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I was made aware of this band that I have never heard about. They are the Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee. They obviously play traditional bluegrass in a very good way. I have only been able to dip into the...

Years ago I worked at a great vintage guitar shop, back when today's super rare stuff was only somewhat rare. I got to work on some amazing instruments. Usually, I did basically what the luthier in...

This is a fantastic analysis of a recently discovered L-5 which turned out to be the oldest known example! It was signed on February 28th 1923 and was in remarkable shape- just a 1940s tailpiece and...

neat video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H27FChhSi8&t=85s

It took a good long while and more wheeling and dealing (and spousal apologizing) than I've ever done, but I've managed to put together a full Lyon & Healy Quartet.

All are player grade - the...

I could not be happier with mine...the tone, craftsmanship, finish, playability, beauty, historic case, etc. are all outstanding. It's a 100% American-made original heirloom with David Harvey's...

Not as red as you may think. Pretty close to a couple renowned Loars I have played, for a mandolin 3 months old.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4IP9HNKUK5/?igsh=MWx0bndqdGd5cjRuNA==

I haven't played one so I won't comment on tone. but these claims are quite bold:

"Thanks to scientific analysis, 3D scanning of original models, and Loar’s production notes from the Gibson...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGK8BwJahOI

and while we are at it, this came right after the above video, and probably most of us have watched it(more than a few times) i thought it might be a...

If you enjoy old-time mandolin playing, I highly recommend following Daniel on instagram. He posts a lot of great videos of himself playing old-time standards solo....

This mandolin was featured in the "Sometimes a case tells a story" article recently.


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I know Darryl and consider him a friend, admire him and Tom (F5Loar) for their tireless work on the F5 Journal and know for a fact that he knows more about mandolins and related material (new and...

I'd put both of them circa 1916 - 1917. They already moved on and some other 100 year old beauties have taken their place.

'Gotta say, it has been an incredible ride the last six weeks. I've...

The sibling mandola:

The top and headstock complete with inlaid Handel buttons:

I had a nice visit from a quartet of mandolas today. Here are a couple of 100+ year old Gibsons: beautiful closet queens with all of the right goods, & pristine cases that sounded and played great! ...

didn't see this posted yet, good stuff


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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BsZvQDGAuU

That one has much smoother curve and the end of the board appears to be slightly blunt on the DB Loar. Almost looks like modern F-5L in some views.

Yes, when comparing, compare flat top to flat top and archtop to archtop. Then you will find that guitars are generally considerably more expensive than equivalent mandolins.

Unless you want some...

Hey everybody! Here's the video of the feb. 18th 1924 Don Brown Loar that I recently performed an extensive repair of rebuilding the head block and the neck dovetail and then resetting the neck.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ee3X2-AXW4

... The 1920's Gibson A-4 Snakeheads with flame maple backs are my
personal Holy Grail... of course i am biased..
and they are extremely scarce... only 1/2 dozen or so known from the same log..

awesome content and presentation on this-enjoy!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFlMZ6iPeNI

The question may not necessarily be "is my mandolin too quiet" but sometimes "are the musicians in a jam session well behaved enough to enable others to participate".

I sometimes go to a jam...