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Today, 9:54am

journeybear replied to a thread Opening Mandolin Lick for Thunder Dan in General Mandolin Discussions

Alrighty then! I'll take a stab at it. So, the song is in B, or Bm. (You'll see the guitarist play a G chord capoed at the 4th fret.) It looks...

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Today, 2:43am

journeybear replied to a thread Mandocello Wikipedia in CBOM

I don't know what you did to deserve that. I've made hundreds of edits over a dozen years and had less than 20 of them reverted. Everyone's...

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Yesterday, 10:53pm

journeybear replied to a thread Mandocello Wikipedia in CBOM

Congratulations! If you have pictures, and know how to upload them (having a bit of a problem myself with that on another article), go ahead. Or post...

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Yesterday, 8:59pm

JeffD replied to a thread Aaargh . . . in Builders and Repair

I am not a luthier. I do other stuff. But I do appreciate a piece of equipment that was designed taking into account maintenance. I deal with...

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Yesterday, 8:28pm

journeybear replied to a thread Opening Mandolin Lick for Thunder Dan in General Mandolin Discussions

This here? Or something else? Because he pretty much shows what he's doing, almost from the start.

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Yesterday, 6:43pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Danger of imitating an inlay logo/brand? in Builders and Repair

Unless you copy that logo of that bird exactly there should be no problem. Same with letters, if you copy someone else's monogram on the headstock...

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Yesterday, 6:30pm

journeybear replied to a thread Aaargh . . . in Builders and Repair

I sympathize, analogously. I've been through somewhat similar experiences during my tenure as an editor, spending hours repairing blunders by writers...

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Yesterday, 1:08pm

journeybear replied to a thread Mandocello Wikipedia in CBOM

It mentions them as examples. I don't get the mockery angle. Not at all. It's a reference source, not an editorial page. My point is, you can...

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Yesterday, 12:27pm

JeffD replied to a thread Is there a reason for the fretboard extension without frets ? in General Mandolin Discussions

I had the florida scooped on a mandolin, a Paris Swing. And faux frets put in to keep the visuals. But that mandolin was all about visuals.

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Yesterday, 1:14am

Bernie Daniel replied to a thread Tone bar question in Builders and Repair

Yes I meant that they made approximately 300 (or less?) Loar-signed (or the first) F-5 mandolins.....

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Yesterday, 1:08am

journeybear replied to a thread Mandocello Wikipedia in CBOM

Perhaps a few notes of general information are in order. Wikipedia is a free information sharing resource created, edited, and maintained mostly...

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Jan-20-2021, 10:35pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Polyetherimide plectra in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

I was talking about the shape not the thickness. BC makes their 35 pick thickness which is 0.89mm. Perhaps you could see if they make that shape with...

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Jan-20-2021, 6:39pm

journeybear replied to a thread 10 Questions for Alison Stephens in Mandolin Cafe News Discussions

Thanks for keeping this great interview in view, keeping Alison Stephens' memory alive. :mandosmiley: And as a PSA - I've been having a deuce of a...

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Jan-20-2021, 5:49pm

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Banjo? in General Mandolin Discussions

BTW & FWIW, the builder (and Café member) Keith Cary is playing cello in the video, not his ingenious construction. :cool:

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Jan-20-2021, 5:22pm

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Banjo? in General Mandolin Discussions

I think a resonator mandolin is a great suggestion. I looked for one for years while in my first jug band (a time period which predated the interweb,...

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Jan-20-2021, 4:35pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Mandolin Banjo? in General Mandolin Discussions

The only mandolin banjo (or banjo mandolin) I own is a small headed (~7") Weymann style 25. It has a skin head and I bought it back around the mid...

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Jan-20-2021, 3:33pm

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Banjo? in General Mandolin Discussions

Spoons have a place, all right. In the kitchen drawer! :mad:

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Jan-20-2021, 2:39pm

JeffD replied to a thread To look at the mando or not? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

While it is true we can't look in two places at once, almost nobody stares continuously at their hands. So I think it quite possible to fulfil your...

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Jan-20-2021, 12:51pm

journeybear replied to a thread To look at the mando or not? in Theory, Technique, Tips and Tricks

I must say, I never have. I can't even figure how that term is derived. Doesn't make idiomatic sense, nor even grammatical. Curious. :confused: ...

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Jan-20-2021, 9:18am

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Banjo? in General Mandolin Discussions

Yes, I do. Both will make you cry, but an onion is much, much quieter. And tastier.

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Jan-20-2021, 8:46am

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Banjo? in General Mandolin Discussions

There are suppliers who will put together custom sets of strings accoring to your wishes. One such, operated by a Café member, https://emando.com/...

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Jan-20-2021, 7:42am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Polyetherimide plectra in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

isn’t this BC pick pretty close in shape to the Pickboy?

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Jan-19-2021, 12:45pm

JeffD replied to a thread Mandolin Banjo? in General Mandolin Discussions

Oh my goodness. Banjolins. I have played a few. * Are they much louder and/or more cutting than a decent bluegrass mandolin? Yes. Very much...

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Jan-19-2021, 12:33pm

JeffD replied to a thread Collings MF5 - Any years to avoid? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I have tried many a Collings, and not a klunker in the bunch. That said I would really really try to avoid buying an instrument I hadn't tried, or...

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Jan-19-2021, 11:07am

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Banjo? in General Mandolin Discussions

I did not know that. I saw your mention in the OP, but didn't quite "get it." Seems to me the advantage of double strings is in trilling, which...

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Jan-19-2021, 10:54am

Jim Garber replied to a thread What's your new fiddle tune? in Old-Time, Roots, Early Country, Cajun, Tex-Mex

Ones that come to mind immediately: Coleman’s March, Ashokan Farewell—actually a bunch of waltzes, Tombigbee is one. I’ll think some more.

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Jan-19-2021, 9:54am

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Banjo? in General Mandolin Discussions

Good point about the strings. Do NOT use bronze wound strings! :disbelief: The G and D strings will sound like a sawed-off shotgun! (As opposed to a...

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Jan-19-2021, 9:09am

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Banjo? in General Mandolin Discussions

As you may have surmised from the tone of even these few responses, they are often considered the "red-headed step-child" of the mandolin family -...

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Jan-18-2021, 9:48pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Winding string loop ends for 1890 Vinaccia in Equipment

I just wonder about the wound strings which unlike other mandolin strings have a nylon-like core similar I think to a classical guitar string. Am I...

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Jan-18-2021, 9:45pm

journeybear replied to a thread Hi Everyone in General Mandolin Discussions

Welcome to the Café! :mandosmiley: Always good to add another voice to the choir, or mandolin to the orchestra. (Look up "mandolin orchestras," if...

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