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Just a few edits based on the liner notes:

1. Vertigo (feat. Sam Bush)
2. The Old North Woods (feat. Dominick Leslie)
3. Slippery Eel (feat. Chris Thile)
4. Hug Point (feat. Sierra Hull)
5....

I appreciate the question. I remember when I started to play banjo, I had an inexpensive banjo and really didn't know how good or bad it was. What I did know was this: more expensive banjos in stores...

Quote above continues a misunderstanding of Gibson's model designations, that "A" and "F" were initials for words like "Artist" and "Florentine." Gibson assigned letters to different model series,...

I had an Engelmann-topped MT which I have described as the first instrument I’ve ever owned that didn’t limit in me in any way. It is still the benchmark for build quality and playability against...

My two-cents comes in two parts: (1) purchase the best instrument you can afford. (2) be comfortable with that instrument.

There will always, always, always be another model to lust after just...

Hi Mike,

Have you considered Mike Black's mandolins? He builds in the style of the old Gibsons, but obviously new and built as you want it. His instruments are beautiful to look at, to play and...

Google Mike Black, his A's look and sound great to me, and should be similar in price to others you've listed.

A few days ago I had a pleasant email exchange with Mike Compton over a CD of his ("Gallop to Georgia") that I ordered but that for some reason got sent back. it sent me to his website, where I...

Well, here is my advise to you based on what you stated, and follows my previous post. If you are willing to spend $1500 or so on a used A style mandolin, you can get a well known mandolin from a...

I have only known one person who could have anything he wanted in terms of worldly goods. Well, maybe not his own Carribean Island or Lear jet to get there, but he had some Picassos his father bought...

I'm presently in a mode where I'm trying to downsize but improve the quality of my instruments (ie, fewer but better). But, I really have a hard time getting rid of the ones I've had for a while. Too...