome to the message board and Cafe Fliss!
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[JGWoods]

Welcome Fliss- nice to see your smile- and your Garrison. Enjoy it. I'm waaay back on page 57

best
jgwoods

[DryBones]

As long as you keep your teeth you'll always be a mandolin picker. Loose em and you will automaatically and forever be a banjo player. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif Lp
guess I better start lookin' for a banjo http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[AcousticusMaximus]

Hello all, new guy here. #I've made a couple posts but thought I should formally introduce myself! #Been playing guitar for about 11 years and mando about 6 months...my guitars are all insanely jealous now...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/Lloyd676/moose_matt_live5.jpg

-Matt

[Doug Edwards]

Here I am showing off my MAS.

[mandolooter]

my lovely daughter

[Eugene]

We need a little exposee on this delicious mandolin in the "Post a picture of your bowlback" thread. Young Ms. Looter seems mighty pleased with it.

...And here is me in December 2005:

[mandolooter]

Eugene you look a litte thinner than I remember...the mandolin in question is posted in the bowlbacks of note thread.

[Eugene]

Eugene you look a litte thinner than I remember...
I'm sorry. #I'll try to fatten up a bit.


the mandolin in question is posted in the bowlbacks of note thread.
I know. I'm still craving a series of pictures and detail in "Post a picture..." It looks lovely.

[glauber]

Eugene you look a litte thinner than I remember...
I'm sorry. I'll try to fatten up a bit.
If you don't stop playing this mandolin all the time and don't start eating a little, you'll be just skin and bones, in no time!

[stevenmando]

Hey Eugene good to see some more bowlback on this form , I have loved bowlback for many years and the sound that they give it is good the see a varity of instruments and there owners,mine is on page 62 http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[wayfaringstranger]

Never gotten around to doing this until now, but I just rediscovered this picture. Me with my first good mando - a Montana Flatiron. I don't have it anymore.

[Mark Walker]

Here I am showing off my MAS.
Doug #- #M.A.S. shirt looks great! #Can't wait to get mine - THEN maybe I'll post a picture of myself, my M.A.S. shirt and MY Silver Angel! # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif
(Nice logo golf-ball collection too! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif )

[Rick Crenshaw]

Well, it's a first. My illustrious photo with the Breedlove Cascade Giveaway Mandolin! Yes, they really did send it to me.:p
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-10/870313/DSC00197.JPG

[mandopete]

Now that's an odd looking scroll!

Congratulations.

[JEStanek]

very Nice Rick. Thanks for posting. You'll have to start a thread about how it sounds... (unless you already did and I haven't gotten there yet...)

Jamie

[jim simpson]

I wanted an excuse to post this picture of the late John Duffey & myself. I guess this photo is over 10 years old as John died in ‘96. This was taken at the Pines winter festival that was held in the Catskills. I miss those indoor festivals.

[AlanN]

Cool pic, Jim. I fondly remember those NY indoor fests.

[mandopete]

Cool pants!

[Eugene]

Hey Eugene good to see some more bowlback on this form , I have loved bowlback for many years and the sound that they give it is good the see a varity of instruments #and there owners,mine is on page 62 http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
I remember, Steven. You should scan over the dozen pages of this thread (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=15;t=14185) for a real look into mandodiversity.

[Eugene]

Having learned mandolin on a bowlback, I find them much easier to play than archtops or vintage flatbacks, which put my right arm in an awkward position.

Cold Mountain has been discussed a bit in the distant past. The presence of mandolin in that context was a little anachronistic in that mandolins were almost wholly unknown in the US until the 1880s. The mandolin they used had a bit of an "old world" feel to it by virtue of its bowlback status, but it looked to me like an early 20th c. German mandolin.

[Martin Jonas]

Historically accurate within limits: in the early 1860s, bowlbacks (or any other mandolin) would have been few and far between in the US, basically restricted to recent immigrants from Southern Italy in the cities on the Eastern Seaboard. At that time, the instrument was neglegted and largely forgotten even in its native Italy. Mandolins only became popular in the US about twenty years later, in the wake of the "Spanish Students" craze.

Martin
Edit: I see my posting crossed over with Eugene's -- sorry for the redundancy.

[Fliss]

For those interested in mandolins in movies and TV, the HBO series "Deadwood" shows a bowlback being used at Alma's wedding in Season 2, set in 1878. #I think it's used to play the Wedding March, and also in the band accompanying the dancing afterwards.

No idea how historically accurate that might be, but thought you'd be interested!

BTW Martin, hi, I saw the pic of your Wirral Mandoliers on an earlier page of this thread and would love to get to see them live, have you got any gigs planned that I could get to see? I live in Chester! (sorry, slightly off topic)

Fliss

[Eugene]

For those interested in mandolins in movies and TV, the HBO series "Deadwood" shows a bowlback being used at Alma's wedding in Season 2, set in 1878. #I think it's used to play the Wedding March, and also in the band accompanying the dancing afterwards.

No idea how historically accurate that might be, but thought you'd be interested!
It's not, but I am interested and now I'm keen to see Deadwood. Thanks.

[Eugene]

Well, there's a bit more to it than that. Again, the mandolin was little known in the US until the 1880s, almost wholly unknown. There is plenty of evidence in period literature. The earliest published music for mandolins in the US appeared in the 1880s, e.g. Part of the reason there is so little reference to mandolins in historic reference literature is because the mandolin is relatively new. The earliest incarnation of the modern form appeared in Naples in the mid 1700s. Before then, things called "mandolino", "mandoline", etc. were more like soprano lutes and tuned in fourths. If you're really curious, I put a small list of references here (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=6;t=29276).

[Loren Bailey]

Here's one around the camp fire on New Years Eve. #Couldn't think of a better place or thing to be doin' as the new year chimed in.

Loren
http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/256/256653/folders/198184/1786399image001.jpg

P.S. That's a 1979 Ken Miller Cedar topped, flat back, canted top, tubby sounding oval holed little gem

[glauber]

I've been giving disposable cameras to Laura, my 4-year-old daughter, so she can take her own pictures. Sometimes she surprises me by taking mine! That's me with my Celebrity Ovation (which is not getting a lot of play since i got a better MM68):

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/4397/01815a8so.jpg

And here's the photographer, looking cute with a Jazzmando headband:

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5251/laura1xz.jpg

[Jason Kessler]

Hey! I've got the exact same jammies!

[Evets]

From GreyFox last year
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/elromesque/MeDavid2.jpg

[MML]

Hey EVETS, great picture with you and the DAWG, you look familiar, I think I met you at Gettysburg Bluegrass festival in Aug 05. Your were checking out our camp site for the May 06 festival.....At least I think thats you

[Evets]

Hi Mike, Yeah, that's me alright! I remember checking out your site. We decided on #51, right next to the site we had. Stop by and say howdy if you're there in May. Anyone else is welcome as well!

[MML]

Evets,
I won't be going there in May but I'm planning on the Aug. festival.Good to see your in good company though http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[blugrssmom]

Hey, I'm a gal and I ride an 03 Harley, and play mandolin. I've got an 03 Fat Boy, and I put my mandolin in it's Calton case, in a backpack when I ride to work. I use my downtime in my school bus to practice. Works great and I play for the highschool kids, each day too. They love it.

[Plamen Ivanov]

Raynae, could you post a picture of yourself, the Harley and the mando? I ride a Honda Interceptor, but haven`t taken a mandolin with me so far.

[banjo1]

Heres me and my Mc Connell
More hair on my face (and back) than on my head:p

[mandopete]

More hair on my face (and back) than on my head:p
<span style='color:red'><span style='font-size:19pt;line-height:100%'>T.M.I. !</span></span>

[pickinchik]

Here I am with my new Christmas present. Now if I could only play the thing!! Wish me luck. Hope I can figure out how to attach a picture.

Mandy

[Evets]

Hey Pickinchic, Didnt I just see a picture of you with a banjo over on the #######?

[pickinchik]

Yes you did!! #I am a banjo player and I'm not afraid to admit it! #I love music and this year I wanted to delve into the mando world. #So far, I love it. #They are sooooo different to play. #I really don't understand why people on this site hate banjo players. #I mean no offense to you, you said nothing wrong and you obviously must play a banjo too if you visit that site. #But I have seen quite a few posts where people just dog banjo players. #We are all the same, musicians sharing our love of music! #I like and respect everyone who tries to learn an instrument. #It is something that takes so much time and dedication. #Anyway, don't mean to rant. #

Mandy

[JEStanek]

I think the Banjo thing here is more of a good natured ribbing like a Ford - Chevy or Cat - Dog debate. There may be a few roughnecks who aren't joking but in general the banjo busts are with tounge firmly in cheek. My secret shame is wanting to play clawhammer banjo!- shhhh! don't tell. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

Jamie

[levin4now]

pickinchik,

yeah, i think it's mostly in jest. enjoy the mando.

(You DO know why you should never leave your banjo in the car with the doors unlocked, right?)

[pickinchik]

Is it cause someone might steal the car?

[Django Fret]

Is it cause someone might steal the car?
pickinchik, you will find the answer to that question, and many more at:

http://bluegrassbanjo.org/banjokes.html

As others have stated, b@ngo aversion is mostly done in jest!

[Bobbie Dier]

I have been learning clawhammer banjo!!!!. It is very wierd to get use to. The right hand part is the hardest since I'm used to a flatpick. I'm up to tape three in the Ken Pearlman's 6 hour tape series. Banjo is a lot of fun so far. I don't know about scruggs style but clawhammer is fun. I think it's good for ya to branch out to other instuments.

[pickinchik]

Yeah, I've tried clawhammer 2. I like the way it sounds, but I am better at Scruggs style. I just wish I was more accurate with my picking. I've been playing a year now. It really sounds like a totally different instrument to me comparing the 2 styles. Good luck with the tapes.

Mandy

[Bobbie Dier]

Thanks picknchick. Good luck with the mandolin. It is addictive.

Welcome to mandolin cafe. It's addictive too. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[DryBones]

2 lefts don't make it right http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/JBWicklund/Jason2mandos.jpg

[mandopete]

Man, I had to hold that picture up to the mirror!

[banjo1]

Hey pickinchick.I are a banjer plaer to and have been fer 29 years.
Keep a stiff upper lip.
It is ok. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[MML]

Heres a pic of me that my daughter snapped today, so I thought I'd post it. Its been real cool seeing what everybody looks like. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Bill Snyder]

Man, I had to hold that picture up to the mirror!
I know what you mean Pete. Here it is the "right" way. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>(I hope Jason doesn't mind)</span>

[stevem]

Here's me, mando and my 5 week old girl in my messy kitchen. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[goose 2]

Best picture yet, Steve.

[Evets]

I know what you mean Pete. Here it is the "right" way. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
(I hope Jason doesn't mind)
Now I'm really confused!

[Burner]

Whenever I see that type of baby harness I'm taken back to the movie Total Recall and the dramatic appearance of Quato. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[DryBones]

Man, I had to hold that picture up to the mirror!
I know what you mean Pete. Here it is the "right" way.
<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>(I hope Jason doesn't mind)</span>
now cut that out! #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Bill Snyder]

Now I'm really confused!
Evets, Remember the old addage "Seeing is believing"? Well with digital photos, computers and the availabilty of photo editing software that old addage doesn't hold much water anymore.

[DryBones]

maybe I have twin mandos in left and right models? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[Lane Pryce]

Here's me, mando and my 5 week old girl in my messy kitchen. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Steve great photo man!!! Shes looks like she is enjoying that hammock!!! The kitchen looks lived in and very normal to me!!!! Lp

[Darryl Wolfe]

Man, I had to hold that picture up to the mirror!
I know what you mean Pete. Here it is the "right" way. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>(I hope Jason doesn't mind)</span>
you forgot the ballcap

[mandolooter]

ok this is me yesterday evening playing along to "Jane Sez" with my daughter. She's movin on from Brittney & Hillary Duff to Jane's Addiction and Dad's fiddle tunes...fair trade I'd say!

[travers chandler]

Me with the gang in our new pic....







http://www.heatherberry.com/promo_pics/3479_heather_berry_dominion_grass_web.jpg


www.heatherberry.com
www.eastmanmandolins.com
www.myspace.com/traverschandler
www.bluecirclerecords.com

[MML]

Great looking Band photo....would not want to piss off the bass player though http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Tom Gibson]

I love that picture, Steve. I miss the Baby Bjorn days. You may not sleep much these days, but enjoy your playing now. The other day my three-year-old was threatening to squirt her juice box on my one-week-old Eastman. Now I play the Mid-Mo until she goes to bed . . . .

I also somewhat miss my living in Davis days, now that I'm across the river in Sacto.

Tom

[mando-red]

Jeannie C. Riley made a brief appearance in Wisconsin to do her smash hit Harper Valley PTA. Unfortunately she disappeared after the song..........

[smallshinything]

Guess I'll try this.

[stevem]

I love that picture, Steve. I miss the Baby Bjorn days. You may not sleep much these days, but enjoy your playing now. The other day my three-year-old was threatening to squirt her juice box on my one-week-old Eastman. Now I play the Mid-Mo until she goes to bed . . . .

I also somewhat miss my living in Davis days, now that I'm across the river in Sacto.

Tom
Thanks Tom. Thankfully, she seems to tolerate my playing for short periods of time. She could listen to Edgar Meyer playing Bach suites for hours though... Did you go to school here too?

Nice juicebox story btw. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Tom Gibson]

Sounds like she's being exposed to lots of good music. Yep, I went to Davis about 20 years ago. Can't believe it's been that long.

[travers chandler]

Great looking Band photo....would not want to piss off the bass player though


Hey mike....you got that right! You can't tell by looking at him but there is not a nicer friendlier guy on the planet...he was really pissed at the moment...:D

[Karen]

travers chandler
Is that snow you guys are standing in? #No wonder your bass player was pissed - you guys were probably freezing to death!
That's a good picture, tho.
Karen

[MML]

I didn't say he looked pissed off...I just would not want to get him mad at me for any reason, though I could probally out run him http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Jonas]

Traverse, you forgot to take off your tuner!

[travers chandler]

I know....maybe i'll get an endorsement...lol http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[mandopete]

While we're on the subject of new band photo's, heres our new promo shot (can fame and fortune be far behind?)

[oldwave maker]

latest project: Sister Acidophilus and her Bad Habits, old country blues, I be pluckin, Brian Dickson on tru-oiled oldwave unfinished furniture special mando:

[dixiecreek]

Ahem. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[Lane Pryce]

While we're on the subject of new band photo's, heres our new promo shot (can fame and fortune be far behind?)
Love the bass player!!!! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif Lp

[mandoJeremy]

Hannah, you look all happy and beautiful there! #Mandolins usually make me smile also!

[jefflester]

Ahem. # http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif
It's foreign on this side. :-)

[mandopete]

Love the bass player!!!! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif Lp
I won't tell her husand...he's the dude with the guitar!

[mandobsessed]

Wow this thread is still going. Good to see so many cool people picking on our 8 stringed friend.

[ab4usa]

My jam group (I.m front left and lefty)

[piknleft]

ab4usa, nice lefty, please check "your messenger". Thanks, Mike

[Evets]

Got Banjo?.......What the.............................

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/elromesque/MeRhonda2.jpg

[ira]

hannah- howling at the moon? raging against the machine? what a great shot!

[Joe Parker]

That's me with the mandolin,posing with some great folks from Georgia,NC,SC,New York and points in between.My buddy,Greg Rogers(in the middle with the '43 Herringbone)put this event together by inviting friends from his home state of NC and musicians he has met over the years At Galax and here in the Atlanta area. He hasn't missed that festival since he started going back in the early '80's. This was a 2+day event and this picture is missing a number of great pickers who attended. Some of you might recognize the fiddler in this shot.Greg's nickname is Pecker,hence the Peckerfest 2005 sign,in case any of you inquiring minds want to know. This took place at Greg's home and many thanks to his wife,Sherry,for putting up with us. Great music and a good time had by all. Thanks,Greg!

JPP

[bluegrassplayer]

The lady looks evil! Look at her eyes.

[DryBones]

ab4usa, nice lefty, please check "your messenger". Thanks, Mike
mike,
The MK is still up for grabs! that OW sure looks nice though! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[ab4usa]

Drybones,
Thanks for the offer but I think I'll stick to the Old Wave and wait for my Neil Dean.

[levin4now]

Excuse me for asking, but what does that sign say in front of that last group?

Is the first vowel and "E" or an "I". #It has significant repercussions perhaps, on the type of group you got going there.

[Joe Parker]

Levin4now-I guess you didn't read the caption with the picture.You can assume what ever turns you on,I guess.It's a nickname-how he got it is his business. I hope you're not disappointed. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif Did anyone recognize the fiddler?

[Jim Gallaher]

I may be wrong, but he looks an awful lot like Jim Van Cleve, the fiddler for Mountain Heart -- at least that's what I thought when I saw the pic.

[mandoJeremy]

That's definitely Jimmy! Sorry, he is now known as "Jim" but when we played together through the years he was Jimmy!

[Joe Parker]

That's correct!Jim is a great talent and getting to be in the same jam with him has a way of bringing everbody's playing up a notch or two. He's a good guy as well,very gracious and funny!

Joe Parker

[jim simpson]

Found this "father & son" photo from when my 18 year old was into the fiddle and not electric guitar & drums.

[mrmando]

Me and a guy with a mandolin.

[jefflester]

mrmando - is that Musee D'Orsay?

[mrmando]

You nailed it! The statue is Dubois' Florentine Singer.

[mad dawg]

I believe there may be a mandolin behind me, but I can't tell for sure.

[mandopete]

Hey, leave me videre outta this!

Looks more like a picture of someone with an upset stomach.

&lt;grins&gt;

[fatt-dad]

Just returning from a trip to Capria, Panama, here I am showing the country folk a few fiddle tunes.

f-d

[JEStanek]

Looks like you've lost some weight... Might have to change your Username. Looks like a good day of pickin.

Jamie

[Tom Gibson]

One of those days when life is good. #Me and my budding Jerry Douglas, it seems, although after seeing John McCusker recently she says she wants to play violin . . .

[Ron Plichta]

Here I am with my new Breedlove K5 Cascade. I'd bought it about a week before this photo and managed to fumble my way through "Man of Constant Sorrow" while sitting in with my friend's band. The crowd liked it; they obviously never heard what a mandolin sounded like before if they liked the way I played.

[pick up the world]

what a nice picture alittlepicky! Looks really like a happy day. Is it taken in the morning? when yes what a good satrt in the day http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Samando]

Here is a picture of a 1915 Original Gibson Mandola... and a dumb little player... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

http://x59.xanga.com/dd3b052627c3228842983/m20224784.jpg

[bjc]

Samando....you should post your pic in the woman and mandolins thread...

[Tom Gibson]

Thanks Pick up the World. That picture was late afternoon, nice way to close out a day.

Rebecca, I think you posted the wrong picture. That one didn't include any dumb little players . . . Neat looking Mandola, by the way.

[mandoh]

Heres a shot of the old band on my back porch.

[G'DAE]

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/6525/p82100584wv.th.jpg
Hope this turns out.
Bob.

[ira]

rebecca- beautiful mando and what beautiful music you make. i'm not huge into trad. bg music, but checked out your site. you 3 make spectacular, soulful music.- wonderful! talent, looks, personality and spirit- wow!

[Lane Pryce]

Rebecca very nice. Ditto what Ira said. I could have sat here for quite a spell listening to your music. Lp

[Samando]

Hey ALittlePicky, Ira, and JLP! Thank you so much for the kind words... We definitely have a lot of fun playing together!

[Lefty&French]

spotlights...

[mandodude]

Hey, Becky...

Did you ever sell your Winfield Yellowstone?

[RI-Grass]

Rebecca,
I was in the Joe Val audience this weekend. You and your sisters were fantastic. The opening strains of "Margaret" were soulful enough to bring tears to my eyes.
Can't wait for that one to come out on an album.
Sal

[Samando]

Hey mandodude...
Yes! I did finally end up selling my Yellowstone, after having it in the 'Cafe adds for a while.
Rather ironically, it ended up going to a guy out in Kansas! :]

Hey Sal...
Thank you so much. We had a great time at Joe Val!

[good_ol_al_61]

Well, I finally have a postable picture of myself compliments of Rhonda Vincent's website. We just got back from a 7 day cruise with Rhonda and The Rage, The Larry Stephenson Band, Nothin' Fancy, Pine Mountain Railroad and the Williams and Clark Expedition. I have about 2 gigs of video that I am still editing, but I've got memories of a lifetime.

That's Rick Cornish, Chairman of the Board for the California Bluegrass Assn next to me on fiddle. Class act there. He has an ipod mounted to the back of that fiddle with over 4,000 song lyrics on it.

I wish all of you had been with us.

[Tweeder]

I love the idea of this thread! It's great to put a face with name! I have a day or so until my mando gets here(THANKS GORDON AND STEVE!) So I thought I would put my ugly mug up here for all to see.

[Coy Wylie]

Ipod on the back of a fiddle? This is the 21st century! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Tweeder, cool a mando playing Cards fan!

[mandopete]

He has an ipod mounted to the back of that fiddle with over 4,000 song lyrics on it.
HOw do you use an Ipod for lyrics or is it just recordings of the tunes themselves?

Intriguing idea!

[good_ol_al_61]

Mandopete:

I have never worked with an Ipod, so I can't speak to it's capabilities. All I know is what I saw and that the lyrics are stored in alphebetical order and it has a rather large screen (1-3/4" x 2" approx). The lyrics are shown in a backlit screen and shows about 8 to 10 lines at a time. He can scroll down rather easily. Being a fiddle he can't sing and play at the same time, so it works well in that situation.

[JD Cowles]

I *think* you can set up your ipod as an external drive (from the start) and use it as such to store, transefer, read data. #maybe he doesn't have any music on it at all, just lyrics as text or word docs.

i humbly apologize to any mac users i may have offended with my uneducated post (stepping down from windows platform).
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[mandopete]

Cool! #I picked up this analog Ipod at an antique store in Astoria, Oregon for $14....

[levin4now]

Mandopete,

Nice. You got the "Long Range" model, too.

[Bill Snyder]

i humbly apologize to any mac users i may have offended with my uneducated post (stepping down from windows platform).
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
I would guess that there are more PC users with iPods than there are Mac users with them since there are many more PC users than Mac users and you don't need a Mac to use an iPod.

[John M. Riley]

Here one my wife took while I was pickin with my brother.

[SpookyReverb]

http://www.hostdub.com/albums/SpookyReverb/om.jpg

Here I am, playing my Garrison OM

[Fliss]

Hey Austin, nice to meet a fellow Garrison owner! Your Octave looks like a big brother to my mando!

Fliss

[SpookyReverb]

Hey! How do you like your Garrison Mando?
I was pretty impressed of the quality for the price, as is everyone who sees it!

I can't find any info on Garrison's mandolin family. I do know that my Octave Mandolin came strung and tuned as a Mandola though . . . http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[Fliss]

Yeah, I like my little mando. There's a pic of me with it on page 71 of this thread. Spot the distinctive rosette, just like yours! I've only had mine for just over 2 months, but like you, I'm impressed with it.

There isn't a huge amount of information around about Garrison mandolins, and there's nothing on the Garrison guitars website about the mandolins. But if you do a search on this site you'll find other threads that refer to them, including some pictures from NAMM and some comments about them.

Fliss

[Fred G]

here is pic of me and mine (the one and only heirloom model)

[ahollan]

Got room for one more?

[mandopete]

Early American Celtic Bluegrass?

[bobrem]

Directing traffic at the Canmore, Alberta Folk Music festival, 2004

[fmspinc]

Beautiful ...

[addcourt]

Now that's a great photo bobrem! Thanks for posting it.

[mandopete]

Bob Remmington of Grass Routes fame?

[Darryl Wolfe]

A not too good pic, but I'm sure proud of my newly arrived old guitar. #It's a beater, but any "cannon" Herringbone is usually a beater

[JimRichter]

Darryl--so what's the history on the herringbone? Beauty of a guitar (and you're not so bad yourself)

Jim

[gh_mando]

Darryl, looks like a 45/46. Don't keep us waiting.

[Moose]

YEP!! - Looks like its' got lot's of "character"...,a real "warhorse" - C'mom tell us the "story" - Moose. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Darryl Wolfe]

It came out of Chattanooga and is a '45. It has issues, but looks right to the eye and sounds right. I've known the guitar for 25 years or so. It has Adirondack/Red spruce top and the braces have been scalloped (not good for resale. Fingerboard replaced and has diamonds and squares instead of orig dot. So...it essentially looks and sounds like a '41. The tuners are a givaway on the real date.

[mandopete]

Yow, that is some mojo!

[Darryl Wolfe]

one more and back to mandos (eh Scott)

[JimRichter]

Gorgeous flattop.

Jim

[bobrem]

10-4 mandopete. One and the same. Now playing in a rockabilly cowboy group, The Free Rangers — mandolin and sometimes (gasp) electric guitar.

[Michael H Geimer]

Darryl ... wow! Nice beater!

Ok ... here's a shot of me playing my 'beater' Mid-mo M-0 while waiting out the rain on this past weekend's camping trip!

It pretty much rained all weekend ... leaving no choice but to soak in the hot tubs all day in place of some strenuous hike, or trail run. ;)

- Benig

[Darren Kern]

Here's me playing the mandolin I just finished building, this past weekend.

[ajm]

Hi all, I've lurked here quite a while, and posted just a few times, but haven't really introduced myself yet. I'm a long time (37 yr) guitar player, and took up mandolin just about a year ago as a 50th birthday present to myself. I'm having a blast learning to play.

[mandopete]

...looks suspiciously like an MF-5.

[celtic_knut]

10-4 mandopete. One and the same. Now playing in a rockabilly cowboy group, The Free Rangers — mandolin and sometimes (gasp) electric guitar.
We need more rockabilly with mandolin -- where can one acquire Free Rangers' CD's?

[duuuude]

OK, let's give this a shot, here's me lookin' clueless...

[ShaneJ]

Mike, you need a Tone Guard with a strap button in the middle so you can spin the mandolin around and around! Billy Gibbons would be proud! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[sboneill]

Here we go. I just received this mandolin from Senor Calace yesterday.

-Scott

[ira]

blowin hard at the keene music fest last summer. (finally got around to putting on the computer)

[mandopete]

Nice doo-rag dude!

[Jack Roberts]

Here we go. I just received this mandolin from Senor Calace yesterday.

-Scott
That is a nice looking mandolin, Scott. I played one like it last year. Congratulations!

Jack

[sboneill]

Thanks a lot Jack. It is a real sweetheart of a mandolin.

-S

[ira]

hey mandopete- i guess once a tie-dyed freak, always a tie-dyed freak!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif actually used to sell em on deadtour.

peace man!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[mandopete]

Well, since we're talking tie-dye...my old band, Fidelity Grange, had a nice set of tie-dyed button-down shirts for performances.

[glauber]

I'm not sure if i've already posted this one. If i did, sorry. It's one of my favourites:

http://static.flickr.com/39/101263500_dfcbeb1059.jpg

This was taken by my 4-year-old daughter with a toy camera.

[ira]

she's got talent!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Eric F.]

Glauber, are you like, 8 feet tall or something? It looks like you have to tilt your head so as not to hit it on the ceiling!

[otterly2k]

I think it's the perspective of rugrat-cam and shadow cast by the flash...

[Ted Eschliman]

Actually G is normal-sized, it's just that the with realty prices at a premium in the greater Chicago area, some of the neighborhoods have adopted housing size restrictions in some of the neighborhoods.

His ceiling is only 6' tall. (That's why he recently switched to mandolin, too, BTW...)

[JEStanek]

Get's his hair cut for free while eating too!
Jamie

[glauber]

That's what i like in this picture, it's a real child's POV. I was a little higher up (there is one step between the eating area and the living room where she was), but it's mostly due to the difference in heights. Probably a little bit of distortion from the cheap optics too.

It was a great find, these cheap disposable cameras that a child can use. It's amazing to "see the world through the eyes of a child". The angles, the stuff that she considers important enough to photograph, etc. Very cool.

[ira]

one of my new fav pics. me with rich delgrosso- damoderndaybluesmandolinman:blues:

[glauber]

Oh wow! One can barely tell the 2 of you apart! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[kyblue]

I like that mando, Ira.

Paula

[Doug Edwards]

Ira, talk about your tall, how tall is Rich in the photo?

[JEStanek]

In the photo he's 5.5 inches! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif I'll second Paula's "I like that mando, Ira."

Rich could play a mandocello with little stretchin!

Jamie

[ira]

thanks for the nice comments on the mando- i think she is as sweet as she looks. sings or growls- . rich is a mighty big guy- must be in the 6'4 -6'5 range.
i thought we did look alot alike- other than the hair, the facial hair, the skin tone, the foot height difference and the talent-we are practically twins!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Jim Broyles]

This is my band from about 13 years ago when I was a bada** rocker. I'm on the right with a guitar-shaped buckle.

[Jim Broyles]

Here I am last Thanksgiving - older and grayer.

[jim simpson]

Hey Jim,
Now your a bada** mandolin picker!

[Jim Broyles]

Would that it were so. Thanks for scanning my photo, Jim.

[JEStanek]

JB. You still look like you're channelling Iggy Pop... Now you have a Lust for Grass?

Cool old band photo by the way.

Jamie

[ira]

didn't know if these should go here or a new thread, but here they are.... my 2 beauties!

[ira]

didn't know if these should go here or a new thread, but here they are.... my 2 beauties!

[ira]

mando power chord with matching face!!!!!

[bluesmandolinman]

sweet children ira

you did well http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Jim Broyles]

Jamie, I was really channelling Link Wray in the band shot! Actually, the guy to my right kinda thought he was channelling Mick Jones or Joey Ramone, but we were pretty pretentious. Yep, lust for grass now. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blues.gif

[JEStanek]

Link Wray! Very Nice. I'm a big fan of Wray inspired Poison Ivy of the Cramps.
I picked up a Link Wray Best Of when I heard it and thought the Cramps had something new out.
Good Stuff. Time to Rumble along...
Jamie

[ira]

thanks rene- we'll keep em!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[Darryl Wolfe]

As usual, no big smile. Here I am yesterday trying to decide which to play.

[Ken Berner]

Thanks a lot, Darryl, now we can spend the rest of our day just a'slobberin'.

[ShaneJ]

Darryl, it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[levin4now]

glauber,

while most here were impressed with your height, I was also impressed with your choice of reading material (p.77) Bernstein Bears, as well as "Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see?"
(You don't have Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel" in there too?)

[ronlane3]

Darryl, I know you talked about the guitar, but how about telling us about the mandolins? I think the one in your left hand is a Loar but the one in your right, is that a 30's like Sam's Hoss?

[Darryl Wolfe]

The one on the left is 73485 which is for sale. #You can see pictures here

73485 (http://www.mandolinarchive.com/perl/show_mando.pl?3426)

It has 30's finish parts and general dressout. #The body is 1923 signed, serial numbered and dated. #The is some dissagreement on how it "got this way". #It has all appearances of having left the factory in this condition. #It also could have been sent back.

The other one is my July 9 23 No. 73992 which has standard trim and appearance. #The bone is a '45 with Appalachian top, new fingerboard and voiced bracing.

[f5joe]

A-hole!

................... no, where's the A-hole? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[ronlane3]

That's right, Darryl. I forgot about the discussion on 73485. Atleast I can identify the 30's inlay. That's a nice grouping.

[glauber]

glauber,

while most here were impressed with your height, I was also impressed with your choice of reading material (p.77) Bernstein Bears, as well as "Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see?"
(You don't have Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel" in there too?)
No, but we do have all the out-of-print Madeline books, which i had to hunt for in eBay and other dark places. ("In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.") I think that's some of the best poetry ever crafted.
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"Bear at Home" is also one of my favourites. And "Goodnight Moon": i think i read that one so many times that my daughter can't stand it anymore... now i have to wait for the other one to be old enough to be read to.

[danb]

Me with torchie

[sean808080]

one of my new fav pics. me with rich delgrosso- damoderndaybluesmandolinman:blues:
what a great pic..you two look like cousins!

[mandopete]

A bizzare picture from the Photo Booth application on my new Apple iMAC...

[JEStanek]

Something about your nose inspired this, Pete.

Jamie

[mandopete]

Aaaarrrrggggghhhhh Matey!

I really think the title needs to be "The Curse Of The Cow Bells"

LOL

[Eric F.]

Ain't spring grand?

[Michael H Geimer]

MORE COW BELL!

[Jim MacDaniel]

"I’ve got a fever baby, and the only cure is..."

[Jim MacDaniel]

...

[mandopete]

"...really explore the studio space!"

[Markelberry]

Ain't spring grand?
Eric thats one awesome spot to pick love your porch!

[Eric F.]

Thanks, Mark. It is indeed an awesome spot to pick.

[Michael H Geimer]

I don't want to be a hog after posting a new photo of me just a page or so back from here, but I do like this shot ... even if I am playing some weird looking 5-string drum. ;)

Monty is absolutely my new Best Friend. He's an Aussie Cattle Dog (aka Blue Healer). We adopted him through a dog rescue non-prof, but we can't figure why anyone would have given him up. He's simply the best dog ever ... trained but playful, active but mellow, obedient while off-leash, and smart a whip! We go jogging every morning, and in the afternoons he'll sit at my feet while I pick a few tunes.

- Benig

[glauber]

Benignus, i think this might qualify as cruelty against animals. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[Frank Russell]

Benig - unless your dog also possesses mystical powers, he's not a Healer, but a "heeler," as in bites the heels of cattle, sheep and other stock animals. Great dogs, I'm around them a lot when riding horses. You might want to watch him for a while around other animals, some of them really have that herding instinct in a big way, and will "heel" adults, children, other dogs, horses, cattle, etc... They usually don't draw blood, but I've had them trip me pretty good before. Frank

[Michael H Geimer]

Thanks for the clarification! I had never heard the term before Monty joined the household. Duly noted ... "Heeler".

Montgomery definitely shows the classic Cattle Dog traits. I have a friend who trains Cattle Dogs for show level obedience, and she's been giving me great insight into the way these dogs think ... and they sure do *think*!

Amazingly, even after only two weeks he is under voice command (hand signals too ... he's been trained by someone for sure). While I can't stop him from *wanting* to chase squirrels, I can certainly call him back without hassle. He wants to please.

He is a total sweetheart to people he trusts, but I also appreciate his wariness of strangers. I go jogging at 5am each day in a particularly blighted area of Oakland, CA (Dogtown). It's good to have a friend who can snarl something fierce when the occasion requires ... like just this morning even.

OK ... one last action shot from this past weekend at Big Trees off Hwy4 in the Sierra's.

[Mike Bunting]

Heelers are much too rough in their handling of sheep (in my experience), Border Collies are the best for sheep, although they prefer the mandolin over the b#$*o. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Jim MacDaniel]

Heelers are much too rough in their handling of sheep (in my experience), Border Collies are the best for sheep, although they prefer the mandolin over the b#$*o. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
I've heard the same complaint about Australian Shepherds (which are are actually an American breed, but Heelers are the genuine "Aussies"). I've also heard that Australian Shepherds are a lot noiser herders than Border Collies, and I have to agree on the latter point, as we have a couple of them, Jack and Arnie. #Arnie (on the right) is also a rescue, and is particlulary loud and hyper, which is how we ended up with him -- but he is a very sweet dog when he is not barking up a storm at anyone who dares to walk by our house.

[Jim Roberts]

Elliott #57 (an F5 that I shouldn't have sold!) #Ward is a first class builder, a wonderful guy and a pleasure to do business with.

[ourgang]

I've tried this before and it never worked, but will try again. No mando in this pic. Taken at Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival in Morehead, Ky. in 2003.

[Jim Roberts]

Perhaps we ought to start a thread entitled "post a picture of you, your beard and your mandolin!" #Great picture Tom...snazzy outfit! #What kind of guitar are you playing?

[ourgang]

Greetings Jim

It is an '02 HD-28V. I think that it is one of the best guitars that Martin has made, post-war. They finally got smart and started putting in an adjustable truss rod. Our whole band dresses alike and we've had a lot of really good comments about our dress. They say if you can't play very good, at least look like you can.

[mandopete]

(bumpity, bump, bump)

A whole month and new new pictures?

[Ted Eschliman]

Border Collies are the best for sheep.
My Sheltie does a pretty good job watching my "herd,"


http://jazzmando.com/images/Q200CT110.jpg

You should hear her when the UPS man comes!

[F5G WIZ]

Me and one of Dale Ludewigs wonderful mandos.

[pick up the world]

Here I am with Don. Very nice guy.
that was right after his workshop in Bamberg (germany) at the Eurofestival der Zupfmusik (25.05 - 29.05). He played also a great gig next day.
I'll post more pictures of the fest soon.

[levin4now]

Funny thing - I was featured on Bryce Milano's website...

[levin4now]

Well..., here is what I mean by "featured". http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif (photo from Kaufman's Kamp 2004, Bryce Milano's website)

[mandopete]

Funny thing - I was featured on# Chris Stuart's website (http://www.chrisstuart.com). #The photo is from a visit they made to KBCS radio station in March.

[Nathan Sanders]

Ok, here's a recent shot...

[fishdawg40]

Here's my nephew Sam (Sam the Ham). #He liked the mando and really played it good...

This is the best one (spontaneous facial configuration)...

[fishdawg40]

another...

[fishdawg40]

Here he's "jammin'"; in his own words.

[fishdawg40]

Here is one with me. I wish I had his style...

[fishdawg40]

And 1 more. This is the creative shot...

[musical mama]

Since I'm not the only one on here who wouldn't win a beauty contest, I guess I'll take the plunge.... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[levin4now]

Cmon now, musical*mama, you must be talking about ME.

[ira]

eveerybody looks great mama. and fishdawg you may not have sam's style, but you guys sure seem to share some facial features! great shots!

[musical mama]

Hey Alan! #I don't know if I'm talking about you or not; I can't keep all the names and faces straight!http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

And Ira, thanks for letting me think I look great. #I guess the fact we're all mando players here makes us extra special, right?!! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[DryBones]

Everybody looks good with a mando in their hands....even me. Helps if you also have a hawaiin shirt on! #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Ted Eschliman]

Everybody looks good with a mando in their hands...
Everyone (http://jazzmando.com/images/bubbaf9.jpg)?

[DryBones]

thanks Ted, you just ruined my breakfast. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[musical mama]

Suddenly, the banana I was eating doesn't taste so good....:laugh: http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[fishdawg40]

and fishdawg you may not have sam's style, but you guys sure seem to share some facial features! great shots!
That's what my sister-in-law and my girlfriend were discussing. He looks like he could've been mine. I don't think we...ever... (older brother comes running after me with a hatchet).

As for his style I think he could be a future member of YMSB...

[musical mama]

I just had a sudden panic attack.... am I not a real mandolin player if I don't have a hawaiian shirt? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[mandopete]

Yeah you need both a hawaiian shirt and a cowbell to be a real mandolin player.

You will also need black tape.

[otterly2k]

I dunno-- the kid up there seems to be making a good show of it in tie-dye...

[DryBones]

tie-dye works too or overalls seems to work for some. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[musical mama]

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif Guess I'm really not a mando player; I have neither a hawaiian shirt or a cowbell (I do have black tape). #Sorry guys, guess I'm on here as a fake! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[otterly2k]

That's alright, TJ... the name Washburn has to count for something, and you can always order a nice Mandolin Cafe or MAS t-shirt and nobody would dare question your belonging in the ranks of us mando-geeks.
http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[musical mama]

http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif Oh Cool! #I like the way you think, Otterly! I hadn't thought of that! #Guess I'll play on..... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[Django Fret]

Just for the record, is your Washburn made in the USA or a Pac-Rim?

[musical mama]

I wish it was U.S. made, but I have to admit it's a pac-rim. (Thankfully a really nice one, though! At least that's what other mandolin players who have played much longer than me have told me.)