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Today, 9:08am

journeybear replied to a thread Got A Problem: Too Many Cucarachas! in General Mandolin Discussions

That's all ... fine, I guess, in its own way, as far as it goes. My question concerns the lyrical content. I'm all set with the melody.

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Yesterday, 10:25pm

journeybear replied to a thread Got A Problem: Too Many Cucarachas! in General Mandolin Discussions

Yes, wikipedia does a decent job of standardizing it - or at least making a valiant attempt thereof - albeit with several variations. And this is...

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Yesterday, 9:47pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Information on "The Gorea" mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Post a few photos. Often there were some mandolins made for wholesalers who put their names on them. The same mandolin could have five or six...

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Yesterday, 8:00pm

journeybear replied to a thread Got A Problem: Too Many Cucarachas! in General Mandolin Discussions

I'm well aware of how the folk process/oral tradition operates. It's just I'd never seen such an extreme example, with versions - in Spanish and...

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Yesterday, 5:30pm

journeybear started a thread Got A Problem: Too Many Cucarachas! in General Mandolin Discussions

It came up in conversation with a friend, who was proud of herself for bravely standing up to the menace of a cockroach and dispatching it,...

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Yesterday, 3:30pm

JeffD replied to a thread "Noodling" at Sessions in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

Wow. In my school one had to be self deprecating about musical instruments, or accept the social consequences. "Yea I play bassoon in the orchestra....

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Yesterday, 1:56pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread How did Mando change/improve your guitar flat picking? in General Mandolin Discussions

My first post above was in answer to this. The question of the thread title is a little different, though. Mandolin journey changed my guitar...

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Yesterday, 12:55pm

JeffD replied to a thread What's in public domain these days? in General Mandolin Discussions

Right, I mispoke. Its the other way. If the venues do not play any fees to the PROs, in the strictest sense you would check with the major PROs...

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Yesterday, 12:41pm

JeffD replied to a thread Pick Boxes in Equipment

Clever logic. Yes. I have more room in my closet for mandolins... yikes.

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Yesterday, 12:34pm

JeffD replied to a thread I'm amazed by the Tone Gard in General Mandolin Discussions

Two items. One is I am not sure that the back of a bowl participates in the sound generation in the same way as a carved back. So my thinking is that...

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Yesterday, 9:17am

journeybear replied to a thread listing of rock songs w/mando in Rock, Folk Rock, Roots Rock, Rockabilly

Thanks for these. I'll bet there are other, too. ;) I'll roll them in when I get to work on updating The List. BTW, there are actually three lists...

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Yesterday, 9:08am

journeybear replied to a thread Mandolin Cafe Milestones in General Mandolin Discussions

Here's a real milestone, which slipped past me somehow: The Mandolin Café has more than 55,000 members now. :mandosmiley: On a much smaller...

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Yesterday, 6:30am

Jim Garber replied to a thread El Noi de la Mare in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Very nice playing, Michael. Do you offer sheet music of your arrangement? It reminds a bit of Pettine’s Christmas Song, sweet and slow with...

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Yesterday, 6:18am

Mark Gunter replied to a thread How did Mando change/improve your guitar flat picking? in General Mandolin Discussions

I find that the more I play either instrument and spend time honing technique the more I improve or maintain and enjoy playing. Slight changes in...

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May-19-2022, 5:34pm

lenf12 replied to a thread Flatiron A5 Jr Strap Button Installation in Builders and Repair

I had a '96 Gibson F-5G (Weber signed made in Bozeman, MT) that had 2 bolts installed through the end pin hole to stabilize the neck as the glue...

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May-19-2022, 5:33pm

JeffD replied to a thread "Noodling" at Sessions in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

Yes. True. Overwhelming true every where I have played.

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May-19-2022, 3:35pm

JeffD replied to a thread I'm amazed by the Tone Gard in General Mandolin Discussions

If you naturally keep the mandolin back away from your body, the ToneGard will make no difference. But there is another confounding factor I...

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May-19-2022, 3:31pm

Mark Gunter replied to a thread Hangin' Dog (Nancy Blake cover) in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

That’s a very nice take on it, Keith, well done. Y’all sound great That is one of the first tunes I transcribed for mandolin. I think you have a...

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May-19-2022, 3:31pm

JeffD replied to a thread What's in public domain these days? in General Mandolin Discussions

Who is the pub licensed with BMI? ASCAP? someone else? Find out, go to the website and see if they own the tunes you want to play.

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May-19-2022, 2:05pm

JeffD replied to a thread "Noodling" at Sessions in Celtic, U.K., Nordic, Quebecois, European Folk

Trying to boil this all down to something effective and useful to the OP. Going with that definition for a moment... The main question is...

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May-19-2022, 1:45pm

JeffD replied to a thread Tell Me About Playing Mandola Vs. Mandolin in CBOM

This was just like me. I also would capo 2 and drop down a string, putting me an octave below the fiddle, so I could play fiddle tunes with the same...

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May-18-2022, 4:09pm

jaycat replied to a thread Stradolin bargain(?) alert in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

My link doesn't seem to work, but you can do the search. They only want $150 for it.

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May-18-2022, 4:01pm

Mark Gunter replied to a discussion Do you transcribe? in group Newbies

Yes, I transcribe stuff. The first tune I tackled for mandolin, when I got the Transcribe! software program, was Nancy Blake’s tune, Hangin’ Dog ...

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May-18-2022, 3:29pm

JeffD replied to a thread I'm amazed by the Tone Gard in General Mandolin Discussions

Exactly right. I find I can go a long way keeping the mandolin away from my body, but when I get tired, or having adult beverages, I do go back to...

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May-18-2022, 2:24pm

jaycat started a thread Stradolin bargain(?) alert in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

On Facebook marketplace, Worcester, Mass. area ...

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May-18-2022, 11:30am

lenf12 replied to a thread 1975 Gibson F5 advice in General Mandolin Discussions

Typically the 70's Gibson mandolins are rather heavily built and so are not very loud nor responsive tonally. It was in response to many instrument...

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