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  1. Re: What are some of the best Mandolins that you all have played?

    I play both mandolin and guitar, and I'm always on the hunt for exceptional-sounding instruments. One thing I have learned from 40-plus years of trading and 60-plus years of playing:

    It is much,...
  2. Re: What are some of the best Mandolins that you all have played?

    John Reischman's Loar
    Matt Flinner's Gilchrist
    and my favorite, my Heiden Heritage Model F-5 formerly owned by Ry Cooder.

    Here's John, me & Emory Lester all holding our Heiden Heritage Models
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  3. Re: What are some of the best Mandolins that you all have played?

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  4. Mandolinist wins Celtic Connections 2024 Young musician prize

    Calum McIlroy, the winner of BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2024, performs G Iomain na Gamhna for crowds in Glasgow’s


    https://youtu.be/JFTqiVEjK-Q?feature=shared

    JFTqiVEjK-Q
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    Happy Birthday Tom Rozum

    May you have a warm, happy and lovely birthday.

    One of his wonderful songs, sadly never on an album.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv5UPOgGeEQ
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    Re: Is anyone else scared of Bill Monroe?

    He scared me into wanting to get better. I got to open for Bill and the best part was him joining us on stage. Now that was a little scary.
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    Re: Mando and Fiddle duo's

    Here’s a good one: Glory in the Meetinghouse” - Hot Rize

    https://youtu.be/w6WQApDcjK8?si=0AR5btbz6cl60dVk
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    Re: Is anyone else scared of Bill Monroe?

    Hard to tell what is real these days. I am FAR more afraid of AI than Bill Monroe!
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    Re: A Style “Holy Grail?

    I have owned several Nuggets (10 if I count 2 Collings/Nuggets) 1 two point, 2 F5’s, and 7 A5’s, And have played dozens. My current one (#294 A5 Deluxe) is my all time favorite.
  10. Re: Are there already any pros playing the new 1923 reissue?

    They lost me with all the renewed lawsuit nonsense.
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    Re: What is your favorite Chris Thile quote?

    "Whiskey Before Breakfast....not only a good song but an intriguing concept"
  12. Thread: Michael Heiden

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    Michael Heiden

    After floundering around for a few years, I dipped into savings and bought a custom mandolin from Michael Heiden in 2017. Other specialty builders had wait times of at least a year, and he told me...
  13. Re: Heiden's....the most expensive modern mandolin builder?

    All top-tier builders have interest on the resale market... I would say values really depend on the particular instrument and the nature of the transaction and pricing.

    Michael's instruments have...
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    10 Mandolin Players SOLO on the SAME Tune

    awesome content and presentation on this-enjoy!



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFlMZ6iPeNI
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    Re: Ronnie McCoury on Eastman?

    I just emceed a bluegrass festival here in NC, and Ronnie turned to me and said "this here Eastman puts my Gilchrist to shame!" His band mates agreed.


    Now that I have your...
  16. Re: British guy here – how should I spend $10,000?

    Nigel Forster would be an alternative in that idiom.
  17. Re: Heiden's....the most expensive modern mandolin builder?

    I've owned two Monteleone Grand Artist mandolins, one with f-holes, and an extremely rare oval hole, and I currently own a Heiden Heritage Model F-5 once owned by Ry Cooder.

    Regarding new...
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    Re: Heiden A-5 Deluxe vs. Collings MF5-V

    I have to say, as much as I still LOVE the Gilchrist that Shaun traded to me (and it's won out against Monteleone, Heiden, and another Gil), the Heiden Heritage A that was recently in the classifieds...
  19. Re: Heiden's....the most expensive modern mandolin builder?

    I bought my 2010 A5 in 2014 and got a discounted price since one of the owners used bug spray or something that ate through the top coat in a few places. I've never had it fixed so I don't have to...
  20. Re: Heiden's....the most expensive modern mandolin builder?

    5 years ago was 2018.... my F5 artist was $11k in 2009. I'm pretty sure Michael's A models weren't $5k, because I bought an Ellis from Tom in 2011 for $5.8k because I couldn't afford the Heiden A....
  21. Re: Heiden's....the most expensive modern mandolin builder?

    You mention both Gilchrist and Monteleone as comparison, so I have to weigh in. I've had the distinct pleasure of owning all 3 at some point and overlapped most of them for direct comparison. I...
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    Re: Love for Ovals

    It’s really heart warming to see so much love for oval hole mandos! I too just love there ton!

    I play mostly jazz/blues and my main axe has been a Waterloo WL-M as its tone is full, round, and...
  23. Re: Is Gibson Getting Ready to Roll Out Some New Models?

    Regarding these Loar F5 tributes...

    Brief history
    The "Gibson" most of us know and love was the original Parsons Street factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Orville Gibson was a lone builder, with an...
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    Re: RIP Alan Niederland

    Just saw this. Alan Niederland mentioned at 8:46 in the video. In Memoriam
    part of the awards show.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX_pt0KWcSo

    Adam
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    Re: Compton playing my Heiden A5

    Thanks for all the nice comments--it's definitely a lifetime instrument. Great to see you guys--Andy and Bill--at Monroe Camp. Your Buckeye and Randy Wood mandos sound exceptionally fine too! The...
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