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Hi mbruno,
Mike Marshall does a deep dive on Ricky's playing this song over on Artistworks. Mike was living with Tony in Berkeley when "Skaggs and Rice" was recorded at Arch Street Studios in 1979,...

and Magic Sam

That is some fast tremelo!

Just the other day MM played a cool rendition of Rice’s “Swing 51” with the Loar. He plays one or the other depending on the situation, methinks. If anyone is interested, the tribute is still showing...

Mike Marshall at Artistworks has a fantastic beginner curriculum, if you’re looking for that. I’ve taken years of lessons from him. I also take from Peghead Nation, whose instructors and classes are...

Blind Willie Johnson should also be on the list. Played in Deep Ellum too. Must make a pilgrimage to Ellum one day.

Did you try calling Saga in South San Francisco? They’ve researched serial numbers for me. Good folk.

wow!

Thanks for the statement about the power of music to “grab” you, allenhopkins. It’s not a choice you make...

Wow, something about this just brings a tear. Thanks for posting

Interesting thread. My $.02: I’ve had one for several years on my KM 1500, a newer Tonegard with the clear tubing on the clamps. I play sitting down usually. with only the very back of the mando...

Benedict jumped “the wall” long ago.

I want to be right down front! Where are you performing? Please fill us in, and good luck with your search for the right mando. I would contact Caterina Lichtenberg, who teaches Classical Mandolin at...

Before going all in with Compton, I’d check out Mike Marshall’s suggestion: https://youtu.be/NmagoBQunZI

I’ve tried most all the picks, and I’ve found the D’Andrea Radex 1.25 I got recently to be really soft, almost a sponge-like feel. Softest I’ve tried, but I haven’t tried a Wolle.

I like the way my TAD 60 sticks right onto my thumbpad, like, immediately. So then I can loosen my grip and still not drop it. I’m following Mike Marshall’s instructions: “You should drop the pick...

Call Schoenberg Guitars in Tiburon.

I loved what he did, all of it. Perfect song for understated playing, and perfectly understated playing.

Nice job, but on page 26 you identify Ira Gershwin as George’s wife. Ira was his brother.

If a group jams only PD music in a coffee shop which doesn’t have a sound system, is there a copyright issue?

Liuqin陳子涵 Chen Zi Han

Don’t know how to embed , but if you check out this Taiwanese woman’s renditions of Italian faves on Youtube, playing a liuquin, I guarantee you’ll be impressed.

Bill

Have a seat in a chair with no arms, put your left leg on a footstool or the closed case, and you won’t have to worry about tensing up your right arm to hold the mando in a comfortable position. The...

Not sure , but your post is a little odd, coming out of left field. I have a well-made and well-finished ”The Loar” LM 400, bought new several years ago from Folkmusician. Nice chunky neck, good for...

At Artistworks, for $23.50/month for a year or a bit more for one month, you get two lessons/month (in some cases a bit longer if Marshall is unusually busy) and access to hundreds of other peoples'...

and many thanks for the accompanying slideshow