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I am also guessing that your fretboard was replaced at one time since one the pre-1917 models the fretboard did not cross the soundhole and extend to the other side. I agree with Victor that the...

Yes, as Jim said, a student model style B. "I Fiori" as it is sometimes referred to. It has a distinct headstock shape typical for only A and B models and the flowers on the scratchplate. A nice...

Lovely mandolin and playing! Enjoy....even the highest notes on the full length fingerboard!

Every year the German government chooses a musical instrument and declares it to be the "Year of the [instrument]". 2023 is the "Year of the Mandolin". The German mandolinist Michael Reichenbach...

This has been driving me insane for probably way over a decade. In the fondly remembered week of a the one and only class with Jethro offered at Augusta Heritage Arts workshop in 1983, we took a...

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This is a performance of Raffaele Calace's "Souvenir de Shanghai, Op. 148," originally for solo liuto cantabile, but performed here on mandola in G (octave mandolin), with a few minor modifications...

Today I'm celebrating my old side-kick "Crusher" on its 100th birthday. We're both getting up (and hangin' in) there. I made up a new tune for us to play together, "Crusher's Cruise". I'm also...

The first player I ever saw who used Thomastiks on an f-hole mandolin was the legendary David Peters, the first person to win Winfield on mandolin three times who went on to play in the Modern...

Misplaced repeats?
-You play the whole thing through to the double bar line. That’s 8 measures.
Start at beginning again, now the whole thing through but replace the 8th measure with the ninth...

Hi Trevor,
Like many others on this thread, the day I visited Tamco, which was I think in Feb 2009, was a day that I'll always remember. This is the only time I've been to Brighton, it was a great...

Its been 20 fantastic years!

I have so enjoyed working with mandolin luthiers large and small, wonderful customers and many thanks to Scott - and being a very small part of this wonderful...

+1 subscriber, Jordan! Hope to catch you again at Weiser, if not somewhere sooner.

-Darren

Very nice stuff. Love this style.

I hear ya Jordan!

Lots of good notes in these videos! Great selection of tunes.

Hi,

Watched all the videos last night on the new YouTube website. Nice selection of songs beautifully played with all of the quartet making a good contribution. Well worth checking out if you like...

Really nice. Such fun with the clarinet. Great to see you playing. We're watching your student, Kaden Hurst, as much as we can here in pdxland.

Very nice, Jordan! My trio added a clarinetist this summer to become a quartet and I absolutely love having a clarinet to trade solos with.

Cool stuff, Jordan. Thanks for sharing. Reminds me of Camp Avalon at Winfield.

Hi,

Nicely played (and filmed). Subscribed and will check out the other videos tonight. Thanks for letting us know. I wish playing the mandolin was as easy as you always make it look!

Regards,

I like that!

Sounds great Jordan!

This is an arrangement for solo mandola in G (octave mandolin) of George Harrison, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". The arrangement is dedicated to the late John Goodin. The video was made for the...

This is my arrangement of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Stone Flower," performed here by the New American Mandolin Ensemble (NAME) in its original configuration (from left to right, Mark Davis, mandolin...