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    Re: Lost bit of binding, 1915 F-4

    Looks great!!
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    Re: Lost bit of binding, 1915 F-4

    Nice repair Jack! I would be proud of that repair.
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    Re: Lost bit of binding, 1915 F-4

    Glad you got it back together.
    For the record, it looks to me like the point is indeed made of ivoroid.
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    Re: Lost bit of binding, 1915 F-4

    If you use tape to clamp this don't leave it on any longer than needed and remove it slowly and carefully. Tape can damage an old finish.
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    Re: Lost bit of binding, 1915 F-4

    On the flip side I wouldn't hesitate to drive that down to Frank Ford.
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    Re: Lost bit of binding, 1915 F-4

    You might want to score the gluing surface of the bone or ivoroid or whatever it is with a razor saw blade. This practice has been in use for a couple of centuries, and is believed to improve...
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    Re: Gibson Teens Serial Numbers

    I am not going to argue the origin or validity of any serial number list. BUT, one thing us old timers now have to realize is that the sequence was not linear. The numbers between say 1912 and 1920...
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    A gold mine!

    My sister usually sings with other people, but she's getting ready for her first solo show in fifty years. She's calling it "Songs of Struggle."

    In tracking down tunes she wanted to used, she ran...
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    Re: Tuning Mandolin without a tuner

    hTw51b9CXqA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTw51b9CXqA
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    Re: Ugh. It happened.

    I think it's an "eschaw" of backy down here...
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    Re: Favorite Books to Read?

    Fabulous book.

    Satan is Real: The Ballad of the Louvin Brothers

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    Re: Collings mandolin thoughts?

    Sterile sounding? YMMV--- mine sure does!!
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    Re: Collings mandolin thoughts?

    Sherry, I've been playing for roughly 2 1/2 years, bought my Collings last fall and don't regret it in the least. If the price is good, you've played it and like it, and you can afford it, go for it...
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    Re: Mike Blohm Handel Tuner Replicas

    Here's a pic of the ebony inlaid buttons

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    Re: who is your go to mandolin store & why.

    Mine are eBay and the MC Classifieds, because I've found the best used prices there and I never buy instruments new

    bratsche
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    Re: Could Bill Monroe Read Music??

    this comes up so often it is worth repeating:

    Not being able to play by ear comes from not working on or learning to playing by ear.

    Not being able to read music comes from not working on or...
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    Re: What's your latest Welsh tune?

    You may find the Clera resources useful.
    http://www.alawoncymru.com/alawon/Tunes/Tunesal.html
  18. 17th-Century Scottish Tunes arranged for Mandolin - Rob MacKillop

    A fine set of tunes on the mandolin, might be of interest to some?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HLc-CDppnw&feature=youtu.be
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    Re: What's your latest Welsh tune?

    Evelyn's mandolin arrangements of Welsh tunes are delightful, and I am pleased to have recorded a few of them. Her two ebooks "Evelyn's Big Book For Mandolins For The Year 2015" and "For the Year...
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    Re: What's your latest Welsh tune?

    This Welsh tune is a regular part of my bands repertoire. The arrangements is my own:


    https://youtu.be/rJc-UGfo9rk
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    Re: What's your latest Welsh tune?

    Jack, here is a link to an earlier thread. There are three tunes here: Mândelyn, Morvan Rhuddlan, and Red Piper's Melody. The last 2 include pdfs of my trio arrangements. Martin Jonas recorded...
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    Re: What's your latest Welsh tune?

    When i hit upon this repertoire (the ap Huw manuscript) about 6-7 years ago, it took me over - a little like Bach did me decades prior. I'm still studying it, as my interest has yet to wane.
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    Re: What's your latest Cornish tune?

    Well, not very recent, but this is one that I play all the time


    https://youtu.be/TZvu2Bpq2-M

    As for new tunes, I met Neil Davey recently and he very kindly wrote out and sent me the tab for...
  24. Thread: Tab vs ear

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    Re: Tab vs ear

    I prefer to memorize on the mandolin, complex parts with lots of notes lend themselves better to memorization IMHO. Now those old trumpet parts in an orchestra, where you count 37 measures of rest...
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    Re: Tab vs ear

    Wish I could! I have to play a tune over a hundred times before I can remember it - and that's no guarantee, it's just a bet hedge.

    That's one reason why I fall back on improvising so much.
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