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    Re: Which Mandolin fits/compares to your Ability ??

    I’m a Familyman first, so I’ll never be a great mandolin player. Just don’t have the time to devote. My old Eastman 505 would have been plenty of instrument for life, but my wife knew I wanted a...
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    Re: The rules according to Bill Monroe

    I dislike these kinds of threads and generally ignore them, it's limiting to umm...limit...oneself to how things are "supposed" to be done in music. While I spend a good amount of time and effort...
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    Re: The rules according to Bill Monroe

    The bluegrass police have arrived. Flamekeepers!

    "Ya'll up agin' the wall. You with the instrument that appears to have an electrical plug, hands behind yer back for handcuffin'. Next thing we...
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    Re: "There's no good music anymore!"

    Yes, but the Beatles really are. :)
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    Re: "There's no good music anymore!"

    A lot of folks think the stuff they grew up listening to is the best music ever made.
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    Re: Mandolin Setup with Detailed Photos

    Great posting-- thanks.
    I have a question-- you show how you carve a hollow in the foot of the bridge. That reduces the square inches that the bridge contacts the top. I'd think that would be...
  7. Re: Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...

    I think those are illegal in North Carolina
  8. Thread: Too True! (Pic)

    by trevor
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    Re: Too True! (Pic)

    My car isn't worth $500!

    Another way of looking at it is having your priorities right. Cars are merely means of transport.
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    Re: Banjo Disrespect

    (disclaimer-I play clawhammer) this is a funny thread. check out Bach on an openback-its kinda cool



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1dNOzxkhaw

    and this one by Chris Coole is wonderful,...
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    Re: Jerry finishes his Saga Kit

    Great job, Jerry! You have every reason to be proud of yourself!
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    Jerry finishes his Saga Kit

    OK, it's done. I sprayed it with approximately umpteen layers of rattle-can lacquer, sanded it to 1200 grit, polished it out with some "turtle wax" abrasive polish that I had laying around, and gave...
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    Re: Finding body centerline at tail end?

    I love flexible straightedges!
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    Chris Thile and Claire Coffee having a baby!

    The next generation of Mandolin genius/superstar is on the way!

    Forgive my news source, apparently this is on Facebook and probably somewhere else on this site too!

    CONGRATS TO CHRIS AND...
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    Re: Cheap/low-end mandolins...

    I paid $50.00 for this Strad-O-Lin on eBay including the shipping. It will hold it's own in any jam. If I didn't already own a nicer mandolin and if I knew what I know now it might be my primary...
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    Re: Mac Wiseman Interview

    Hey, Alex I AM UNDER 60! Smarty boots! But, I absolutely get what you mean. We are some of the last of the "B.Q." School, that's Before Quicksilver. Doyle kind of changed the way the "youngsters"...
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    Re: Question, possibly dumb and probably heretic

    Look into the domra.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVaPVIpzpvc
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    Stairway To Heaven

    One of the most famous songs in the history of rock music, published in 1971 by the British group "Led Zeppelin", in my arrangement for classical guitar.
    http://www.chitarrarte.it

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    Re: Even the cafe is biased towards f's

    I only play A and two point styles right now and I doubt I will own an F style unless I win the lottery or a particularly good used one falls into my lap (because then I wouldn't need a strap).
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    Re: Even the cafe is biased towards f's

    Phooey! :mad: Of course it counts. I count 4 courses with 2 strings tuned in 5ths. That's the math.

    The almond shape with a round or oval hole is the original model, bowlback or flatback, AFAIK....
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    Re: Even the cafe is biased towards f's

    I personally prefer to have the $1,000 dollar strap hook on my mandolin
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    Re: Right Hand Rhythm?

    Don Julin - 3 Easy Rhythms For Mandolin

    Just three 'style' examples but very adaptable imo. One of my favorites YT lesson videos!
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    by Rob Beck
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    Re: Picture

    I think this is what you are looking for
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    Re: Disappointed in the Loar Mandolins

    OK here it goes ....I feel like I'm going to confession.
    Please forgive me ,I own a The Loar 700 ,I play it everyday even on Sunday .
    I love it ,It sounds great to me ,I think it's pretty nice...
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    Re: Irish Tenor Banjo Choice?

    19 fret 23" scale Stromberg-Voisinet has a Fiberskyn head on it with .011-.016-.028-.040 strings on it. Made in the late 20's early 30's.
    17 fret 19" scale Gretsch Claraphone has the original skin...
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    Re: Absolute Favorite Mandolin

    My favorite built by me. Ol Timer Mandolin118824118825
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