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My acoustic trio covers "If I Had A Hammer" by Peter Paul and Mary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxqRFqaa3NY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxqRFqaa3NY

I was working in Florence some time back and was sitting in a park one morning playing the F-style mandolin I brought with me overseas.

A couple of Italian old boys came by to see what I was...

Ok.. came in under that 800 stretch brand new. 213114

Big thanks to Mandolin Cafe. The info on this site. And the people that gave some input.

With the info here. I avoided a couple of bad options. Stretched the budget. And ended up with a new...

The latest mandolin off my 'Barn Cat Mandolins' bench is something a little different for me. I've given it a slightly wider, rounder body shape than my usual Moggy model mandolin, and its ribs and...

Well, almost! I put a deposit down last autumn with M. Bulas in Poland, got an email this week, to say the build is almost done, putting the finish on this week, so a little while more to wait! This...

At 67, with 50 years of mandolin playing behind me, I'm glad to be counted among the "young people who misunderstand the mandolin".
Fortunately for me, I stopped worrying about other people's...

"....we adapt to suit the genres and taste of modern music.....which is another story, but glad to see it not abused in the rap world, at least so far as that would be the pits.

Here we go!

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Am I the only one who clicked on this thread expecting to see a mandolin built by Rolfe Gerhardt?

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759):
1. Gavotte in G Major (HWV 491) - 0:00
2. Passepied in A Major (HWV 560) - 1:10

These are my settings for mandolin and mandocello of two brief baroque...

Thanks, that was fun. Two of the members are friends and are great fun to play music with.

The scroll reminds me a bit of a cinnamon bun -- not that that's a bad thing...

I kind of like the scroll. It looks like something from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (reversed).

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OK, that scroll... :disbelief: I kind of like the creative use of the door plate... kind of.

It's a big subject.

Here's some news everyone should already know. If you're on social media you've almost certainly already interacted with, seeing/reading, posts and comments created by AI with...

https://www.nkforsterguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/irish-bouzouki-1024x632.jpeg

Another bouzouki heading off to the USA in a couple of days. Video to follow...
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Gail is still doing repair work, and has indicated that she will resume building soon.

I guess I am putting this in the right section. Here are 3 lamps I made just wanted to see how you folks like them.212827 212828

AI doesn't create. It's a plagiarism machine--it steals ideas from humans and regurgitates them in slightly different forms. Copyright lawsuits have already been filed by visual artists and...

This was released yesterday and has been picked up by an untold number of sites. Worth sharing for sure. A list of musicians with legitimate concerns about how artificial intelligence is being used....

I'd get one just for the day pass!

Gibson's trademarks are not really the "issue" with lots of people, it is the companies' heavy handed tactics related to such.
C F Martin has trademarks too. The "rectangular" peghead being one of...

No, not my dad. This person's dad:

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn4676

Changing strings on my mando this afternoon. New E-string slips out of my hand and falls perfectly into the tiny narrow space between the plug of my electronic metronome cord and the wall socket. ...

When you practice do you stop and “correct” any clams you play? DON’T DO THAT! If you stop when you practice you’ll train yourself to stop when you play. Play through your errors, keeping the feel of...