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Yesterday, 8:04am

Bertram Henze replied to a thread Do great looking mandolins have to sound better? in General Mandolin Discussions

yes, that's a rather singular phenomenon, and they were never claiming better sound, rather more mojo, if you will. Plus, casks were not prominently...

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Yesterday, 8:00am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #134 ~ Off She Goes in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thank you all kindly, gents. Your comments are as generous as ever. Mike, Scotland is so small geographically that no place is very far from any...

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Yesterday, 6:58am

John Kelly replied to a discussion The House of the Rising Sun in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

What a couple of days in the SAW group, Martin. Your fine delivery of this one and Jairo posting Apache. A real trip down memory lane for this...

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Yesterday, 4:41am

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Apache - The Shadows in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Yes, that's a real blast from the past. We had a friend and neighbour who loved this song. It reminds me of him. Your playing sounds good on both...

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Yesterday, 4:18am

Bertram Henze replied to a thread Do great looking mandolins have to sound better? in General Mandolin Discussions

There are. One word: Fylde

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Yesterday, 1:55am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion The House of the Rising Sun in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Martin, yours reminds me very much of the Animals' version from the 60s, the first one I ever heard. Going out on a limb here - that might also be...

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Yesterday, 1:47am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Trip to Pakistan in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

I think I have heard this tune in sessions before, and a tricky one it is. It also has inexplicable ways of reminding me of Irving Berlin's Puttin'...

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Yesterday, 1:40am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Carmelis Berg in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

optimistic and innocently comforting. :cool: Now can anybody take the picture of a band of care bears marching uphill with fifes to their mouths and...

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Yesterday, 1:32am

Bertram Henze replied to a discussion Garfield's Blackberry Blossoms in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

very jazzy for an Irish tune, but an insufficient reason to be assassinated for (apparently, there is an increase here: late Garfield became...

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Jan-22-2021, 5:58pm

John Kelly replied to a thread Awashonks' Waltz ( Original ) Solo Mandolin in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Frank, a lovely tune and a great story. Your pictures add a lot to the overall experience. Thanks too for your e-mail.

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Jan-22-2021, 2:49pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Apache - The Shadows in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Jairo, you have transported me back to my mid teen years around 1960, when I was in my first group with some pals at school. We played all of the...

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Jan-22-2021, 12:30pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #134 ~ Off She Goes in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall...This is the song in my head when I heard it revived here in the past few days by Mike and Simon. I used my octave with...

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Jan-21-2021, 3:28pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Trip to Pakistan in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Nice reel, Mike. Interesting turns the tune takes. Fine picking once again.

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Jan-21-2021, 3:26pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Crabs in the Skillet in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Jairo, it is so different listening to your playing of this jig. You have brought the tempo away down and it makes for very interesting listening. ...

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Jan-21-2021, 10:51am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #134 ~ Off She Goes in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Listening to it on headphones and cannot hear anything out of the ordinary, Simon. Sounds good to me.

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Jan-21-2021, 6:24am

John Kelly replied to a thread Dubova tenor guitar in Tenor Guitars

A lovely instrument. The bookmatched walnut back is really lovely and it sounds great too.

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Jan-21-2021, 6:20am

John Kelly replied to a thread Creating a solo video with my own backing track in General Mandolin Discussions

The zoom will give you very good quality, Sherry, as will Audacity! With Audacity it depends on the microphone you use to record through. I often...

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Jan-20-2021, 11:45am

Bertram Henze replied to a thread Holding an octave mandolin like a classical guitar in CBOM

30 degrees, approx., with a strap.

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Jan-19-2021, 5:11pm

Gelsenbury replied to a thread Definition of a good mandolin player’s spouse in General Mandolin Discussions

Mike, your story warmed my heart. And you have sparked some similar contributions from others! Yes, you're lucky people. :)

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Jan-19-2021, 5:05pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Week #269 ~ Sopping the Gravy (AKA Little Betty Brown) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Both versions sound like first-class picking to my ears. On "Lost Indian", I preferred the Dawg. On this tune here, I have no preference between the...

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Jan-19-2021, 4:54pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Sombra en los Médanos - Venezuelan waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Simon, your device may not be displaying the embedded SoundCloud interface properly. Try navigating your web browser to...

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Jan-19-2021, 4:51pm

Gelsenbury replied to a discussion Carmelis Berg in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thank you, everyone! This was a lot of fun. My favourite bit is the third verse (with the orchids) because the two octave mandolas are so in time...

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