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One of the good things about Gibson mandolins from this period is that Gibson did not skimp on the quality of the wood they used for the top brace.
These braces are made of very stiff wood, and were...

Nice looking mandolin though, I especially like the pattern on that pickguard.

This French chanson from 1951 (also known as "Under Paris Skies") is this week's tune in the Song-A-Week social group. As I have recorded it on tenor guitar, it may be of interest here as well. ...

Old timey tune with mando, guitar and "egg":))

https://soundcloud.com/bluesguy1963/cold-frosty-morning

Yea, I learned that the hard way. I don't know the specifics of why and how, but there are amps designed for making you sound acoustic, only much louder, for an acoustic instrument or for vocals. and...

I think it was probably a project that was originally built by someone that knew something of what they were doing. The screwed on pickguard, Antonio Tsai tailpiece, and inexpensive tuners coupled...

Am I the only one who cares about posting the photos before they disappear, especially those on craigslist which go away very soon? Here you go... for historical purposes.

I don't recall this one...

Anyone else taking the Irish mandolin course on Peghead Nation taught by the wonderful Marla Fibish and care to share a video of their progress? She's teaching Irish slides at the moment. It's really...

check out this trio in Pittsburgh from the fifties. The Stradolin is awfully shiny, have never seen a finish like that.
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This guy. (Thumbs pointing toward me).

Yesterday, after the funeral for a friend's mother, a couple of pickin buddies and I stopped by The Chapman's Acoustic Shoppe in Springfield, MO, to look at...

Someone posted about this over at thesession.org and I've just spent all morning perusing it while I should've been working! It's the Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music - each tune is...

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Just received my "new to me" Gibson C-1. As you can see, it has been played A LOT...the painted on pick guard has been almost completely "picked off." But it plays and sounds great. A...

A Watkins Westminster that I found in England....
Great little amp...

Someone sent this to us, knew it was a Virzi but wasn't sure from what, or its worth. Rather than tell what we think it is--believe it's from a violin--thought we'd toss out here because they're...

We're having a conversation about Vintage cases, which are different that a "used" case. People collect them because they're cool and rare and potentially go with an equally cool and rare instrument....

These are two waltzes I have recorded today using arrangements for contra dancing by Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni -- thanks, Evelyn! Both recorded on three mandolins with tenor guitar backing:
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I am making another guitar based around a fiberglass body.
I have successfully made several six string versions from a bigger mold but I just made up a smaller mold and cast this first one.
I am...

The interior color is described in Gibson catalogs as "American Beauty." No doubt the name was derived from the famous American Beauty Rose.

Steve

An arrangement from John Playford's renaissance-era "The English Dancing Master". Modern folk rhythm meets renaissance melody.

I play the melody on my Breedlove Quartz OF mandolin and the...

It's been a while since I finished an instrument of the mandolin family, and this one is different enough from the usual around here that I decided to post some photos. The customer was operating on...

http://youtu.be/zu8vKsa4Pe8

Here's an original from our band No Strings Attached... A little preview of what's going to be on our EP to be launched this year!

I received these three Gibson mandolas yesterday. I thought I would have some fun photographing them together.
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...OK, case opened...
Wow...

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Here is a catalog page for Supertones from Sears. The same model with what really appears to be Harmony trim. The other mandolins that are recognizable are Harmony built as well. Could have been...

Here is a nice one...... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252488482612?ul_noapp=true