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Yesterday,
10:47am
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New Washburn 'Timeless' F-5
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Everyone should buy and play a mandolin they like. Tastes differ -- and so do individual instruments, even the same models from the same builder. ...
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Yesterday,
10:27am
allenhopkins
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Is this Gibson A-5 model familiar to anyone?
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Looking for Information About Mandolins
Looks just like the one I have, with the "stars & moons" cover plate, except mine has the round "screen holes" in the upper bout, rather than...
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Feb-18-2020,
6:27pm
allenhopkins
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Richter Patent Tuners
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Vintage Instruments
Looks like a "pocket" mandolin. German made?
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Feb-18-2020,
6:24pm
allenhopkins
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Gibson Post Mortem
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Modifying OP post to "Gibson isn't making many mandolins any more." Fair summary of the situation. I hear the new ones are first-rate -- when and...
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Feb-18-2020,
6:17pm
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Boston/Cambridge Music Stores?
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If you don't have a car in Boston, there's apparently a MBTA #62 bus from the Alewife subway station (Red Line subway northern terminus) that goes...
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Feb-17-2020,
5:09pm
allenhopkins
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Funny reference to Bluegrass in mystery novel
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Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants
Banjo player smiles. Audience? Maybe, maybe not...
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Feb-16-2020,
8:39pm
allenhopkins
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Northeastern Bluegrass festival
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General Mandolin Discussions
If I'm likely to run into a jam going to or from the stage area, I have instrument(s) with me, generally more than just a mandolin (also guitar,...
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6 replies | 371 view(s)
Feb-16-2020,
8:34pm
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collecting and playing mandolins ?
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Well -- when my stuff goes on sale, it'll be brokered by some established dealer, and I'll be glad to pay his/her commission to avoid the hassle of...
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29 replies | 1487 view(s)
Feb-16-2020,
3:22pm
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Tyler Mountain Strings
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"Tyler Mountain" was a brand label for imported Asian instruments, once very common on eBay. The name apparently belongs to a couple of FL music...
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4 replies | 396 view(s)
Feb-16-2020,
3:11pm
allenhopkins
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Gourd-backed mandolin
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eBay, Craig's List, etc.
Oh, but I like this one! Not enough to bid on it, but I like it.
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Feb-16-2020,
3:03pm
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A little help with a new toy, please
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Looking for Information About Mandolins
Here's one at Fred Oster's Vintage Instruments in Philly. He says "Lyon & Healy" and he's quite the expert, so I'd go with that. His isn't nice...
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Feb-16-2020,
2:38pm
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Source for left-handed mandolins
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If you have to have a "lefty" F-model, you may have to settle for falling in "intense like" rather than love. A-models can be easily converted to...
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Feb-16-2020,
2:33pm
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Northeastern Bluegrass festival
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General Mandolin Discussions
Pickin' In the Pasture -- Aug. 20-23 -- is a decent midsize festival in Lodi NY, between two of the Finger Lakes, Seneca and Cayuga. Those who've...
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Feb-16-2020,
2:27pm
allenhopkins
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collecting and playing mandolins ?
in
General Mandolin Discussions
Well, I've got 'em all, from Weber "piccolo" mandolin to mando-bass (ya know, I've gotta update my signature some time; doesn't reflect recent...
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29 replies | 1487 view(s)
Feb-14-2020,
10:24am
allenhopkins
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Barrel back mandolin generously blinged
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eBay, Craig's List, etc.
Could the butterfly be a decal, rather than an inlaid pickguard? I'm uncertain after looking at the pics.
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7 replies | 601 view(s)
Feb-14-2020,
10:16am
allenhopkins
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Marketing and getting your name/brand out.
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Builders and Repair
Music festivals in your region that have a vendors' area -- even the smaller ones -- can get your instruments in front of the "music public." I've...
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Feb-13-2020,
6:31pm
allenhopkins
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This Repurposing Thing Has Gone Too Far
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General Mandolin Discussions
Wanna be "repurposed?" Sign up as an organ donor -- or donate your "remains" to your local med school for students' use.
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18 replies | 1328 view(s)
Feb-13-2020,
11:47am
allenhopkins
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On eBay, 2007 Eastman MD615 with "some" wear
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eBay, Craig's List, etc.
Some Eastmans of that vintage had a very soft finish, that wore away rapidly. I owned a MDA615 mandola from around that time period, that I played...
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Feb-13-2020,
11:40am
allenhopkins
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Barrel back mandolin generously blinged
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Seller thinks it's "1950's"; I'd add 50 years to its age...
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7 replies | 601 view(s)
Feb-13-2020,
11:32am
allenhopkins
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Used Gibsons
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General Mandolin Discussions
At the price point of the mandolins OP mentions, the owners expect their instruments to be absolutely exceptional, "just what I wanted," lifetime...
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29 replies | 1801 view(s)
Feb-12-2020,
4:47pm
allenhopkins
replied to a thread
Please help to identify this mandolin?
in
Looking for Information About Mandolins
Headstock looks Suzuki-esque, rest of the instrument not so much. Beats me.
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Feb-12-2020,
4:36pm
allenhopkins
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Professional Mando Names
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I think we name most toilets "John." Or "Jon" -- dunno which.
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Feb-10-2020,
4:44pm
allenhopkins
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Old mandolin
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Looking for Information About Mandolins
Check this thread which links to others discussing that type of mandolin. You say "wood and fingerboard are the same," but does your Dad's mandolin...
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8 replies | 1036 view(s)
Feb-10-2020,
4:33pm
allenhopkins
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Inexpensive starter mandolin advice needed
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The point I made above. I think the musical instrument presents that work out best, are the ones where the recipient helps make the selection. ...
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21 replies | 1528 view(s)
Feb-10-2020,
4:26pm
allenhopkins
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This Repurposing Thing Has Gone Too Far
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I've seen quite a few cheap banjos converted into wall clocks, with a solid white board replacing the head, hour numbers attached, and the clock...
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18 replies | 1328 view(s)
Feb-10-2020,
4:19pm
allenhopkins
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Ibanez Buyer beware
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General Mandolin Discussions
Some of C F Martin's "Little Martin" guitars are made of, basically, Formica; fiberboard and glue hot-pressed into a "board." Martin calls it HPL...
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Feb-08-2020,
12:40pm
allenhopkins
replied to a thread
Inexpensive starter mandolin advice needed
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Equipment
And, by the way I call "ham sandwich" (long-time Cafe-ers will get the reference). First thing you do is answer OP's question about the two...
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21 replies | 1528 view(s)
Feb-08-2020,
12:36pm
allenhopkins
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Inexpensive starter mandolin advice needed
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Equipment
The two models you're looking at are quite different. The Stagg is an all-plywood, f-hole mandolin, with a heat-pressed, laminated basswood arched...
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21 replies | 1528 view(s)
Feb-07-2020,
1:34pm
allenhopkins
replied to a thread
Hora Octave Mandolas
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CBOM
Scale length is pretty short as octave mandolins go. You have to take a different approach to chord fingerings, if you're used to a "regular"...
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7 replies | 369 view(s)
Feb-07-2020,
1:20pm
allenhopkins
replied to a thread
Old mandolin
in
Looking for Information About Mandolins
I've seen the "Florence" brand attributed to both Kay and Regal, two Chicago manufacturers of less expensive instruments. Does it look anything...
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8 replies | 1036 view(s)
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Born 1943; married, 2 kids, full time "folkie," playing since 1961, own 75 instruments
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Celtic, bluegrass and other forms of traditional music; vintage instrumental oddities; larger mandol
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