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  1. Scale Lengths for Mandolin Family Instruments

    Searched Mandolin Café unsuccessfully for info that would tell me whether or not an instrument for sale is a mandocello or mandobass. It only showed the scale length. Imagine having to travel "across the pond" for this info ... http://www.banjolin.co.uk/mandolin/family2.htm.
  2. Mandolin Mondays #281 w/ The Foreign Landers

    Something a little different for Mandolin Mondays this week! Tabitha and I wrote this instrumental mando/banjo tune for our pandemic puppy Finn (special guest appearance at the end!). We recorded it on our brand new Foreign Landers EP Put All Your Troubles Away, and filmed it here live to share with you all!



    We're so happy to have this EP out in the world now--huge thanks to all the folks who've already listened and ordered ...
  3. Finally Available

    Just a note to let you know Bruce is building parts again. Whew! That move got more and more involved. Involved times, right?

    Some may ask what kind of parts...
    Original Traditional Bridge, pickguards, armrests, harmonic suppressors, truss rod covers...
    Got something weird in mind? Go to our website to check them out, or to get contact info.

    Of course he is continuing repair and customization, as usual.

    Thanks for your patience!!
  4. Mandolin Mondays #280 w/ Special Guest C.E. Jones

    This week on Mandolin Mondays, classical mandolinist and composer C.E. Jones joins us for a beautiful performance of the "Allemande" from Cello Suite No. 1 by J.S. Bach played on this Gibson F9.



    With a Bachelors degree in Cello Performance and a Masters and Doctorate in Music Composition from West Virginia University, Jones became deeply indoctrinated in the Appalachian traditional folk music. For the past half-decade ...

    Updated May-17-2021 at 8:11am by dbmandolin

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  5. Mandolin Mondays #279 w/ Special Guest Tim May

    This week on Mandolin Mondays we've got the amazing Tim May with us playing this original tune that he co-penned with Dave Harvey called "The Lost Chord." Tim sure makes that Ellis F5 mandolin sing!




    Flatpicker Tim May, has been working in the Nashville area for over 20 years as a sideman, session player, band member and performer. Higher profile projects have included touring with Patty loveless and John ...
  6. Mandolin Mondays #278 w/ Special Guest Ian Coury

    Brazilian mandolin prodigy Ian Coury brings us a mind-bending performance on this Brazilian Choro classic "Corta Jaca" played on his powerful 10-string mandolin built by Tércio Ribeiro.



    Ian was born in Brazil on February 4, 2002, and started playing mandolin when he was 8 years old. At the age of 11, he took the stage with Hamilton de Holanda, his idol. At 12, he made his first solo show at the renowned Clube do ...
  7. Mandolin Mondays #277 w/ Special Guest Audrey Mendenhall

    This week on Mandolin Mondays, Boston-area mandolinist Audrey Mendenhall of the bands Stoneface Mountain Stringband and The Mendenhall Sisters joins us to share a few burning passes on the classic mandolin tune "El Cumbanchero" played on her Kentucky F5 mandolin.



    Audrey is a mandolin player to keep your eye on. Her work with the Lexington/Bedford-based band Stoneface Mountain and with her sister in The Mendenhall ...
  8. Mandolin Mondays #276 w/ Special Guest Kevin Macleod

    All the way from Scotland, mandolinist Kevin Macleod joins us this week on Mandolin Mondays for a lovely set of traditional Scottish tunes played on his Stefan Sobell mandolin.



    Kevin is a multi-instrumentalist from Edinburgh, Scotland who has a deep history in traditional Celtic music. Over the years, he's made music with some of the biggest names in this music, including Alec Finn & Frankie Gavin of De Danann, Ali ‘Beag’ ...
  9. New Mandolin Day Endorphins - Rod Neep

    I have a theory that MAS is born of the endorphin hit one experiences acquiring a new mandolin, and the panic inducing thought that we may never experience that again.

    I was just congratulating a member on her new mandolin and I got to thinking about this. Not wanting to hijack her thread and her joy on her new mandolin day, I thought I would share my thoughts here.

    Rod Neep is a member here, though I we have not heard from him in a long time. in 2009 he did what we would ...
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  10. Mandolin Mondays #275 w/ Special Guest Isaac Casas

    Mandolinist Isaac Casas of the Spanish acoustic group WoodSpell joins us for Mandolin Mondays this week to share this compelling original, programatic composition about his own personal octopus encounter experience. Read more about the story and the beautiful Prucha F5 he's playing below:



    Isaac has played music his whole life. In 2014 he bought tickets to see Brad Mehldau in a duet tour with someone called Chris Thile. It ...