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Thanks Doc, for bringing this thread back on topic. The first thing that should have been pointed out is that Gibson has a trademark on the Les Paul body and what they call the "ES" body (the...

Not here to defend Gibson, but in 130 years you're going to have some ups and downs. When you go back through the eons you will see most of our legends with their beloved Gibson F5 in their hands....

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Ahead of his time.

https://www.pegheadnation.com/featured-videos/back-room/joe-k-walsh-and-andrew-marlin-cody-road/?utm_source=Infusionsoft&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=PegheadPost2024Mar21&utm_content=ContentPerf...

Hi everyone, my Name is Sam Guidry and I am the owner and creator of Caseadillo Case covers and I thought I would stop by to tell our story and introduce us to the mandolin community.

My primary...

I've played many wonderful mandolins, but the one I've been happiest with, and most impressed by, is my Ellis F5 Special. It has a beautiful voice.

I'm that cool. :cool:

I’d like to see the khaki ones again.

Yesterday evening the sky over my house looked just like the quilted maple on the back of a mandolin. Snapped a quick pic and wanted to share.
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I saw Earl the last time he played at Merelefest. We were at a steak house right out side of the campus and Scruggs was there eating. Every few minutes someone would stop to talk to him and I don’t...

Hey Fretbear, thank you for posting my YouTube video of the Don Brown Loar. I hope you liked it

So glad you're enjoying the course! I believe the strings I'm using in that video are from d'addario. They're perfectly agreeable. Though, I'm still mourning the loss of elixir strings which were my...

Thank you. I really do enjoy the amplified sound of the Apitius -- but in the video, I'm just playing it acoustically into a mic.

Hey there,

ICYMI: Yesterday's Mandolin Monday - Apitius Mandolin x 2:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BORYOx3V2Ww

Thanks to all who helped me get my dad's SOS cittern back up and running.


Here's a video of me playing Behind the Haystack. Feedback is welcome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVhAxfNhTRs

I really don't need to get into discussing this further and I'm already on record stating the decision is not going to be an invitation for a public forum on opinions. The banjo community has been...

From the shop in Pittsburgh? I just missed that one. Good for you!

This has been in the works for a while and I'm very happy to get it out there to help promote John's work. Thanks to him for his time and inspiration.
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The ToneGard is an essential part of the mandolin kit.
That,along with my Blue Chip pick, and I'm good to go!!
I even splurged so I have a ToneGard on each mandolin!

Billy

I want to give a BIG SHOUT-OUT and THANKS to Steve Smith and Cumberland Acoustic. I sent my F5 to Steve and he did a re-fret, fitted a new bridge, and installed a new nut and pick guard. They did an...

The photo is from the RRHF. Levon donated it to them and then they ruin the display by showing him playing another mandolin (his EM200 electric Gibson). Seriously, these professional museum...

I've seen that clip before. It shows Levon at his most charming, all shy and self-effacing. He really undersells the story about his truck fire, which is too bad - must have been a harrowing...

Thanks for posting the You Tube video of Levon Helm. What a fine musician and human being! Always to be remembered.

https://youtu.be/65s8eB-NQlg

Also, this has cog under worm tuners. They changed to cog over worm in 24 sometime, so 24 at the latest.

http://www.mandolinarchive.com/images/elderly/90U-3503_headstock-back.jpg