One of the kindest, wittiest, talented and finest humans to walk the planet, and a legend in the music community. You left people and their musical instruments better for knowing you. Rest easy Frank.
One of the kindest, wittiest, talented and finest humans to walk the planet, and a legend in the music community. You left people and their musical instruments better for knowing you. Rest easy Frank.
it's nice to know about different techniques to use as desired and sounds like you're a pretty experienced picker. My take is it's art and you should enjoy it, so do what you want.
I'll be there, see you in Grass Valley.
Great suggestions already mentioned, several I would have named. I'll add:
- Infamous Stringdusters
- AJ Lee and Blue Summit
- Mile Twelve
- Downtown Mountain Boys
- Also another recommendation...
[QUOTE=Marcus CA;1896146]I haven't been there in a few months, but the major difference is that the acoustic guitar area is now Taylorland. They have about 130 acoustics right now, and 80 of those...
Visited Gryphon yesterday. They have a pretty impressive mandolin inventory. I only checked out 5 of the Northfields (they have more), which they have more of in the store than on their website....
Very nice, thanks for creating and posting this.
Might be a nice standing category for the Cafe, 2-ish minute videos of highlights of members' locales accompanied by original mandolin music.
Good deal, looks great. If mine hadn't come with Waverlys I'd probably do the same. I have Rubners on a mando and they're excellent as well.
I don't experiment much with strings. I used J74's on my mandolins for years, then got a free set of Straight Up Strings, and have used them ever since. Like them a lot.
Jesper-
That was excellent and fun, and as others have said, inspirational. I think I learned something from just watching once, although there was so much going on, yet it looked so fluid, that...
Sad news, condolences to his family. "Some of Shelly's Blues" and so many more greats. He touched many with his art.
i highly recommend the REI Grand Hut 4 for what you describe, and always get a tent sized a person or two from what you expect to use if for. From my experience, like serving sizes on food packages,...
I've been to Acoustic Corner down the road in Black Mountain a couple times. Nice folks, good selection.
Well, I suspect there'll be a bunch of replies here, so I'll start by saying mandolins with many finishes, probably tot spit too, can sound good. But generally nitrocellulose may not be quite as...
Welcome to the forum.
I don't tend to change strings much but learn here on the forum a lot about the different alternatives.
I used J74's a long time, then a couple years ago switched to...
Thanks for sending that along. Really enjoyed your singing and playing. And your Ruhland sounds fabulous. Bell-like. Great sounding guitar too.
Scott-
Congratulations! You and the Mandolin Cafe team have created something really special, and valuable. I know I'm not alone in appreciating how much this means musically and socially. One of...
Corbin, really great editing and playing. Really enjoyed your vocal arrangement and singing too. Interesting, tasteful and true to the song.
Not to mention Herb Pedersen, one of my all time favorite harmony singers and banjo players. The whole band, material, mixing, energy. Just stellar.
Correction to my earlier post, the album is "Here Today."
Sheesh. . .
Yeah, this is such a classic CD set.
Another classic of that general time is "Home Today." One of my all time favorite bluegrass albums.
Really great tune. Paul Shelasky is an amazing musician, and darn funny dude.
Uh oh. . .
That about breaks the cool barrier. Nice.
We're in a golden age of luthery. I think these are all fine open backs, roughly in the same price range, maybe with Pisgah and Rickard (generally) slightly less. But you probably know all this....
I'd recommend Kimble as well, and Ruhland. I don't know what Matt is asking for A5's right now, but they were, and maybe still are, a great value. Matt, like Will, builds amazing mandolins. As do the...