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  1. Re: RSW's Jerry Rosa & The Mysterious Sam Bush Upside-Down Truss

    He put the mandolin back into playing condition, but I believe (not having the instrument in hand but from some experience as restorer) the situation was such that much less invasive method could be...
  2. Re: RSW's Jerry Rosa & The Mysterious Sam Bush Upside-Down Truss

    First, this video is just one of many where he displays basic misunderstanding of original construction. This is particularly true with vintage instruments. When people offer facts and correction,...
  3. Re: RSW's Jerry Rosa & The Mysterious Sam Bush Upside-Down Truss

    Did you not see the twisting and bowing in the neck before any repairs were even attempted?

    Did you not see the mandolin repair, neck straight and legit relief, and the customer happily playing it...
  4. Re: RSW's Jerry Rosa & The Mysterious Sam Bush Upside-Down Truss

    He took a messed up expensive Gibson and made it playable again. Clearly, the neck was screwed up.

    I don't see what all the negativity is about. Sure, his personality could be an aquired taste,...
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    Garcia guitar Grisman mandolin

    I like this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QCJ9mflho8
  6. Re: Adam Steffey steps away from the business

    The life of a traveling musician is like being a glorified traveling salesman. Set up your wares, put on the show, pack up your wares travel to the next town where you set up your wares, put on the...
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    Re: MAS: Doyle Lawson

    For me, the name on the peg head don`t mean a lot as long as the mandolin plays and sounds like I want it to....There is a lot to be said for collecting old Gibson mandolins and speculating that they...
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    Re: Why does my mandolin playing sound so bad?

    My friend Ed Connors, a mandolin player for well over 70 years puts it this way. The guitar will give you something. On the mandolin you have to go in and take it. There is a learning curve but I...
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    Re: Get Your 4 Year Degree in Bluegrass

    Absolutely!

    But who can afford 4 years of that, at $41,000 per year? Unless you're wealthy already, that education needs to pay for itself.
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    Re: Get Your 4 Year Degree in Bluegrass

    Just out of curiosity, why would anyone who posts on this forum be opposed to:

    1) Young people choosing to undertake the serious pursuit of a musical tradition?

    Or

    2) An Appalachian...
  11. Re: Rate my Logic: Choosing the Chinese over the USA Mando

    What I notice in very good players is that they check whether an instrument will do what they need. Then whether it does it in the way they like. Until the magic one drops into their hands, and all...
  12. Re: Rate my Logic: Choosing the Chinese over the USA Mando

    Holds true for players looking to sound like the old blues guys on the guitar side. They played those instruments because that was all they could afford.
  13. Re: Rate my Logic: Choosing the Chinese over the USA Mando

    Instruments are for playing. Buy the one that sounds the best to your ears that you can afford. People need to stop looking at the names on the label and headstock, and just judge an instrument on...
  14. Thread: Out of tune

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    Re: Out of tune

    This has certainly turned into an interesting thread. :popcorn:
  15. Re: Lefty in a predominantly Right-handed World - Help appreciate

    Sometimes I hate this forum. The OP didn't ask for help deciding to play left or right handed. That horse has been beaten to death but people in here are still taking swings. As a lefty who plays...
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    Another New Band

    OK, Rocky - this time for sure!

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    My duo, The Loons, has been playing for two years, off and on. More off than on, actually, as my partner, Luna, travels a lot. But she has grown more...
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    Re: Looking at BlueChip picks.

    I, for one, love the bevel. Calling it a "speed bevel" is a bit of a misnomer, however, because I don't think it actually leads to any higher playing speed. Instead, the shape of the bevel affects...
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    Re: Thao Nguyen

    Exactly the kind of comment that closes this discussion, but it's just one of several here. My reference to "dog whistle," and you all know damn good and well what I'm referring to, will end this....
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    Re: Thao Nguyen

    I agree that it is not necessary, usually useful, or very charitable either to make a negative or "put down" public comments about someone's musical abilities. Everyone can make that determination on...
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    Re: Thao Nguyen

    Define "mandolin fans." Is it a problem she doesn't sound like us??? Who is us? And my gawd, what a missed marketing opportunity appealing to a different segment than what is perceived is here.
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    Re: Thao Nguyen

    As usual you are correct Scott...I just don`t care for it...I am sure she is a very talented picker but it is just not my kind of music...If that makes me a bad person and people want to sling mud at...
  22. Re: My group singing "He's holding on to me" (Ron Block cover)

    Thank y'all! I have some good peoples to play with for sure!
    This was the first song with half of the group, the bass, guitar and fiddle player are new additions(some
    temporary). Unfortunately the...
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    Re: Eastman Md615 or save up a little more?

    Always buy the best quality that you can afford. It will then encourage you to work to keep up with it's potential. Eastman and Kentucky are good student quality and a step up from Michael Kelly...
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    Re: Eastman Md615 or save up a little more?

    I am an Eastman loyalist, but putting that aside, I also have a general rule of thumb "don't buy the most expensive model of an economy brand expecting a financial return". The simple reason is that...
  25. some Afrikaans bluegrass?? - no mandolin content

    My brother sent me this video:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfvSVWt3mLE&sns=em

    It brings back memories of my youth growing up in South Africa. Real lekker.

    Band is called Radio...
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