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Today, 2:36pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Mama tried in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

A lovely recording, Christian, and I honestly cannot distinguish between the different strokes you are using here. Your picking is really clean and...

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Today, 9:41am

John Kelly replied to a thread Newbie looking for tunes that feature mandolin in General Mandolin Discussions

Look also under the same label that Eric mentions and in the Social Groups submenu you will find loads of material, especially in the Song-A-Week...

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Today, 9:36am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks, Dennis, though I have to confess that the "seemingly effortless walk down the long lane" was the result of very many attempts to get the tune...

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Today, 9:18am

John Bertotti replied to a thread Bending Cherry Sides in Builders and Repair

I'm glad you started the thread and thanks for the update.

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Today, 4:56am

John Kelly replied to a thread Bernie in Newfoundland (no mando content) in General Mandolin Discussions

And I always thought that Mr Sanders was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken! :))

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Today, 4:49am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Pulling Bracken ( Tha Mi Sgith) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

A different offering of the tune, Dennis, and in all his great work collecting and preserving our Scottish tunes Burns certainly picked up many...

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Today, 4:41am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Road to Malvern in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Nice doouble tracking job, Mike. I also like to keep my backing track(s) lower in the mix. It is fun, isn't it! :mandosmiley:

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Today, 4:38am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Cotten Pickin' Time in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

You're still on that creative roll, Mike. Another fine offering.

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Yesterday, 9:40pm

John Bertotti replied to a thread Bending Cherry Sides in Builders and Repair

I have it in my head this mill dries to 5% and this time of year my house will be between 18 and 28%. I imagine then I do not need to install a room...

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Yesterday, 6:55pm

John Bertotti replied to a thread Bending Cherry Sides in Builders and Repair

I’m still wondering what moisture content you guy have for instrument wood. Am I going to be to low at furniture grade kiln drying?

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Yesterday, 4:57pm

John Bertotti replied to a thread Bending Cherry Sides in Builders and Repair

Those pictures are great you guys! Mike that video slide show has a slight glitch it only shows the top quarter of the vid. In the thumbnail but if...

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Yesterday, 2:09pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Good versions, Frithjof and Duncan. I like your mix of picked treble runs and hammer-on/pull-off phrasing on those triplets, Frithjof. I was using...

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Yesterday, 9:45am

John Bertotti replied to a thread Bending Cherry Sides in Builders and Repair

I would love to see it but I'm not on FB. Thanks for the information!

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Yesterday, 5:37am

Jill McAuley replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Working on a version now! Squeezing in mandolin playing time in-between getting the vegetable beds ready in our market garden for spring planting!

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Yesterday, 5:19am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Thanks kindly, M, J and G. An interesting tune with its arpeggios and triplet runs. A Jill McAuley version would be fun to hear! Martin, the...

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Yesterday, 5:02am

John Kelly replied to a discussion From Russia With Love (James Bond title theme) in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Make mine a Vodka-Martini, shaken, not stirred, Martin. Very evocative rendering of this great theme here, and I like your simple backing...

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Yesterday, 4:58am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Domino - French Waltz in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

That sounds SO French, Jairo. Beautiful mandolin playing that really suits the tune. In your magic box of backing tools have you by any chance a...

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Jan-24-2021, 6:25pm

John Bertotti replied to a thread Bending Cherry Sides in Builders and Repair

Have you tried a toothed plane? I believe they were designed for finicky curly grain but I haven't seen one for a larger plane. I imagine one could...

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Jan-24-2021, 5:45pm

Jill McAuley replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

That tune sits really nicely on the octave mandolin, lovely stuff John!

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Jan-24-2021, 5:15pm

John Bertotti replied to a thread Bending Cherry Sides in Builders and Repair

I am impatiently waiting. I was hoping to get a remodel done with this wood but there are several other purchases ahead of me for the kiln time. I...

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Jan-24-2021, 4:17pm

John Kelly replied to a discussion Week #538 ~ The Long Lane in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

An interesting and demanding tune to play, Martin, and your version is a good one for getting the tune in one's head clearly. It took me a while to...

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Jan-24-2021, 2:11pm

John Bertotti replied to a thread Bending Cherry Sides in Builders and Repair

I have two pet peeves being to redundant, turning into my dad telling the same stories over and over, or resurrecting a very old thread and yet here...

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Jan-24-2021, 1:24pm

Paul Statman replied to a thread Post a picture of what's on your bench? in Builders and Repair

Perfect - Is this a solution for the guitarist so that he doesn't need to ax twice? It's alright (if it isn't). :cool:

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Jan-24-2021, 9:35am

John Kelly replied to a discussion Theme From Schindler's List in group The Song-A-Week Social Group

Well delivered, Martin. You create a great atmosphere with this one, and the rubato certainly helps.

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Jan-24-2021, 8:33am

Jill McAuley replied to a thread Finding a teacher when you have very specific musical interests in General Mandolin Discussions

I think Marla's Peghead Nation course is really great value for the money, if you want to learn to play irish tunes on the mandolin with great feel...

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Jan-24-2021, 7:57am

Jill McAuley replied to a thread How do these on-line private-sales work? Pay first or ship first? in General Mandolin Discussions

You don't ship until you've received the payment. Touch wood, I've never had anything go wrong with past sales. I do feel more comfortable if I'm...

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Jan-23-2021, 5:10pm

Aidan Crossey replied to a thread The Wind That Shakes the Barley in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

Good point, Max, that the newcomer to this music should probably tread a tad carefully when checking out settings at The Session. Some are settings...

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Jan-23-2021, 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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Jan-23-2021, 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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