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You can speed up the opening of the pick if you lay it in front of stereo speakers playing at full volume for about a week.

Hello to the MandolinCafe. Pava #271, an A5 Pro with the Autumn Burst, that I was lucky enough to win arrived in good shape this past Friday. It was a long week waiting for that delivery. What a...

Hi Folks and thank you for the congratulations sent my way. Yes, I’m Greg D from Pennsylvania. I’m actually just a tad north of Pittsburgh. Although I don’t post much I’ve been a member here since...

This thread actually reminds me of a night at Woodstown, New Jersey at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival. It was about 2:00 AM and I was jamming with a group of folks that were all better than I...

A deleted post in the builder's section reminded me that it's time for my annual rant on the importance of humidifying your home when your heating system starts to run regularly.
My preferred and...

If you soak the felt in lighter fluid and then ignite it, yes it would.

Don't hate ya, not one bit.

Adaption of Kenny Hall:

Pick yore mandolin, have your fun, this morning
Pick yore mandolin, have your fun, this morning
Pick your mandolin, have your fun,
Run...

Just try and watch this and NOT end up with your jaw on the floor.

http://www.thebluegrasssituation.com/read/sitch-session-billy-strings-don-julin-meet-me-creek

Holy Picking!!!

You are absolutely right. In the case of new instruments from prominent manufacturers, I don't think anyone could beat Mandolin Bros. for price. His prices were so low that it really irked the big...

In all I bought two mandolins, two banjos, a guitar, a few instrument cases and a slew of smaller stuff from Mandolin Bros. His prices were always fair in my book and he had the things I wanted to...

This part of the thread deserves it's own thread. Mandolin Bros catalog pages and Stan's descriptions.

I miss them too. Nobody could write an instrument description like Stan Jay. NOBODY. And I suspect nobody ever will. He is the undisputed champion of instrument related descriptive prose. I visited...

Gibson reintroduced the brand on a mandolin built in China. We referred to them here as the "EpiFlats".

Many past conversations about them can be found here.

It was a super concert. Great musicians and good energy.
Only downer was Dennis one of his guitar players was suffering from the flu and passed out on stage. He fell right on top of his guitar and...

It's not the mandolin that makes the professional, it's the other way around. Musical instruments are only tools. I've never owned a mandolin worth more than a thousand dollars, yet I've earned my...