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Has anyone ever come across a fiddle tune called "Flight to D.C."? (Yeah, try searching for it. Nearly impossible.)

a Dm tune, I believe.

Found this one vid, but wondering if anyone has seen...

Well, I went ahead and got one of these from Kilin Reese. I love it. Great tone, really bell like. Having a blast with it.

I love the guitar body, and it really balances well with a strap.

But...

as has been said, I have come to understand (and I believe strongly) that there is NO difference between A's and F's as far as the sound chamber and general architecture go. (Now, there IS a...

an amusing side note... (myth, legend, ahdunno.)

D'Addario changed the slogan on their strings (the old-style packs) from:

"Played by David Grisman!"

to

"David Grisman picks these!"

$35 is the LEAST you should spend on a pick. ;)

I kid, but they really are excellent picks.

I know this isn't a "Why should I get a Blue Chip?" thread, but I think of it this way:

My...

Yeah, are we talking "tunes" (as in fiddle tunes) or songs/melodies? (Or longer pieces? Like a Bach cello suite?)

I don't read music (well, I can, from my old high-school choir days, but I can't...

We need a Blue Chip subforum of the Equipment subforum of the Instruments and Equipment subforum of the forum.

it's interesting, though, that their guitar tuners (with which I'm familiar, from my Martins), are shaped concavely.
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I know I swore I'd get sound files up, but here are a few new pics.

This mandolin really is something special. I told Steve that I picked up my Collings MT last night, probably for the first time...

Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival this week. Trying to get Squirrel Hunters in the brain in time.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20WIuHCVzwM

I think there's a Sorensen Sprite somewhere back a ways, but here's mine, with ebony-knobbed Waverlys.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7036/27739198352_a0ac13de7f_c.jpg

Love seeing mine up there in the collage. Orange you all jealous?

Here you be, Charley!
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7036/27739198352_a0ac13de7f_c.jpg

and here's a closer-up shot of the pickguard
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Here's a quick shot I took outside, which really is the most accurate one, color-wise.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7525/27695892792_68c005e2c2_c.jpg

Thanks, all.

I'll try to get something recorded soon.

I told Steve that, aside from its stunning looks, it is the best mandolin I've ever played. Now, I will admit, I've never played a...

For my 50th Birthday, my wife said "You should get a new mandolin."

So in November 2014, I contacted Steve to build me a tangerine-burst Sprite. Red-Spruce top, Birdseye maple back and sides, EVO...

Yup. That's your correct answer right there.

Yeah, second thread today I had a great answer for, which had already been used!

Was going to say the same thing until I scrolled down and saw that it was already said.

The Podium in Minneapolis sometimes carries a few upper-level units, but totally hit or miss. They have a...

Not sure how famous he is (but famous to me once I started seeking out great OM players and videos) but Collin Botts is pretty great.

Check out his Drunken Sailor Hornpipe.

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Tell that to the person who plays the piano.

I Been All Around This World is a great one.

Also, Louis Collins.

If you enjoy Grisman/Garcia, it's all old-time awesomeness.

Most are on the wall in my music room. Whole house is humidified, and I have an extra room humidifier in there.

The instruments aren't cheap, but they aren't priceless Loar-era heirlooms, either....

I'm not a doctor, but that's the first symptom of the disease. You should have that looked at.

Well, two things:
1) I am SO glad I went with the 20". My fingers aren't particularly long (my almost-14-year-old son's hands are about the same size as mine), and I think any longer scale would be...