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Yesterday, 6:17pm

Charles E. replied to a thread Bassett Creek in Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants

Looks like it is a traditional tune, here is a video of Tim playing it in a gGDGD tuning..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmvYpoEo9nM It...

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Yesterday, 5:59pm

Charles E. replied to a thread Bassett Creek in Bluegrass, Newgrass, Country, Gospel Variants

Its Oldtime banjo. He is playing in the clawhammer style as opposed to the "Scruggs" three finger roll style. I am not familiar with the artist so...

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Yesterday, 3:25pm

Charles E. replied to a thread mass produced instruments & size variations in General Mandolin Discussions

The Mandolin Store has an Eastman 304 and a Kentucky 272 listed on their site at the moment, the Eastman is $40 less. If the OP is waiting till...

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Sep-25-2020, 7:55pm

Charles E. replied to a thread New design from Bulas in General Mandolin Discussions

Looks like a well made mandolin...I would call it "The Nessie". ;)

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Sep-25-2020, 3:37pm

Charles E. replied to a thread mass produced instruments & size variations in General Mandolin Discussions

I'm at what the MCF considers a very low-end of the budget range - very low - it's just now I have a $50 Walmart special, and would like an oval hole...

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Sep-24-2020, 5:29pm

Charles E. replied to a thread Exposed Bushings in Builders and Repair

I have a similar situation with my F-5. Not as bad as the OP's but clearly visible. When I first got it, I made a tool to go over the post and reseat...

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Sep-22-2020, 3:28pm

Charles E. replied to a thread Bach -- played on a WHAT? in General Mandolin Discussions

:whistling:... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufk3BR411do

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Sep-09-2020, 5:30pm

Charles E. replied to a thread Which Budget Fingerstyle Guitar? in Equipment

I wonder if the the OP ever decided on a guitar?

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Sep-09-2020, 2:07pm

Charles E. replied to a thread Travelite Case - doesn't close without applying pressure. Normal? in Equipment

I have a Travelite for my Girouard F-5 and I can see imprints from the strings very clearly in the underside of the top. However the case closes...

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Sep-08-2020, 9:28pm

Charles E. replied to a thread El Toro ? in General Mandolin Discussions

Go for the El Toro! Head and shoulders above mass produced imports.

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Sep-08-2020, 8:04pm

Charles E. replied to a thread recommend me an acoustic bass in General Mandolin Discussions

One option might be to look for a 1/2 size upright bass. I played one in an old time band and it held its own with fiddles and banjos. The size and...

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Sep-08-2020, 7:57pm

Charles E. replied to a thread Joining the Girouard Club with an F Oval hole in General Mandolin Discussions

As a happy owner of a F-5 by Max and Lauri, the only other thing I would covet, would be an F-4 from them. Look forward to seeing pics of the...

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Sep-08-2020, 12:03pm

Charles E. replied to a thread recommend me an acoustic bass in General Mandolin Discussions

Taylor Mini Bass.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M21nrobkt14 NFI

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Sep-08-2020, 10:52am

Charles E. replied to a thread May Bell mandolin on Pottstown PA craigslist in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Mike, that is a fun read from 10 or 9 years ago, I forgot I was involved. It looks like the sale of the Pottstown May Bell might have fallen...

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Sep-07-2020, 8:17pm

Charles E. replied to a thread May Bell mandolin on Pottstown PA craigslist in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I would love to see proof of this. Does that mean that Mike's example of a Slingerland catalog featuring mandolins is false?

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Sep-06-2020, 1:55pm

Charles E. replied to a thread New tenor in Tenor Guitars

One in the Cafe classifieds... https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/159804#159804 NFI

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Sep-06-2020, 12:48pm

Charles E. replied to a thread May Bell mandolin on Pottstown PA craigslist in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I just got an email from the seller, he already has a buyer and the sale is pending. Well I guess I saved $250.oo on a mandolin I would only get to...

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Sep-05-2020, 6:06pm

Charles E. replied to a thread May Bell mandolin on Pottstown PA craigslist in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Hopefully Jamie will not jump on it. :whistling:

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Sep-05-2020, 3:24pm

Charles E. started a thread May Bell mandolin on Pottstown PA craigslist in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I was looking for an inexpensive mandolin to keep at my brothers house in North Wales PA for the times my wife and I go up to visit. I saw this May...

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Sep-05-2020, 3:05pm

Charles E. replied to a thread Campanella two-point (How to make an accent on due?) in General Mandolin Discussions

Sale pending on the Campanella, that didn't take long.

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Sep-05-2020, 11:44am

Charles E. replied to a thread Which Budget Fingerstyle Guitar? in Equipment

When you mentioned that your budget is "low", I think most folks that responded did not realize that the instruments you listed are, in at least two...

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Sep-05-2020, 9:59am

Charles E. replied to a thread Need mandolin recommendations a-style in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I wonder if the OP ever checked in on the thread he started? Or chose a mandolin?

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Sep-04-2020, 5:07pm

Charles E. replied to a thread Cafe User: Br1ck in General Mandolin Discussions

Jim beat me to it.

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